Principal Control Systems Engineer

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.?

Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Principal Control Systems Engineer

Role Context:

An experienced Control Systems/Automation Engineer to lead and coordinate Automation activities on a long-standing Master Service Agreement in the Oil & Gas industry (downstream), acting as the key focal point for stakeholders and vendors. Responsible for ensuring all technical, safety, commercial, and schedule requirements are met while supporting successful system integration and plant operations.

You'll be:

· Lead and be accountable for the delivery, execution and performance of automation projects including upgrades/migrations as well as new installations.

· At any one time oversee a number of concurrent projects, such as:

o Honeywell DCS and FSC to Safety Manager migration

o PLC replacements (various manufacturers)

· Site surveying to identify cutover methods suitable for the plant outages and manual operation modes available.

· Determine new project requirements and develop comprehensive estimates (manhours & materials) with support from Automation & C&I engineers

· Lead the FEED process (engineering work requests, deliverable structure, testing & cutover strategy).

· Prioritise activities and projects based on business needs and resource availability

· Review and approve DCS / PLC proposals with vendors and integrators

· Review and approve EC&I and OEM detailed design documentation.

· Lead multi-disciplinary design review meetings with Client, EPC and OEM subject matter experts.

· Create and maintain project schedules and resource planning

· Provide progress reporting to portfolio management

· Develop Control Narratives from P&IDs, Operations procedures and/or reverse-engineering PLC / DCS configuration.

· Develop FAT, SAT and plant commissioning procedures.

· Coordinate site commissioning activities.

You’ll have:

· Extensive industry experience in the oil & gas, process, utilities or pharmaceutical industries

· Brownfield experience is essential