Senior Instrumentation Designer

Company Overview:

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Job Overview:

The Senior Instrumentation Designer completes a variety of Instrumentation Design assignments as needed and can complete work with a limited degree of supervision. They are an informal resource for colleagues with less Instrumentation Design experience. The Senior Instrumentation Designer has developed proficiency in various analytical processes or procedures to carry out assigned tasks. They provide solutions to problems in typical or infrequently occurring situations based on existing precedents or procedures. They directly impact the quality of the work of the team.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Prepare and develop arrangement and detail conceptual, FEED, studies, and detail design drawings of high technical quality and professional consistent presentation ensuring clarity and ease of construction

Develop 3D models and ensure clash-free with other disciplines

Ensure design deliverables are completed and issued per project specifications, MDR, and project Level 2 & 3 procedures, and within agreed schedules

Apply knowledge and/or skills to complete а variety of day-to-day activities within own area

Continue developing skills to complete repetitive tasks efficiently

Prioritize and organize own work to meet agreed-upon deadlines

Become familiar with the Contract Scope of Work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements, including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues

Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications in the Change Management system, including providing supporting documentation and estimates

Provide similar support for Variation Orders

Interface with all disciplines to develop clash-free designs

Interface with other disciplines to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings

Liaise with other discipline support groups to ensure clearly defined interfaces, deliverables, and schedules are met

Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions), and forward copies to Discipline Lead Designer and Discipline Supervisor

Assist Discipline Lead Designer in preparing estimates for proposals and job scope changes, including execution statements, work schedules, and manhour requirements

Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements

Participate in finalizing deliverables lists, deliverables, and philosophies to ensure compliance with specifications and functional integrity

Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor/supplier meetings, engineering and design meetings, and offshore site surveys as required

Research Customer standards and procedures to prepare project-specific design procedures and standards for submission to the Customer for approval

Set up and maintain the Discipline Master design drawing and document files, including final archiving

Prepare Discipline deliverables such as:

3D model

Detailed design drawings

As-built drawings

Review drawings issued by other disciplines and incorporate the required data into Discipline drawings

Review vendor drawings and documents and incorporate required vendor data into Discipline drawings and documents

Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables

Identify all items for which insufficient data is available to allow the drawing or model to be completed (HOLDS), and list these on the drawing and the standard 'HOLDS' list form

Notify the Discipline Lead Designer when there are updates to the Holds list

Generate IDC design documentation for the project

Perform design verification through single discipline checks (SDC) and/or inter-discipline checks (IDC), providing comments to the Lead Designer

Review all project IDC design documentation for detailed technical interfaces

Maintain single discipline and inter-discipline check drawings and filing

Prepare, issue, and update the material and weight data take-offs

Assist Fabrication as required in resolving construction difficulties relating to design problems, clashes, etc.

Monitor progress and maintain the deliverables register on an ongoing basis

Ensure compliance with the Project Execution Plan and the timely completion and archiving of drawings and documents

Keep the Lead Designer apprised of all activities, progress, and concerns, including manpower and budgetary-related

Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports, including associated productivity

Report errors and suggest a resolution for the same

Participate in design reviews and audits

Capture lessons learned and entered them into MDR's Lessons Learned system

Guide less experienced Designers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, technical queries, etc.

Guide trainee Designers

Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standards

Further develop an understanding of MDR's business, including processes and procedures

Prepare/review Instrument Design deliverables such as:

3D model Instrument scopes

Layout drawings

Instrument hook-up/installation details

Wiring/loop diagrams

Panel and console drawings

Instrument drawing lists

Logic Diagrams

Shutdown hierarchy drawings

Schematics and block diagrams

Material schedules

Participate in clash resolution meetings, as required

Travel to the fabrication yard or construction site to assist in mechanical completion, hook-up, and/or commissioning, as required

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

High School graduate with a diploma in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Design or Drafting in a related discipline or equivalent experience

6 years minimum with a major contractor or consultant, of which 2+ years of experience in predominately oil and gas

Detailed knowledge of associated industry detailing standards

Detailed knowledge of 2D and/or 3D (AutoCAD and/or MicroStation) drafting systems

Working experience in E3D and/or S3D

Knowledge of QA Systems and good communication would be an advantage

Detailed knowledge of AutoCAD and/or Auto Lisp Programming

3D Model creation, Menu, and/or Macro compilation skills

Full time