WHAT DOES A ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER DO?

Published: Dec 26, 2024 - The Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer manages and delivers comprehensive electrical and control systems design projects, coordinating across engineering disciplines to ensure cohesive development. Oversees specification and integration of instrumentation, control hardware, and electrical circuits, while also directing the creation of essential engineering drawings and documentation. Provides robust support in project management, oversees construction activities, and plays a key role in commissioning and securing networked control systems.

A Review of Professional Skills and Functions for Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

1. Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Duties

  • Project Management: Managing and delivering electrical and control systems studies and design projects
  • Coordination: Coordinating electrical and control system design activities with other engineering disciplines
  • Instrumentation Selection: Specification and selection of instrumentation
  • Circuit Sizing: Sizing and specification of electrical power and lighting circuits and protection
  • Hardware Specification: Specification of control system hardware and automation packages
  • Drafting Supervision: Direction and review of electrical and control drafting including single lines, schematics, loop diagrams, hook-up drawings, and panels
  • Project Support: Support of project managers on project controls, including budget, schedules, progress tracking and variation claims
  • Construction Oversight: Oversee construction activities, including board fabrication, automation works, and site electrical installation and testing
  • Commissioning Support: Commissioning documentation preparation and assistance with plant commissioning, including instrumentation
  • Data Security Management: Manage server data security and internet access
  • System Development: Develop and deploy gateway and Processing sub-systems, communication modules
  • Safety Compliance: Ensure Compliance with all site Safety Health & Environment (SHE) procedures within the area of responsibility.

2. Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Details

  • Analysis, Advisory: Execute food safety, environmental, and safety impact studies from an electrical and instrumentation maintenance perspective and advise plant operations management on the findings.
  • Development, Implementation, Auditing: Develop, implement, and audit electrical and instrumentation maintenance reliability programs.
  • Follow-up: Follow up on improvement actions resulting from Central Maintenance Best Practice and Project review audits.
  • Cost-Effectiveness: In maintenance projects, be responsible for achieving the most cost-effective reliable solutions.
  • Process Improvement: Identify and remove non-value-added activities and process control programs.
  • Initiative, Proposal: Initiate and implement value-adding activities by preparing and proposing maintenance reliability programs.
  • System Development: Develop a real-time monitoring system for monitoring data acquisition from dynamic signals, data transferring, on-server processing, and data presentation on the web.
  • Coordination: Coordinate with project teams, understanding the project's technical requirements on real-time monitoring, and set up the system accordingly.
  • Testing, Maintenance: Test and maintain the real-time monitoring system before and after deployment.
  • Setup: Work with the project team to set up a data logger.
  • Configuration, Programming: Configure the server and program for monitoring data presentation.

3. Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Responsibilities

  • Support Provision: Providing a wide range of electrical, control and instrumentation support, serving a state of the art materials and corrosion laboratory
  • Fault Repair: Fault finding and repairing existing control and instrumentation systems
  • System Design: Designing, drawing, creating and installing bespoke panels and instrumentation (with the greatest emphasis on the practical aspects of creating and installing)
  • Design Collaboration: Working with the design team to ensure all schematics and cable schedules are correct and updated
  • Electrical Testing: Carrying out electrical testing of plant and PAT testing of company portable appliances
  • Equipment Repair: Carrying out repairs to workshop plant and machinery
  • Schematic Utilization: Using and preparing electrical schematic drawings
  • System Control: Working on the control of pressure and heating systems, control of servo-hydraulic and servo-electrical rigs, a wide range of instrumentation for measuring test data and associated data acquisition systems
  • Maintenance Execution: Reactive and preventative maintenance of electrical systems
  • Regulatory Compliance: Compliance with the 18th Edition IET wiring regulations
  • Maintenance Implementation: Implementation of electrical and instrumentation maintenance related actions resulting from internal and/or external food safety items or safety and environmental audits

4. Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Accountabilities

  • Digitalization: Actively participate in the development and implementation of digitalization in the area of measurement and control technology.
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with an international team.
  • Participation: Participate in national and international meetings with the team as well as with the supplier.
  • Project Management: Handle operationally related projects, from concept development to technical implementation, as well as acceptance tests and commissioning.
  • Coordination: Coordinate external resources and contractors.
  • Contracting: Award contracts for engineering and installation services to internal or external service providers and oversee the acceptance of these services.
  • Specification: Prepare specifications and test plans for measurement and control equipment.
  • Compliance: Implement and ensure compliance with applicable regulations, standards, and procedural instructions.
  • Innovation: Ensure plant availability by developing future-oriented instrumentation and control concepts and participate in safety considerations.
  • Leadership: Lead exciting future-oriented energy projects in the field of measurement and control technology.
  • Standardization: Create and further develop technical standards and regulations in the field of measurement and control technology.

5. Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Functions

  • Drawing Review: Review drawings (PLC/DCS Diagrams, P&ID, Loop Diagrams, etc) to ensure accuracy
  • Document Creation: Create and prepare documents (datasheets) related to instruments and valves for current projects
  • Electrical Collaboration: Work with the electrical engineering department for electrical designs
  • HSE Assessment: Perform assessments in HSE and personnel
  • Standard Enforcement: Ensure engineering standards are being met and followed
  • FAT Accuracy: Ensure Factory Acceptance Test is done accurately
  • Troubleshooting Support: Provide support and trouble shooting techniques with any and all instrument-related issues
  • System Design: Design and develop application of instrumentation and control systems
  • Technician Support: Support E&I technicians with any and all related issues
  • Vendor Management: Managing vendor service contracts
  • System Optimization: Optimising the motion, functions and routes of robots and other equipment and system components