Design Engineer - Instrumentation and Controls

Your Job

Join our global engineering team in India as an Instrumentation & Controls Designer, where you will contribute to the development of high-quality I&C engineering drawings and layouts for John Zink product lines and global projects. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary and international teams to translate engineering requirements, customer specifications, and industry standards into practical, reliable design solutions.

Our Team

You will be part of the John Zink engineering team, working closely with Instrumentation & Controls engineers, multidisciplinary engineering teams, global offices, suppliers, and other stakeholders. The team supports global projects by delivering effective engineering solutions while driving standardization, continuous improvement, and long-term value creation.

What You Will Do

• Develop high-quality I&C engineering deliverables, including P&IDs, instrument hook-up drawings, wiring and termination drawings, logic diagrams, layouts, schedules, and material take-offs.
• Create panel, cabinet, and junction-box general arrangements, internal layouts, wiring, and termination drawings to support project requirements.
• Develop instrument, junction-box, cable-tray, conduit, and earthing layouts, including cable tray and conduit routing using 3D modeling.
• Apply customer specifications, international standards, and engineering guidelines to deliver accurate, constructible, and maintainable designs.
• Collaborate with I&C engineers, multidisciplinary teams, global offices, and suppliers to manage technical interfaces and drive project execution.
• Review vendor information and engineering deliverables to ensure technical alignment with project and customer requirements.
• Perform design reviews and self-checks to maintain quality, accuracy, compliance, and engineering effectiveness.
• Contribute to standardization, knowledge sharing, design automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Take ownership of assigned work and deliver commitments safely, ethically, and on schedule while identifying opportunities to create long-term value.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Instrumentation Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience in Instrumentation & Controls.
• Demonstrated understanding of P&IDs, instrument installation, control loops, wiring, termination, cable routing, and panel drawings.
• Working proficiency and hands-on experience with AutoCAD Electrical and SmartPlant P&ID within the Instrumentation domain.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary and international teams.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in Instrumentation & Controls design or drafting within oil & gas, refinery, petrochemical, chemical, power, industrial automation, process plants, EPC, combustion systems, machine building, packaged equipment, or similar industries.
• Knowledge of cable routing, conduit systems, and applicable engineering standards.
• Experience preparing material take-offs for instrument hook-ups, cables, cable trays, conduits, and fittings.
• Experience developing PLC/control-panel general arrangements, wiring, and termination drawings.
• Experience working with engineering consultants or EPC organizations.
• Experience implementing design automation, engineering standards, templates, or continuous improvement initiatives that improve engineering effectiveness.
• A contribution-focused mindset with curiosity, humility, openness to feedback, and willingness to take on unfamiliar challenges.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

John Zink is a global leader in combustion and emissions-control technologies, providing innovative solutions that help customers operate safely, efficiently, and responsibly.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our culture is guided by Principle Based Management™ (PBM™), empowering employees to contribute according to their strengths, challenge the status quo, continue learning, build mutually beneficial relationships, and create long-term value for customers, the company, and themselves.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Learn more about John Zink at www.johnzink.com.