C&I Lead Principal Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 24 March 2026
LOCATION
Glasgow
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Engineering
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SKILLS

Control & Instrument Engineering Design Gas industry DCS PLC SIS systems Hazardous Area Instrumentation

FULL DESCRIPTION

Job Title: C&I Lead Principal Engineer

Location: Glasgow 

Job Type: Contract

Responsibilities:

•    Work activities will include project work as the functional Lead Engineer on a Project for Gas transmission industry.

•    Lead a team of Engineers and Designers both based in the UK and globally to deliver the C&I scope of work on the project.

•    Work activities will be executed across FEED and Detailed Design phases of projects.

•    Project work will include the development of Control & Instrument Engineering deliverables.

Qualifications:

Skills / Qualifications:

•    Experience in Control & Instrument Engineering Design on Medium / Large capital projects from concept to start-up.

•    Extensive experience in Gas industry.

•    Previous experience on NGT projects preferable and/or G35 approver experience is preferred.

•    Competent in working within the C&I Discipline of a contracting organisation.

•    Competent to Lead the C&I Discipline interface with other Disciplines

•    Very good proactive communicator. The role involves liaison with Client Engineers & Project Management.

•    Proven ability for equipment specification and the selection and in ensuring compliance from the suppliers, preferably within an EPC contracting organisation.

•    Competent in project execution using selected design tools and techniques. 

•    Competent in budget & Schedule control/monitoring and reporting.

•    Competent in design safety, and constructability.

•    To be able to work to Company standards.

•    Innovative when appropriate.

•    Competent in Electrical protection methodologies.

•    Competent in Specification, technical bid analysis, and requisitioning of Field Instrumentation and Analysers.

•    Competent in the application, specification, and requisitioning of DCS, PLC, and SIS systems, with experience in the system's full lifecycle. (TUV FS Eng qualification or equivalent preferable).

•    Competent in the Specification / Design / Implementation of Hazardous Area Instrumentation (ATEX).

•    Competent in Instrumentation and Control requirements for Mechanical packages.

•    Competent in P&ID development.

•    Competent in the Sizing of flow devices/control valves/relief devices.

•    Experience of working with global integrated delivery teams is preferred.

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