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Senior Engineer I, Instrument & Control, Projects

$140.4k - $171.6k
Full-time

Phillips 66

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

Phillips 66 is seeking an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to support the Projects organization. In this role, the engineer provides design guidance and quality assurance for the selection, design, fabrication, configuration, and installation of instruments, control, and safety systems associated with capital projects.

This position is a technical oversight role for multiple facilities and works closely with the EPC, project management, process and mechanical engineering, procurement, fabricators, constructors, and site stakeholders to ensure designs, equipment, software, and materials meet applicable codes, standards, and project objectives. The role is best suited for an engineer who combines strong technical depth in instrumentation and control systems with practical project execution skills in refining or similar industrial environments.

Willing and able to relocate to Houston, TX

What You'll Do



  • Provide instrumentation and controls engineering support for projects from early development through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and startup.
  • Provide oversight to EPC contractors and review ICS project scope, design basis, and project execution strategies to confirm alignment with project objectives, site requirements, company standards, and applicable codes.
  • Provide oversight to EPC contractors on control systems scope, including review of DCS, PLC, SIS, control network architecture, control narratives, cause-and-effect and logic.
  • Review design deliverables for field instrumentation, control systems, safety systems, and associated installation packages, including instrument indexes, I/O assignments, control narratives, loop drawings, wiring drawings, datasheets, and commissioning packages.
  • Support the specification, selection, and application of field instruments, control valves, isolation valves, PLCs, DCS platforms, and safety systems for project use.
  • Partner with other engineering disciplines, project managers, procurement teams, fabricators, and construction teams to ensure technical alignment and successful delivery of project scope.
  • Review vendor documentation, support technical bid evaluations, respond to technical queries, and help confirm equipment and package compliance with project requirements.
  • Support factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing when needed.
  • Help ensure project deliverables comply with company engineering practices, applicable industry codes and standards, and site-specific requirements.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying design, constructability, operability, and maintainability enhancements during project development and execution.
  • Develop, capture, and communicate ICS lessons learned from project execution to support continuous improvement and improve future project quality and predictability.
  • Promote safe work practices and reinforce expectations for technically sound, practical, and sustainable project solutions
  • Successfully manage competing priorities and multiple assignments simultaneously while maintaining focus on business value and technical quality
  • Remain accountable for managing time, meeting commitments, and delivering clear, practical, and technically sound recommendations


What You'll Bring - Required



  • Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, typically electrical, instrumentation, chemical, mechanical, or a related discipline
  • 7 or more years of petrochemical experience
  • Demonstrated experience with industrial instrumentation and control systems in refining or similar process industries


What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred



  • Working knowledge of instrumentation fundamentals, including pressure, temperature, flow, level, analytical systems, final control elements, and control system interfaces
  • Working knowledge of industrial control systems, including DCS and SIS architecture and configuration, PLC-based systems, logic diagrams, control narratives, cause-and-effect documentation, and control network diagrams
  • Experience supporting capital, maintenance, or turnaround projects through design and execution
  • Ability to work across functions and communicate effectively with engineering, operations, maintenance, procurement, and construction stakeholders
  • Familiarity with applicable engineering drawings and documentation such as P&IDs, loop diagrams, logic diagrams, and related project record
  • Coordinating the MOC evaluation process for assigned projects
  • Experience working with EPC contractors and multi-discipline project teams in a central or corporate projects environment
  • Experience reviewing work by EPC contractors, vendors, and third-party engineering firms
  • Experience with distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, HMI graphics
  • Experience working for or with a Main Automation Contractor
  • Accepts ownership, is accountable, and delivers on commitments
  • Encourages creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement
  • Drives company core values
Compensation Range




This position has a base salary range of $140,400-$171,600.




At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role's requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being - physical, emotional, social, and financial - is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results - personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

  • Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
  • 8% 401k company match
  • Cash Balance Account pension
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
  • Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards .

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.




Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 09/09/2026 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Nearest Major Market: Houston
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