Department Head - Control & Instrument

About The Role

PD&MS Group have a great opportunity for a Control & Instrumentation Department Head to join our progressive C&I Engineering team team based in Aberdeen or Glasgow on a full time, employee basis.
Duties
Responsible for coordinating resources to ensure the correct personnel and competency are available for delivery of work scopes
Experience required in leading a team of engineers and coordinating work tasks to achieve required plan dates.
Perform technical authority for the C&I discipline.
Responsible for team training and development
Champion innovation and develop new engineering capabilities within the discipline and PD&MS.
Support technical and commercial bids and other business development activities.
Knowledge of, and compliance with, client, industry and international specifications and standards

.

Assurance that personnel under the

Department Heads

control

comply with

relevant documents
Management

of personnel and

overall

responsib

ility

for the technical content and quality of

work produced

for own discipline

,

training and development.
Accountable for coordination of

all

discipline input to support delivery and to ensure design integrity and consistency
Identify

and resolve any issue delaying design delivery / related procurement, irrespective of group

/ disciplines involved

.

Key aspect is to positively drive cross-discipline delivery and remove any blockers, assess dependencies between disciplines and ensure the correct sequence of workflow to provide

optimal

delivery and negate rework
Identify

specialist

3

rd

party input

/ PD&MS Consult input is

identified

and planned fo

r execution at the correct time
Oversee delivery

of

cost effective

engineering solutions that are fit for purpose, safe and add value to both PD&MS and the Client

.

Motivation of

all

discipline personnel to do similarly.
Preparation / approval of estimates and tender packages
Overall discipline responsibility from receipt of tender / invitation to quote through to completion of the documentation package f

or all departmental work
Overall technical

and commercial

authority for department
Delivery of department project design deliverables

in accordance with

agreed schedules and priorities and ahead of the estimates in terms of productivity
Representati

on of PD&MS with Clients,

Suppliers / Vendors

and Certifying Authorities

in a professional manner
Convening periodic departmental and inter-departmental production meetings
Management

of resources and

timely

identification of changes to resource requirements
Right-sizing of discipline team and drive to utilisation of most

cost effective

resource

where

appropriate

in

delivering the work
Review and monitoring

of competence

of engineering personnel

within the department

.

In conjunction with Lead Engineers, management of

shortfalls such as training, coaching

, mentoring

or

other measures

.
Where applicable, r

esponsible for ensuring that

Finance Department is notified of all

work which can be billed, on an ongoing basis, but monthly as a minimum
Periodic review

of company procedures and policies
Proficient in the use of all

ProTools
Remain up to date with technical developments, client, national and international

standards

and legislative requirements related to the position
Awareness and understanding of

the business drivers and values
Actively promote services of company whenever possible and s

ource work if

possible

to do so
Review personnel performance, competency and work ethic and action accordingly
Review, or

appropriate delegation

of timesheets, holiday requests and working time
Responsible for ensuring professional development is

maintained

and

identified

competency requirements are undertaken

in a timely manner
Adherence to the company integrated management system
Compliance with quality assurance, health and safety and environmental policies
Demonstrate and promote PD&MS QHSE principles and lead by example
Ensure unsafe activities are challenged
Adherence to the requirements of the best practice standards recommendations and processes in the undertaking of duties

, in particular, risk

assessment and control,

reliability

and failure prevention necessary to ensure the safe design, provision and use of tools,

equipment

and systems
Demonstrate and promote PD&MS values and lead by example
Ensure direct report performance reviews are carried out within the required timescales
About You

The successful candidate would ideally have the following skills and attributes:
BSc in relevant Engineering Discipline
Significant, demonstrable experience in Detailed Design Engineering and Engineering Checking/Approval
U

nderstanding of all Engineering disciplines
Thorough knowledge and understanding of relevant Oil & Gas Industry Codes and Standards
Understand the application of

Autodesk Design products
Competent in the use of MS Office applications
Experience in managing and developing others
Excellent written and spoken English
Specific Experience required:

TUV certification and experience in functional safety PHAs required to perform role as head of functional safety.
Experience in managing team budgets, produce scope estimates and recognising and controlling scope change.
Significant experience performing studies, equipment selection reviews, specification, technical bid evaluations and package management of equipment packages in an EPC environment or client role is highly preferred.
Oil and Gas Control and Instrumentation Engineering experience.
Demonstrable Experience and Knowledge in Field Instrument selection and application particularly;
Control valves
Shutdown Valves
Pressure Safety Valves
Flowmeters
Pressure Transmitters
Temperature Transmitters
Level Transmitters
Switches
F&G Detectors
Demonstrable Experience and Knowledge in Control system modification, particularly;
DCS/PCS
ESD/PSD/PSS
F&G
HIPPS
Metering
UCPs
Experience in writing/checking/approving system SoW for 3rd party systems vendors listed above.
Demonstrable Experience and Knowledge in participating in the below;
HAZOP/HAZID and any other PHA
Fault Tree Analysis
LOPA
Risk Assessments
Workshops/Reviews
Understanding of CE/ATEX and UKCA certification of equipment is essential.
Experience in support to construction and commissioning activities.
About Us

Our Company delivers small, medium and large sized brownfield engineering and construction projects to both onshore and offshore facilities within the UKCS, and beyond.

In addition to our Oil & Gas delivery stream we are leading the way in the Low Carbon Energy Sector, as well as providing opportunities in Energy Transition and Cleantech sectors.

We strongly believe in our core values, the PD&MS GENES, which defines who we are and what we do on a daily basis, the way we deliver and what our company stands for. Each Gene is underpinned by our safety message without compromise to safety or quality, safety and quality do not stand alone as company values because they are integrated into everything we do.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value inclusion and diversity. We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.
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