Senior Engineer - Process Automation
John Wood Group
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Permanent
- Full-time
Join us and be part of an agile working team that can support office and homed based assignments. This role will work in the office\home and as well as on site at client facilities. The successful candidate will have the ability to work effectively and diligently as an individual engineer and team member in front of both internal and external customers.
We pride ourselves on solving real-world problems for our clients by providing full engineering, consulting, procurement, and construction services to our customers across the globe. Our automation team works on hands-on projects that span the full spectrum - from small integration projects to Main Automation Contractor programs for large, multi-EPC projects.Responsibilities:Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Participate in Automation Engineering projects for the design and implementation of automation systems for oil & gas and process industry projects.
- Engage in all phases of automation projects, detailed design, procurement, Hardware Engineering, configuration & Software Engineering, implementation, startup, and commissioning in areas such as DCS Configuration, SCADA, HMI, SIS/FGS PLC programming and interfacing, architecture and networking, and specification development.
- Attend and support site surveys, Factory Acceptance Test (FAT's), Site Acceptance Test (SAT's) and commissioning activities for delivered systems.
- Review, comment, and provide input on the project schedule and project cost estimate.
- Support procurement with vendors lists development, requisition development, technical bid tabulations and clarifications, purchase recommendations, monitor progress and maintain communications with vendors as required.
- Travel expected to customer locations for project implementation (25%).
- Bachelor's Degree B.E./B-Tech is required, preferably in one of the following disciplines: Instrumentation & Controls, Electronics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical, Computer Science.
- Must have between 10- and 15-years' Automation experience.
- Experience with an operating company, systems vendor, or engineering services provider for the onshore or offshore oil & gas and/or energy industry, is preferred.
- At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in Distributed Control Systems (DCS) hardware, network architecture, integration, configuration and programming, industrial protocols, HMI Graphics and databases, and SCADA System configuration and installations.
- Hands-on experience with at least one of the following Honeywell Experion/TDC DCS or FSC/SM, DeltaV DCS/SIS, Yokogawa CENTUM DCS/ProSafe, Allen Bradley PLC.
- Experience with PLC platforms (ABB 800XA, Siemens or Triconex, etc.) is a plus.
- Demonstrated proficient knowledge of the principles of relational databases, application interfaces, and Human Machine Interface design and implementation.
- Strong background and direct experience with multiple systems platforms, operating systems and the interactions between systems, system hardware and architecture.
- Proficient knowledge of P&IDs and instrumentation/control equipment.
- Knowledge of MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Access, MS Teams, etc.).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; must be able to communicate effectively with coworkers, clients, and vendors.