Careers

TAQA has a Instrument Engineering - Summer Intern vacancy in the Aberdeen office

Role Duration - 12 week contract - Commencing June 2025

Reporting to - Instruments & Control Technical Authority - Engineering

This position will be employed on contractor basis via employment agency

TAQA supports diversity in the workplace and along with an inclusive environment, aims to ensure everyone feels that they can be themselves at work.  This includes supporting people with a disability or health issue in a non-judgemental environment. 

Why work for TAQA?

Compressed Working Week (CWW) 

TAQA offers onshore employees and contractors a Compressed Working Week (CWW) in order to help achieve a healthy work-life balance.  The CWW is an arrangement where employees and contractors work a standard two-week work period (10 days) over a compressed period of 9 working days i.e. employees contracted to work 37.5 hours per week will work 75 hours over 9 days (instead of 10 days). The 10th day in the second week of the CWW period is known as 'Flex Friday', a non-working day.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

BASIC PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a placement student within the TAQA Engineering team in Aberdeen, you will gain substantial industry knowledge by collaborating closely with experienced colleagues.

• Knowledge and experience of industry technical specifications and standards.
• Assist engineers with various tasks to broaden your knowledge and experience in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Receive technical oversight and support from the Instrument & Control Technical Authority throughout your placement.
• Experience of change management processes

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The summer student position will provide support across the Instrument Engineering discipline, including the following key activities.

• Brae Alpha ESD system Functional Safety - Supporting the review and closure of technical queries arising from the ESD verification project which was completed in 2024.
• Brae Alpha Instrument Loop Diagrams – Remediation of duplicate safety critical loop and interconnection diagrams (incident related action required to mitigate mainly unplanned F&G related SD’s due to inaccuracies in SECE related information).
• Harding/Brae Alpha TAR scopes - Support a range of Engineering scopes planned for 2025, including TAR scopes.
• Legacy Management of Change (MOC) Close Out Documentation Updates

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING

Currently undertaking one of the following degrees:

• Electrical & Electronic
• Instrument & Control

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Ability to be proactive, pragmatic and deliver results.
• Evidence of creative thinking with the ability to introduce new concepts and ideas
• Problem Solving engineering applications
• Engineering Computing skills, MS Windows packages, CAD Apps, software design applications