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Transforming the world.\nWood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.\nWe are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.\nEnergy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.\nWhat we can offer\nMeaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector\nCommitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business\nCompetitive remuneration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market\nMedical Insurance: Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment\nGroup Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover \nEnd of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit\nThe Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company\nLong Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ services of our employees at 5-year service milestones\nCommitment to continued professional development: Development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests \nGlobal connections: Join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession \nEnergy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems - delivered by experts in their field\nJob Objective\nCreating and implementing advanced instrumentation systems for industrial processes\nEnhancing system performance and efficiency through automation and control strategies\nEnsuring all instrumentation adheres to industry standards and regulatory requirements\nDiagnosing and resolving issues to maintain seamless operations\nLeading instrumentation projects, coordinating with teams, and managing budgets\nResearching and integrating new technologies to improve system capabilities\nThe Senior Instrumentation Engineer is primarily engaged in the design, modeling, and analysis of Packages and Field Instrument engineering requirements on a project, tender or proposal, as per client standards, international codes, and project scope of work\nPlanning and executing Instrumentation engineering design for field instrumentation, Distributed Control System (DCS), Supervisory control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Integrated Control System (ICS), Fire and Gas, Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and Telecommunications systems. This entails the preparation of basic design, detailed design of the instrumentation and controls part of the project\nSPI knowledge / experience is mandatory in Index, I/O List, Data sheets and Loop drawing \nOffshore design experience and RLE FPSO experience are mandatory\nPreparing data sheets, Cause and effect diagrams, logic verifications, Input to interdepartmental interfaces \nEnsuring that the design is carried out as per the industry standard practices and in conformance with the quality management system\nCo-ordination with Project and client\nAssisting in the preparation of project proposals and pre-qualification documents in what relates to Instrumentation engineering design\nIdentification of issues that impede project progress and reporting to Project Managers and Discipline Heads\nAssimilating the evolution of new products and technology, and updating oneself on the latest international standards in terms of engineering design practices and their applications\nIdentifying new methodology of work process required for higher productivity\nPreparation of Construction work packs \nTBE, VDR and follow-up engineering activities\n Skills And Qualifications\nWhat makes you remarkable?\nAt Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.\nExpected:\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited university with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the Offshore/Onshore Oil & Gas industry, including minimum 5 years (preferred) in GCC region\nMust have at least 5 years of experience in similar position in a mega Oil & Gas or Petrochemical projects\nFully coherent in all international codes and standards\nExcellent command of both spoken and written English is required\nEnthusiastic, conscientious and keen to learn / Flexible with a can-do attitude\nWorking hands on Experience on SPI\nMust have working knowledge and experience of electrical discipline relevant offshore/onshore oil and gas industry codes, specifications and practices\nPrevious experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage","description_format":"text","description_chars":6030,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Health insurance","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Science & Engineering","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-05T06:27:45Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":34,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-senior-instrumentation-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-senior-instrumentation-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T22:26:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":137,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":98243},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=98243"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwood-senior-instrumentation-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwood-senior-instrumentation-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwood-senior-instrumentation-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wood-senior-instrumentation-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwood-senior-instrumentation-engineer-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3790410}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"woodplc.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3790410},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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