# Lead Instrumentation & Control Engineer-(6 Months Contract) — KBR

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Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: contract · Level: lead
Monthly salary: AED 12,000 to 18,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-09-30
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## Description

Title:
Lead Instrumentation & Control Engineer-(6 Months Contract)

"Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR !
The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.
KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets."

Job Description - Lead Instrumentation & Control (I&C) Engineer
Title: Lead Instrumentation & Control Engineer
Company: KBR - Inhouse Engineering, Contract Role.
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE - KBR Office
Job Purpose
- Lead, direct, and oversee all Instrumentation & Control (I&C) engineering activities associated with the development of the onshore gas processing facilities, pipelines and wellhead systems throughout the FEED project lifecycle.
- Serve as the discipline technical authority, providing engineering leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, reliable, maintainable, and cost-effective I&C solutions that comply with client requirements, applicable standards, project schedules, and quality expectations. Act as the focal point for instrumentation, automation, control systems, and functional safety matters while facilitating effective multidisciplinary coordination.
Key Responsibilities
- Function as the Lead Engineer accountable for all Instrumentation & Control engineering deliverables, technical integrity, and discipline team performance.
- Develop and implement discipline execution strategies, engineering work plans, resource forecasts, and project deliverable schedules.
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers and designers, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance across all engineering activities.
- Interface effectively with Project Management, Engineering Management, Clients, Operations teams, and Vendors to achieve successful project delivery.
- Review, approve, and monitor engineering deliverables prepared by discipline team members, consultants, and subcontractors.
- Support proposal preparation, technical bid evaluations, manpower estimation, cost forecasting, and discipline planning activities.
- Lead brownfield modification projects, debottlenecking studies, facility upgrades, and control system migration initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership in the preparation, review, and approval of all Instrumentation & Control engineering deliverables, including instrument indexes, I/O lists, datasheets, specifications, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, cable schedules, control philosophies, system architecture documents, and engineering drawings throughout all project phases.
- Lead Functional Safety lifecycle activities in compliance with IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 requirements.
- Develop, review, and approve Safety Requirement Specifications (SRS).
- Participate in SIL determination, verification, and validation studies.
- Review Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) and verify performance and reliability requirements.
- Ensure implementation and closure of recommendations arising from HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, CHAZOP, cybersecurity, and other risk assessment studies.
- Interpret and apply relevant international codes and standards, including IEC, ISA, API, IEEE, NFPA, NACE, ISO, and ATEX/IECEx requirements.
- Perform, review, and verify design calculations for control valves, flow elements, thermowells, relief valves, and associated instrumentation systems as applicable.
- Facilitate design reviews, technical assurance activities, and value engineering initiatives to optimize project outcomes.
- Ensure maintainability, operability, reliability, lifecycle performance, and asset integrity considerations are embedded within the design.
- Coordinate closely with Process, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, Telecommunications, and other engineering disciplines to ensure seamless integration of design solutions.
- Monitor discipline progress against approved schedules, budgets, and project milestones.
- Identify technical and execution risks and implement effective mitigation strategies.
- Support project planning, forecasting, progress reporting, and resource management activities.
- Lead interdisciplinary design reviews, technical workshops, and engineering resolution meetings.
- Ensure timely resolution of technical issues and effective implementation of Management of Change (MOC) processes.
- Liaise with Clients, Vendors, and third-party stakeholders to ensure technical compliance and resolve engineering challenges.
- Ensure adherence to QA/QC procedures, engineering standards, calibration philosophies, datasheet quality requirements, and procurement

## Requirements

Minimum qualifications and requirements are not clearly separated in the posting as a distinct section. The text outlines expectations such as acting as discipline technical authority, leading a team, ensuring compliance with standards (IEC 61508, IEC 61511), experience with I&C engineering for onshore gas facilities, familiarity with HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA/CHAZOP, and ability to interface with multiple stakeholders. A formal bullet list of required qualifications is not provided in a separate section.

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