Senior Design Engineer C&I – Compressors & Renewable Gas

Gas Networks Ireland operates and maintains Ireland’s €2.7bn, 14,664km national gas network, which is considered one of the safest and most modern renewables-ready gas networks in the world.

Over 720,000 Irish homes and businesses trust Ireland’s gas network to provide efficient and reliable energy to meet their heating, cooking, manufacturing and transport needs.

The gas network is the cornerstone of Ireland’s energy system, securely supplying more than 30% of Ireland’s total energy, including 40% of all heating and almost 50% of the country’s electricity generation.

By working to replace natural gas with renewable gases, such as biomethane and green hydrogen, and complementing intermittent renewable electricity, Gas Networks Ireland is supporting Ireland’s journey to a cleaner energy future.

Gas Networks Ireland is now seeking to appoint a Senior Design Engineer, Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (E,C&I) to primarily work on the design of renewable natural gas projects. However, flexibility and the willingness to work on other projects e.g., Compressors, CNG/RNG automotive refuelling facilities, as business needs dictate will be necessary.

The Role:

The Asset Delivery function within Gas Networks Ireland is responsible for the end-to-end planning, designing and delivery of GNI’s portfolio of asset development programmes. Encompassing the three pillars of Project Delivery Management, Design Delivery and Project Services; the Asset Delivery function brings together all the technical and project support capabilities needed to take high-level projects and programmes from the Portfolio Office and translate these through from detailed design and planning, to construction delivery and handover to Asset Operations. 

Reporting to the Design Delivery Lead – Compressors & Renewable Gas, the Senior Design Engineer Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (E,C&I) will primarily have responsibility for the preliminary and detailed design of biogas and renewable gas connections, additional responsibilities may include capital and operational projects for price control (refurbishment, replacement, maintenance, upgrades) of pipelines, above ground installations, CNG, Biomethane and compressors across the gas network. The Senior Design Engineer will manage the design element of projects (end to end) and outsourced engineering providers ensuring a high-quality design service is delivered within Design Delivery. The successful candidate will have the ability to lead a team, to effectively diagnose technical issues and have knowledge of gas related process design. The Senior Design Engineer E,C&I will work closely with Senior Design Engineer Mechanical to ensure the end to end design process is aligned to meet the overall project and programme timelines within Design Delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team comprised of internal design engineers, seconded engineers and engineering service providers to deliver the design of transmission and distribution E C&I projects or programmes.
• Managing the design in accordance with the Engineering Design Manual, including design review, design deviation process, material inspections, tender document preparation, comprising pipelines, network modifications, pressure reducing installations, ATEX etc. across the network.
• Provide technical design support to design engineers developing and maintaining internal engineering design competence.
• Review, validation, appraise, challenge and ultimately accept designs where designs are outsourced ensuing compliance with industry standards.
• Lead innovation within design incorporating best practice engineering.
• Attendance of factory acceptance testing for all aspects of materials as required.
• Lead as required to enable the completion of HAZID or HAZOP including recording risks on the internal risk management system, functional safety, safety integrity levels etc.
• Ensure all design documentation is fully and accurately completed, loaded onto Sharepoint system, appropriate procedures and controls are in place ensuring compliance with the design process.
• Support sustainability where reasonable within the design process e.g. materials.
• Lead and facilitate enablement of cyber security within the design process.
• Lead & support the organisiation to maintain continuity of E,C&I material & service framework agreements, provision of pre-tender technical requirements, evaluation & award.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of internal design processes and procedures including ISO: 9000 in the Design environment and attending audits.
• Co-ordination of specialist technical services and third-party resources as part of the design process to enable delivery of designs.
• Lead and ensure alignment across design with other Senior Design Engineers (E,C&I / Mechanical) within the design team e.g. knowledge sharing, and lessons learned from projects.
• Performing other duties as assigned from time to time.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Electrical, Electronic or Instrumentation Engineering (Level 8) with a minimum of five years design engineering experience, preferably in the natural gas industry.
• Technical proficiency in electrical, control & instrumentation, cathodic protection, design, asset selection & specification.
• Competent in electrical Installation design & explosive atmospheres, ATEX equipment selection, installation, inspection & testing. Working knowledge of hazardous area classification.
• Working knowledge of remote telemetry, SCADA system architecture and industrial data communications.
• Competent in natural gas quality & fiscal measurement design. Detailed knowledge of primary & secondary metering system design & specification including ultrasonic, turbine, rotary displacement flow meters, natural gas sampling & gas chromatography.
• Working knowledge of Construction and H&S regulations, risk management practice e.g. hazard identification & design risk assessment.
• Knowledge of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), HAZOP/HAZID/HAZCON, Functional Safety, Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), ALARP principles.
• Working knowledge of relevant Gas Standards, Codes of Practice. Awareness of statutory requirements.
• Knowledge of public & utility procurement.
• Facilitate the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
• Provide coaching in the development of technical skills and abilities in others.
• Proactively identifying new areas of learning and using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job.
• Driver of high standards for individual, team and organisational accomplishment and delivering desired results.
• Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, problem solving, in a timely fashion, along with the ability to communicate complex information to others.
• Ability to set own high standards of performance and delivering desired results.

Applications, including current Curriculum Vitae, should be emailed to the following address stating the job title and reference number in the subject line of your email: recruit@gasnetworks.ie

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is the

3rd of July 2024.

Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.

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