Instrumentation Field Engineer

Requisition ID:296356

• Relocation Authorized:National - Family
• Telework Type:Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Chandler, AZ

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Fab 62 is an advanced semiconductor fabrication facility for Intel Corporation, located at Intel's Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. As part of this work, the M&T team is responsible for delivering the engineering, procurement, and construction scope required to complete and finish-outa leading-edge chipmaking facility - a highly demanding environment where precision, cleanliness, schedule certainty, and coordination across thousands of craft and professional personnel are essential to success. The project supports the continued expansion of domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity, contributing to a more resilient technology supply chain while creating significant opportunity for the local Arizona workforce. Joining the Fab 62 team means contributing directly to one of the most strategically important construction efforts in the United States and helping deliver the infrastructure behind the next generation of microelectronics."

The Instrumentation Field Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and providing technical oversight of instrumentation and controls systems installed on the project. This role ensures instrumentation work is executed in accordance with project specifications, quality requirements, safety standards, and construction schedules.

The Instrumentation Field Engineer serves as the primary technical interface between engineering, construction, quality, subcontractors, commissioning, and project management for instrumentation scope and supports planning, progress measurement, turnover, and issue resolution throughout project execution. #LI-CL1

Technical Execution

• Interpret instrumentation drawings, specifications, loop diagrams, instrument indexes, wiring diagrams, hookup details, and vendor documentation.
• Review instrumentation systems for constructability, installation sequencing, access requirements, and field execution feasibility.
• Support resolution of technical issues, field changes, Requests for Information (RFIs), and instrumentation-related nonconformances.
• Ensure instrumentation systems are installed in accordance with project specifications, manufacturer requirements, and applicable industry standards.

Planning & Work Packaging

• Support development of construction work packages, installation work packages, and field execution plans for instrumentation activities.
• Coordinate instrumentation scope with electrical, mechanical, piping, controls, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Identify and remove constraints impacting instrumentation readiness, including access, materials, permits, scaffolding, and completion of prerequisite work.
• Participate in look-ahead planning and workface readiness reviews.

Quality Management

• Verify installation quality of instruments, analyzers, tubing systems, impulse lines, field junction boxes, cable terminations, marshalling systems, and communications infrastructure.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, calibration verification, loop checks, and quality documentation.
• Ensure inspection records, test reports, and turnover documentation are complete and accurate.
• Support Nonconformance Report (NCR) resolution, punch list closure, and implementation of corrective actions.

Progress & Performance Management

• Track installed quantities, productivity, and progress against project plans.
• Support forecasting of labor requirements, material needs, and installation durations.
• Monitor subcontractor performance and identify risks to schedule, quality, or productivity.
• Provide accurate reporting of instrumentation progress, issues, and forecasted completion dates.

Turnover & Commissioning Support

• Support system completion, turnover, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Participate in loop checking, functional testing, instrument calibration verification, and system walkdowns.
• Coordinate punch list development and closure activities.
• Ensure instrumentation systems are delivered complete, tested, documented, and ready for commissioning.

Coordination & Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate daily with construction supervision, subcontractors, quality personnel, commissioning teams, and engineering organizations.
• Support readiness reviews, turnover planning, and startup preparation activities.
• Participate in field walkdowns and cross-functional coordination meetings.

• Required bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience [OR] 9-12 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree.

• Strong knowledge of industrial instrumentation, analyzers, control systems, field communications, tubing systems, and instrument installation practices.
• Understanding of Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), networking, Fieldbus, Ethernet/IP, Modbus, and modern control system architectures.
• Familiarity with instrument calibration, loop checking, functional testing, and commissioning processes.
• Ability to interpret instrument indexes, loop diagrams, hookup drawings, wiring diagrams, P&IDs, and vendor documentation.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, workface planning, and integration of instrumentation activities with mechanical completion and turnover milestones.
• Experience supporting quality inspections, punch management, turnover documentation, and commissioning readiness.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with construction management systems, digital field tools, and progress reporting platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to identify risks, resolve field issues, and support execution in schedule-driven environments.
• Working knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and industry best practices governing instrumentation and controls installations.

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