Instrument Designer

Client is looking for SPI Administrator (Smart Plant Instrumentation)

Oil & gas, petrochemical, power plant, refinery, water treatment, or manufacturing facilities

• Minimum 13 years of overall experience in engineering systems, instrumentation engineering, or engineering data management environments.
• Minimum 8 years of hands‑on experience administering and supporting Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI) systems.
• Proven experience in EPC, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refining, Energy, or Industrial projects.
• Extensive experience in SPI project setup, configuration, customization, user management, and system administration.
• Strong experience in database maintenance, backups, upgrades, patch management, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with SPI data migration, bulk data loading, and system integration activities.
• Proven experience supporting instrumentation deliverables including instrument indexes, loop diagrams, wiring, datasheets, and specifications.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, SQL queries, and engineering management reports.
• Experience coordinating with IT, database administrators, cybersecurity teams, and software vendors.
• Strong background in engineering data quality management, revision control, and governance standards.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects and leading SPI-related initiatives throughout the project lifecycle.
• Previous experience in a lead or senior SPI Administrator role is highly preferred.

• Administer and maintain the Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI) environment, ensuring system availability, performance, and data integrity.
• Configure and manage SPI modules, projects, user access, roles, and permissions in alignment with corporate IT/EDMS standards and cybersecurity requirements.
• Support engineering teams in instrument index management, loop diagrams, wiring, specifications, datasheets, and reporting activities.
• Perform system configuration, database maintenance, backups, upgrades, and patch management activities.
• Troubleshoot technical and functional issues related to SPI applications, interfaces, and integrations.
• Coordinate with IT, cybersecurity, database administrators, and vendors to resolve infrastructure and application-related issues.
• Develop and maintain SPI procedures, workflows, naming conventions, and governance standards.
• Support project execution activities including project setup, data migration, bulk uploads, and handover processes.
• Generate and customize reports, queries, and dashboards to support engineering and project management requirements.
• Ensure compliance with data quality, revision control, and engineering information management standards.
• Participate in testing, validation, and deployment of system enhancements and integrations.
• Provide user support, awareness sessions, and technical guidance to engineering and project teams.