QSTL-EACOP – INSTRUMENT ENGINEER
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania2d ago
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Key details
- Location
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Work style
- Onsite
- Job type
- Full-time
- Function
- Software engineering
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 2d ago
Skills
About the role
About this job:
Q-Sourcing Tanzania Limited is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
On behalf of our Tanzania based client, we are looking for a competent and experienced Instrument Engineer
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION
Reports to: N+1: Head of Maintenance and Inspection
JOB TYPE: Rotation 8*2
LOCATION: AGI’s (MST, PS4, PS5)
WHO WE ARE:
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a Midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore Marine Storage and Export Terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1,443 km long, electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale - Hoima in Uganda, to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to the international markets.
JOB DIMENSIONS
The Field Instrument Engineer is responsible for installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, calibrating, and repairing instrumentation and control systems used in oil and gas production, processing, transportation, and storage facilities. The role ensures the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of process equipment and control systems while complying with company standards and industry regulations.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Install, test, calibrate, and commission field instrumentation and control equipment.
- Maintain and repair pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical instruments.
- Troubleshoot instruments, control, and automation system failures.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on instrumentation systems.
- Inspect and maintain control valves, actuators, transmitters, switches, and sensors.
- Read and interpret P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams), loop drawings, and electrical schematics.
- Support Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), SCADA systems, Safety system and HIPPS.
- Conduct equipment performance testing and calibration using specialized test equipment.
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
- Prepare maintenance reports, calibration records, and work documentation.
- Participate in plant shutdowns, turnarounds, and commissioning activities.
- Coordinate operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to minimize production downtime.
HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES: