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Lead DCS Engineer

United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi · Job Posted March 13, 2026
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Job Description

We are looking for a Lead DCS Engineer for one of our clients.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead the DCS Engineering Team in a project
  • Responsible for Hardware and Software Engineering
  • Reviewing the Project technical specification requirements and Standards
  • FEED (Front End Engineering Design) experience of projects
  • As part of FEED work, ensure design standardisation meeting control system and project requirements, technical review of project sepcfications, provide value added engineering solutions
  • Responsible for Design of System Architecture, IO assignments, Panel Design and Engineering
  • Provide technical solutions for complex control schemes, Alarm Management, Third party interface requirements (Modbus, OPC), Asset Management to meet project requirements
  • Provide solutions for HMI design to meet project requirements
  • Ensure optimised engineering through usage of engineering tools
  • Conduct design reviews to ensure quality deliverables and meet YMA QMS requirements
  • Review of work procedures and product specifications
  • Reporting to the Project Manager on day to day activities
  • Performing detailed engineering, design, assembly and testing of the control system as per the Customer requirements
  • Preparation and review of Hardware and Software related Bill Of Material for various Systems
  • Coordination with Customer Engineers for technical issues
  • Preparation and review of Purchase Order for various Projects Materials
  • Coordination with Document Controller for Control of Project documentation and QC Engineer for Inspection and Testing related activities
  • Arranging Internal Meeting for achieving Project milestones
  • Project Progress Monitoring and control
  • Adhering to the Project Schedule & Project Quality Plan
  • Preparation of Scope of work deviations and tracking
  • Participating site acceptance test, commissioning and start-up activities

Requirements

  • A Degree in Engineering Field. Specifically in Instrumentation or Electronics
  • Minimum 12 years’ experience in the field of Control System including Application Software
  • To lead detailed System and Application Software engineering configuration, design, assembly and testing team of various Control Systems and Human Machine Interface as per the Project requirements

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