Process Design & Engineering
- Form a Conceptual Process Flow Diagram before POs are issued to vendors
- Acting as a controls agent for the project, contact all possible vendors (skid by skid or process area by process area), confirming/isolating those vendors who are responsive and open to accommodating project specific needs, and verifying all aspects of required electronic documentation
- All engineering to get to final vendor selections
- Develop engineering for detailed PFD and preliminary P&IDs (Process & Instrumentation Diagrams) and begin to lay out following:
- Area Classifications
- Cabinet locations
- I/O database
- Instrument Index
- Conduit Routing
- Cable Schedule
- Review P&IDs for the needs of the project and fill out balance of information to reflect issued for construction P&IDs
- Reviews are iterative and can easily reach 5-7 revisions
- Fulfill the following:
- Estimated Timeline
- Generate, update and hold project meetings
- Generate, update and distribute project schedules
- Identify any areas of slippage, concern or cost impacts
- Personally attend to – with Webex, phone calls and visits – any concerning vendors
- Witness any required vendor FATs
- Purchase small cap project items
- e.g. instruments, controls, network equip, security cameras
- Develop test procedures
- Develop loop sheets
- Develop instrument connection diagrams
- Develop process narrative
- Develop ESDs as needed
- Design graphic and alarm schemes
- Transition from design to Implementation as needed, including overall project management