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Principal Instrumentation Engineer

Worley
Arkansas, USA
Senior
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago

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Responsibilities

  • Lead Instrumentation and Control engineering activities for large-scale mining projects within multidisciplinary design teams.
  • Manage and coordinate design teams of 15 or more people, assigning priorities, reviewing progress, removing blockers, and ensuring schedule and quality compliance.
  • Coordinate interfaces with Process, Piping, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil/Structural, and other disciplines, ensuring technical consistency across deliverables and design decisions.
  • Align the team with project objectives, escalate critical decisions, and facilitate the resolution of open issues.
  • Lead key technical reviews, ensuring consistency across disciplines and appropriate management of design risks.
  • Monitor team productivity, quality, workload, and performance, anticipating deviations and defining corrective actions when needed.
  • What you will find
  • Participation in highly complex mining projects, with focus on process plants and automation.
  • A leadership role with autonomy, strong interdisciplinary interaction, and direct impact on engineering decisions.
  • A dynamic work environment focused on coordination, quality, traceability, and execution.
  • Work location: Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, with occasional site visits or plant walkdowns
  • Work arrangement: Hybrid
  • What you will bring
  • Proven experience as Lead Engineer or in an equivalent role on large-scale engineering projects, ideally above USD 1 billion.
  • EPC/EPCM experience from the engineering/contractor side; client-side experience only is not sufficient for this role.
  • Experience participating in and leading multidisciplinary design teams, with strong interaction across technical disciplines.
  • Experience leading engineering/design teams of 15 or more people, including resource planning, priority setting, progress monitoring, and team performance management.
  • Strong technical judgement in Instrumentation & Control to guide key decisions, resolve interfaces, and validate solutions proposed by the team.
  • Advanced/fluent English, particularly for coordination with global teams, clients, and suppliers.
  • Required technical judgement
  • Industrial instrumentation applied to mining process plants, with the ability to assess risks, alternatives, and design decisions.
  • PLC/DCS/SCADA architectures and integration with other disciplines, vendors, and plant systems in mining projects.
  • Signal, I/O, marshalling, cabling, testing, and interface strategies at review and decision-making level.
  • Review and validation of P&IDs, layouts, and interdisciplinary documentation.
  • Knowledge of standards and practices applicable to I&C, such as ISA, IEC, API, and ANSI, at review/judgement level rather than only general awareness.
  • Management and coordination tools
  • Engineering tracking tools to control interfaces, comments, priorities, commitments, and team progress.
  • Familiarity with platforms used by the team —AVEVA, SmartPlant/SPI, Eplan, Plant 3D, Revit, or others— to oversee progress, review consistency, and support coordination.
  • Highly valued experience
  • Experience in instrumentation and control systems in mining environments.
  • Definition or review of OT architectures.
  • Experience with RF / private LTE networks (4G / 5G).
  • Integration with remote operation centers / IROC.
  • Expected leadership style
  • Drive the team: set direction, follow up, remove blockers, and sustain execution pace.
  • Challenge constructively: question criteria, risks, and decisions when needed, while maintaining focus on execution.
  • Act proactively: anticipate information needs, planning risks, and interdisciplinary interfaces.
  • Be solution-oriented: facilitate decisions, align the team, and seek practical alternatives when facing technical, commercial, or schedule constra
  • if you need any accessibility adjustments, please make sure to mention it in your application.
  • Moving forward together
  • We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.
  • We’re building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.
  • And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.
  • Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there’s no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change
  • Ready to engineer what’s next? Apply today.

Qualifications

  • Familiarity with platforms used by the team —AVEVA, SmartPlant/SPI, Eplan, Plant 3D, Revit, or others— to oversee progress, review consistency, and support coordination.
  • Experience with RF / private LTE networks (4G / 5G).

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