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Wood is currently recruiting for a Instrumentation Lead (Discipline Construction Lead) on a 12 contract basis. The role will be based on Teesside at the project site office at Redcar. If required, you will be expected to conduct occasional travel to EPC contractor’s design offices in Paris and potential EPC Contractor facilities in the UK and overseas. It will be a full-time site-based role with Mon-Fri site working pattern overseeing all construction areas on the project. Limited but regular overtime may be required in keeping with EPC working patterns, which may change through the life of the project.

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The Role

As the Instrumentation Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing all instrumentation construction activities executed by the EPC and PCC Contractors. This includes, but is not limited to:

Health and Safety
Industrial Relations
Quality
Constructability
Readiness
Installation of instruments, erection of containment, pulling and securing of cables, punching, testing and energisation
Turnover through to Mechanical Completion and Client Handover
Cleanliness, preservation, and readiness for commissioning
Leadership of client standards for “build it tight” and “build it clean”
Coordination with EPC Discipline Instrumentation Leads for all instrumentation scope
Coordination with Equipment Leads for hook‑up to rotating and static equipment
Coordination with SIP Lead for scaffolding requirements
Coordinate with Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Leads as part of a systemised completion and handover
Coordinating with HSE Leads for ensuring testing and energisation is assessed, planned, and conducted using suitable methodology with appropriate exclusion and access controls
Ensuring compliance with client specifications, project specifications, safety standards, and quality requirements
Ensuring EPC reporting is compliant and reflects the status of the work

The role will involve close coordination with EPC engineering teams and site contractors through installation, turnover, testing, mechanical completion, and handover.

Our Clients and Projects

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Wood’s Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery.

Participate in Self Verification and Oversight process
Provide Client input to constructability and readiness process
Provide oversight for the field execution of instrumentation works from installation through to mechanical completion and handover
Ensure all instrumentation installation is installed, tested, and pre-commissioned in accordance with project requirements
Monitor contractor performance for technical compliance, cleanliness, quality standards, and schedule adherence; raise NCRs where necessary
Coordinate resolution of technical queries (TQs), deviations, and change requests with engineering and contractor teams
Review contractor proposals, method statements and construction work packs for instrumentation activities
Support construction planning and progress reporting, ensuring accurate daily / weekly / monthly updates from the contractor
Participate in construction walkdowns and punch list management as part of mechanical completion
Ensure discipline handover documentation / dossiers are complete and meet project requirements
Identify and mitigate equipment specific risks, applying lessons learned and best practices throughout the project lifecycle
Collaborate with other discipline leads and the main contractor to ensure seamless integration of instrumentation with other installation
Lead “build it tight” and “build it clean” to drive contractor compliance

What makes you remarkable?

At 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.

Expected

HNC or higher in Instrumentation or Control Engineering or related discipline is preferred. Consideration will be given if time-served with suitable experience in similar roles
Demonstrable experience in a similar role, on large scape EPC projects overseeing / managing instrumentation installation including instruments, field distribution panels, containment, cabling, glanding, preservation, punch out, walkdown, turnover and handover
Proven skills with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams
Ability to oversee construction planning and execution while maintaining safety and quality standards

Desirable

Familiarity with multi-discipline interfaces and construction sequencing
Experience in energy transition or large-scale industrial projects

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.