Instrumentation / ICSS Commissioning Engineer
Location: On-site Uganda
Rotation: 28 days on / 28 days off
Duration:18 months
Mobilisation: Q4 2025 - Q1 2026


We are seeking an experienced **Instrumentation / ICSS Commissioning Engineer** to join our client’s major onshore oil and gas development project in Uganda. This is a rotational site-based role within a large-scale greenfield project located in a remote and environmentally sensitive area.

Key Responsibilities
- Define subsystem boundaries and commissioning packages.
- Oversee contractor pre-commissioning and commissioning activities both onshore and offshore.
- Approve contractor methods, strategies, and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with HSE plans and standards throughout all activities.
- Witness and validate mechanical completion, RFSU, FAT, SAT, and iFAT processes.
- Manage punch list activities and ensure resolution and sign-off.
- Interface with suppliers, field operations, and internal teams on technical deliverables and planning.
- Conduct cyber security audits and ensure proper handover of software licenses, passwords, and system access.

Key Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in pre-commissioning and commissioning of ICSS, PSD, ESD, and F&G systems.
- Strong understanding of OPERCOM methodology and experience with ICAPS or similar completion systems.
- Broad knowledge of instrumentation, control systems, telecoms, and their integration within oil and gas facilities.
- Experience in a multicultural and multi-contractor project environment.
- Relevant technical qualification or equivalent professional experience.

Additional Information
- The project site is in a remote area with complex logistical and environmental constraints.
- The visa and mobilisation process can be lengthy—up to 6 months


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As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.