Senior Instrumentation and Control Engineer

🎛️ Hiring: Senior Instrumentation & Control Engineer – Power, Water & Renewables

📍 Umluj, Saudi Arabia

Join a cutting-edge utilities operation supporting one of Saudi Arabia’s most innovative renewable-powered developments. Lead instrumentation, control, and automation systems across integrated utilities — including power generation, desalination, wastewater, and microgrid systems — ensuring reliability, performance, and sustainability across the entire plant lifecycle.

What you’ll do:

• Supervise I&C installation, commissioning, and integration across multi-utility assets (PV, BESS, desalination, STP, and IWMF).
• Review and approve I&C design documentation, method statements, and QA/QC records.
• Participate in FAT, SAT, and logic verification for PLC, SCADA, DCS, and SIS systems.
• Lead preventive and corrective maintenance for I&C equipment during operations.
• Troubleshoot control system faults, optimize configurations, and ensure system reliability.
• Manage CMMS activities (SAP/Maximo), calibration schedules, and spare parts plans.
• Support control system cybersecurity, data backup, and performance monitoring programs.
• Analyze trends, downtime data, and system KPIs to enhance plant performance.
• Provide training to O&M teams on instrumentation tuning, safety systems, and control logic optimization.
• Ensure compliance with HSE standards, LOTO procedures, and relevant Saudi and international codes (ISA, IEC, API, NEC).

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation, Electrical, or Control Systems Engineering .
• 10–15 years’ experience in I&C systems within power, desalination, or industrial utilities , including 5+ years in commissioning or O&M.
• Strong technical background in field instruments, PLC/SCADA/DCS, and control loop tuning.
• Familiarity with hybrid renewable and microgrid control systems.
• Solid understanding of safety systems (SIS/ESD/Fire & Gas) and SIL verification.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and leadership skills.
• Certifications such as ISA, OEM (Siemens/ABB/Emerson) , or Saudi Council of Engineers membership preferred.
• Strong communication skills in English; Arabic a plus.

📩 Apply now and help drive the reliability, performance, and innovation of Umluj’s renewable-powered utility network.