Lead Instrument & Electrical Engineer

Role purpose

Leadership and asset integrity

• Act as technical authority and provide high-level guidance and decision support to the team.
• Supervise and coordinate direct reports in alignment with business plans, objectives, and departmental procedures; identify capability gaps and recommend training.
• Lead technical efforts to ensure the integrity and long-term reliability of I&E assets.
• Develop reliability plans using failure analysis, life-cycle data, historical records, and performance metrics; lead plant-wide Reliability Improvement Teams.
• Apply criticality ranking, bad actor identification, Root Cause Failure Analysis, and Reliability-Centered Maintenance.
• Lead I&E root-cause analyses, reporting, recommendations, and implementation follow-up.

Reliability delivery

• Plan, develop, document, and institutionalize Instrumented Protective Systems work processes in compliance with IEC 61511 / ISA-84 and company standards.
• Diagnose complex electrical and electronic system failures and recommend corrective actions or work-practice improvements.
• Investigate recurring failures and develop engineering solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Support production and maintenance teams, including development and auditing of maintenance procedures.
• Promote best practices, emerging technologies, and innovations in reliability and maintenance.
• Monitor equipment performance and integrity and report against defined KPIs.
• Provide technical input to projects so reliability and maintainability are considered during design and execution.
• Establish and enforce Life-Cycle Asset Management guidelines and participate in risk management activities.
• Act as subject matter expert for Management of Change, technical guidance, and training.

Education and experience

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Instrumentation Engineering.
• Required: 7–10 years of experience in a technical I&E role, including 2–3 years in a similar leadership role.
• Oil and gas industry experience is preferred; petrochemicals industry experience is preferred.

Technical qualifications

• Expertise in electrical equipment condition monitoring and analysis, FMEA, RCA, reliability engineering, and data analysis.
• Hands-on experience in preventive maintenance auditing and developing inspection policies and procedures.
• Working knowledge of IEC, IEEE, ISA, FCI, IEC 61511 / ISA-84, functional safety standards, process safety, engineering controls, OSHA, NFPA, and ANSI regulations.
• Functional Safety Engineer (FS Eng) certification is preferred.

Submission deadline

• Submit a CV on or before 31 January 2026.