REQUISITION NUMBER: 2717
Job Title: Instrumentation Engineer II
Date Opened: 8/27/2025
Location: Metairie, LA
Industry: Oil & Gas
Department: Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering
Employment Type: Full-Time Regular
Part-Time Available: No
Eligible for US Work Authorization Sponsorship: No
FLSA Exemption: Exempt (Eligible for Straight-Time Overtime)
This is not a remote position; the position requires daily in-office attendance in Metairie, LA.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Instrumentation Engineer will work with a team of engineers, drafters, and other disciplines to insure the integrated design deliverables meet project requirements. This will include reviewing and understanding client provided specifications and all applicable codes and standards.
BASIC OR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering required;
- For candidates with engineering degrees attained outside the U.S., the candidate must have attained an E.I.T. designation from a U.S. based state licensing board;
- One (1) year with less than five (5) years’ experience with the design and implementation of instrumentation and controls systems for offshore oil and gas industry, onshore gas processing, hydrocarbon storage and transportation, chemical manufacturing or refining;
- Experience in using and updating P&ID’s in the development of project instrumentation;
- Knowledge in P&ID, Control Philosophy and Control Logic development;
- Experience performing basic calculations for instrumentation including control valves, relief valves, flowmeters, level instruments, and pressure and temperature instruments required;
- Must be familiar with control and safety systems such as Allen Bradley/Rockwell, Yokogawa, ABB, Siemens, or Honeywell;
- Experience with preparing instrument indexes, I/O lists, etc. required;
- Knowledge and experience with appropriate portions of ANSI/NEMA/NFPA/API/UL/ISA/IEEE/IEC codes and standards;
- Ability to work within project centered multi-discipline teams;
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple work scopes;
- Advance technical writing skills with the ability to effectively verbalize technical information;
- Basic Microsoft Office skills with proficiency in Excel required;
- Requires the ability and availability to work overtime and the ability to travel to offsite (including offshore) locations (may require multi-day trips);
- Ability to interact with staff at all levels.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working in hazard analysis teams (HAZOP, HAZAN, HAZID) preferred;
- Experience in the use and application of IEC 61511 for Safety Systems preferred;
- Experience applying SPI(INtools) in design and engineering;
- Experience in an Electrical Engineering role including electrical design with regard to power generation, distribution, protection and related controls systems is a strong plus.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS (WITH OR WITHOUT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION):
- Must be able to lift and carry twenty (20) pounds;
- Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities which permits employee to communicate effectively;
- Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time;
- Sufficient vision or other powers of observation which permits employee to conduct analysis and investigations;
- Sufficient manual dexterity which permit the employee to perform routine office duties;
- Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes to perform office duties and travel when necessary to off-site locations.
This job description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.
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