Ausenco is a fast-growing company with big ideas. We redefine what’s possible in some of the world’s most complex projects and toughest environments. Delivering innovative, value-add consulting, project delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions is what we do. From 21 offices in 9 countries, with projects in over 80 locations worldwide, we create sustainable outcomes for our people, clients and communities.

Our team in Brazil is growing, we are currently recruiting for an Instrumentation Engineer, Senior to join our Minerals & Metals Business line in the in office.

About the role:

• Lead and develop the multidisciplinary instrumentation, automation, and telecommunications team, composed of engineers, designers, and interns.
• Monitor project execution from the conceptual phase through executive detailing, ensuring quality, schedule compliance, and adherence to the contracted scope.
• Ensure technical compliance with standards, procedures, and client requirements, including best practices applicable to mining, steelmaking, and heavy industry.
• Review and validate engineering deliverables, such as:
  • interconnection diagrams;
  • instrument lists;
  • I/O lists;
  • data sheets;
  • layouts and typical installation details;
  • automation and telecommunications network documentation.
• Integrate interfaces with other engineering disciplines, such as electrical, mechanical, civil, and process engineering, ensuring technical compatibility.
• Manage interfaces with clients and internal stakeholders, conducting technical meetings, alignments, and issue resolution.
• Ensure the application of corporate standards, lessons learned, and engineering methodologies, including BIM practices when applicable.
• Promote standardization and continuous improvement of engineering processes, aiming at productivity, technical consistency, and reduction of rework.
• Ensure the technical quality of delivery packages, focusing on traceability, review processes, document consistency, and compliance with project requirements.
• Support technical decision-making in complex situations by proposing alternatives and solutions compatible with schedule, cost, and performance.
• Ensure a collaborative, ethical, and results-oriented work environment aligned with the company culture.

About you: 

• Degree in Control and Automation Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Solid technical background in instrumentation, automation, and telecommunications, with experience in multidisciplinary industrial projects.
• Strong knowledge of project development in all phases, from pre-feasibility to executive design.
• Applied knowledge of industrial instrumentation, including instrument selection, specification, and detailing.
• Ability to develop and validate technical data sheets for the procurement of instruments and equipment.
• Knowledge of industrial automation, including system architecture, controller integration, industrial networks, and operational interfaces.
• Knowledge of industrial telecommunications, focusing on infrastructure, communication networks, and system integration.
• Experience with configuration and specification of automation and telecommunications networks.
• Experience with typical instrument installation details, considering engineering best practices and constructability.
• Ability to coordinate interfaces with related disciplines, especially electrical, mechanical, civil, and process engineering.
• Knowledge of applicable standards and procedures, including ANSI, ISO, and other technical standards relevant to the scope.
• Experience with industrial projects in mining and steelmaking environments, with understanding of the sector’s typical requirements.
• Ability to work with BIM methodologies, especially in Revit environments, when applicable to project development.
• Proficiency in engineering and technical drawing tools, with focus on productivity, traceability, and document quality.
• Engineering mindset focused on schedule, cost, quality, and safety while maintaining technical compliance.
• Ability to technically review highly complex deliverables, ensuring consistency across documents and interfaces.
• Knowledge of interfaces with procurement and supply chain, providing technical support for specifications, quotations, and purchasing.
• Ability to identify technical risks and propose engineering solutions with a proactive and analytical approach.
• Ability to drive technical standardization and continuous improvement, supporting the evolution of area processes.
• English advanced.

Why Ausenco?

We support individual growth and aim to allow you to work in a way that plays to your strengths and cover your needs. Get to know our value proposition:

• Compensation and work life balance – Beyond a competitive remuneration package. Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model, allowing you to balance office days with working from home. Enjoy the benefits of modern leave policies including paid parental leave and celebrate with us special holidays.
• Career advancement - Be supported in your ongoing development with technical training, mentoring programs and frequent networking opportunities.
• Balance and Wellness – Take a proactive approach to your overall wellbeing. Access to confidential counselling, health services and a benefits program that supports your needs.
• Recognition and Appreciation - Participate in multidirectional spaces where a culture of local and global recognition is fostered, where everyone is recognized for their contribution to the business and projects.
• Communication and Commitment – Live the experience of working in a dynamic company with global processes and work with highly reputable industry leaders who value your contribution.

Our people don’t settle for the status quo. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help set a new standard in sustainability, we’ll help you find your place. This means working with you to develop a unique career path and skillset to match your ambition.

We’re proud of the work we do, and we do it within a culture that is open, honest, and cooperative. We have a history of attracting visionary people who embrace challenges and deliver creative solutions for every project, and your voice is an important part of the conversation.

As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense – gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability. Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.

Join us and work a better way.

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