QSTL – INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEER

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 Instrumentation & Control System Engineer

POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION

Reports to:

N+1:
Head of Maintenance and Inspection

JOB TYPE:

Full
Time

LOCATION:

Tanga (prior site readiness
location will be Dar es Salaam)

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 job holder assists and
supports, within the Field Operation team for all the maintenance and
inspection activities related to the ICSS (Integrated Control and Safety
Systems), Instrumentation and Telecom of the future EACOP facilities. He is
responsible for all aspects related to ICSS and Instrumentation during the
maintenance and inspection engineering phase and shall bring assistance on this
subject as and when required. During operation, he will support the maintenance
needs of instrument, ICSS, and telecom including associated services company
and contracts. The job holder will pay particular attention to the
identification and the right definition of the performance standard of the
Safety Critical Element in his perimeter. The job holder is also accountable
for demonstrating individually an exemplary behaviour regarding HSSE rules
& requirements, and for ensuring their application within his scope of
responsibility.

Management:

- Ensures
Instrumentation, ICSS and Telecom support teams cover the obligations in term
of maintenance strategy update, performance monitoring, contract, and stock
strategy. Define priorities to focus on delivering values matching with Field
Operations Objectives.
- Produces,
reviews guidance documents, procedure, standard related to his perimeters.
- Follows
ICSS major maintenance & Update.
- Ensures
implementation of operation and maintenance strategy based on FO objectives.
Ensure management system is up to date and in line with the Area performance
objectives. Recover any REX from Area and
- Ensures
CONTRACTOR stock management by technology in line with criticality study,
capability to repair and availability objective.
- Optimization:
Review and challenge CONTRACTOR maintenance plan on instrumentation and ICSS
and do proposal to reduce downtime and cost to optimize cost VS running hours.
- Secure
life cycle management of equipment / packages; implement studies and action
plan to secure maintainability of the plants (obsolescence).
- Responsible
for implementing and sustaining all cybersecurity solutions to guard industrial
network against cyber-attacks.
- PI
system Administrator for Field Operations. Manages PI sustenance and
development to adequately cover rotating equipment, metering, and other
requirements.
- OPEX:
Cooperate with MAN head in terms of budget management for studies, ISS and
modifications related to Service.
- Develops
periodic reporting activities of the Discipline and follow them.
- Train
and coach local staff up to required professional and experience level to
manage autonomously

Operations:

- Recommends
diagnosis & corrective actions related to major malfunctions and failures.
Comments Contractor action plan and assess CONTRACTOR competencies and process
to solve major malfunctions and failures. Support CONTRACTOR if required.
- Organizes
and maintain instrument equipment database. Guarantee the quality of activity
reporting, particularly though CMMS.
- Reliability:
Responsible of COMPANY reporting regarding reliability improvement as a
continuous practice to maximise plant availability; identify improvement
opportunities in organization, facilities availability, and technical costs;
represent progress in reliability meeting.
- Follow
KPI’s defined and attend / prepare for meetings, update dashboard upon
requirement, provide action plan for reliability meeting...
- Develop
positive and constructive relationships with contractors and suppliers.
Identify opportunities to improve contractor/supplier performance, reduce costs
and improve the quality of services/products supplied.
- Act
as technical discipline focal point on specific project/work scopes and
contracts, taking a lead role in the involvement/co-ordination of, and
interface between, site/ teams/contractors ensuring effective communication and
understanding between appropriate parties.
- Assure
best safety and asset availability during start and first 3 years of
operations.
- Put
in place proper, optimized work practices, methodology and structure

Engineering
Studies

- Proposes
solutions to optimize the operating cost.
- Consolidates
ICSS & instrumentation part of Software Modification workflow issued by
site dealing with ICSS and instrument discipline.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• In
the context of teamwork and in the field of maintenance:

• Shares
and provides reliability analysis, optimization, and availability of equipment
in line with the production objectives.

• Prepares
and manages Contract technical need for the Maintenance contract team to
implement on time in line with operation readiness planning.

• Defines
maintenance policies and ensure international rules and standards followed
according to his disciplinesParticipates and updates REX and recommendation for
future contract as EACOP strategy.

• Participates
to contractor and subcontractor audits.

• Regular
site visits.

• Adequate
maintenance plans for related equipment and evidence of execution via CMMS

• Adequate
material replenishment plans and effective liaison with C&P to always
ensure required stock levels.

• Effective
execution of assigned contracts.

• Availability,
reliability, and obsolescence management of Instruments/PLC/ICSS/Metering

HEALTH,
SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

EACOP is committed to ensuring
that the health, safety and welfare of workers, communities, and the
environment are well addressed and managed. Therefore, the employee is mandated
to:

• Fully
complies with Company H3SE (Health, Safety, Social, Security & Environment)
policies and Life Saving Rules.

• Actively
participates in HSEQ and promotes this culture to co-workers.

• Remains
vigilant and maintains continuous awareness of potential unsafe conditions.

• Communicates
to management any HSE related concerns and ways to improve them.

• Maintains
a workplace & workspace that is safe, clean, and always neat – practice
good housekeeping.

Requirements

MANDATORY
REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED:

Academic Qualifications:

- Engineering Bac +5 level with
specialization in ICSS or Instrumentation, or equivalent proven experience
(Engineer)
- Industrial
information security system training
- ERB
Registration as a Professional Engineer

Experience Required:

Experience in instrument and
ICSS maintenance and management (over 10 years), competence in cyber security,
oil/Electric/production/terminal knowledge …

• Experience
in industrial maintenance (over 8 years) and maintenance methods.

• Experience
in team management.

• Very
good knowledge of Instrumentation and Fundamentals of Legal Metrology in
metering of petroleum products.

• Reliability,
autonomy, analytical, organizational capacity, and leadership

• Sense
of method, flavor analysis, rigor, and organizational skills

• Proficiency
in English, both spoken and written.

ADDED
ADVANTAGE

• Proficiency
in Oral and written English.

How
to apply:

All
candidates who meet the criteria outlined as above are encouraged to send their
CVs/Resumes to: [email protected] or link below not later than 6 th November 2026.

https://jobs.qsourcing.com/jobs/Careers/735362000022616112/QSTL-INSTRUMENTATION-CONTROL-SYSTEM-ENGINEER?source=CareerSite

This
position is open to locals and expats.

For
any further clarifications call 0748 519 015.

Note:

Only
shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Q-SOURCING
SERVTEC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ANY SOLICITATION WILL LEAD TO
DISQUALIFICATION .