SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI) Admin - SHELL CENTRE – CHENNAI | Shell Job

, India

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

October 26, 2026

Business Unit:

Integrated Gas

Experience Level:

Early Careers

Job Description:

What’s the role

 

The Engineer – Digital & Drawing Management (SPI Administrator) role is part of Shell’s SEAM (Safety, Environment & Asset Management) organization under Technical Asset Support (TAS), which provides centralized technical expertise to support global assets remotely. The position plays a key role in maintaining the quality, accuracy, and integrity of instrumentation engineering data, supporting Shell’s asset management, reliability, and digital transformation objectives. By managing SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI) databases and associated engineering documentation, the role helps ensure that critical asset information is accessible, standardized, and aligned with business and operational requirements.

 

From a technical perspective, the role combines instrumentation engineering knowledge with digital data management expertise. Responsibilities include administering and maintaining SPI databases, managing instrument specifications, loop diagrams, and wiring records, as well as ensuring data synchronization across systems such as GSAP, AVEVA AIM-A, SQL, and Digital Twin platforms. The position works closely with engineering, maintenance, and operations teams to support safe and reliable plant performance, making it well suited for candidates with a background in Instrumentation & Control Engineering, oil and gas operations, process industries, and engineering information management.

 

What you’ll be doing

SPI System Administration & Database Management

• Lead the setup, configuration, and deployment of new SPI project databases using the SPI Admin tool.
• Manage SPI database merging, claiming, and transitions into production within site‑specific SLAs.
• Maintain SPI templates, tables, libraries, and Shell‑specific specification forms.
• Perform routine database cleanup, quality checks, and resolve discrepancies between SPI, SAP, AIM‑A, and Digital Twin.
• Manage SPI user accounts, roles, permissions, and access controls.
• Ensure robust QA/QC processes and support a “First Time Right” quality culture.

 

Instrumentation Engineering Support

• Understand maintenance and operational requirements for field instruments, analyzers, PLC/DCS systems, and other control assets.
• Maintain instrument indexes, update specifications, and manage JB schedules, loop diagrams, and wiring details.
• Troubleshoot end‑to‑end instrument wiring and provide virtual technical solutions.
• Ensure accurate and updated As‑Built data in SPI.
• Coordinate with EPCs and site teams for data reviews, updates, and technical clarifications.

 

Project & Maintenance Support

• Review, validate, and incorporate SPI project deliverables from EPCs into the live database.
• Initiate and configure SPI databases for new capital and brownfield projects.
• Analyze technical documents, engineering data, and maintenance procedures to ensure SPI data accuracy.
• Support site teams with troubleshooting and SPI functionality training.
• Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration across Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance.

 

Technical & Wiring Troubleshooting Support

• Provide support for end‑to‑end loop verification, wiring diagnostics, and virtual troubleshooting for field engineers and EPCs.
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Develop Power BI dashboards

• Using SQL queries and build Power BI dashboards to extract, analyze, and visualize SPI‑related data for reporting and decision‑making.

 

Review & Integration of Project Deliverables

• Validate EPC submissions, integrate project and plant changes, and ensure document control alignment throughout the project lifecycle.

 

Compliance, Safety & Documentation

• Ensure adherence to Shell design standards, engineering practices, and HSSE requirements.
• Participate in Risk Assessments (RA) for instrumentation data changes.
• Maintain complete documentation, audit trails, and accurate SPI modification records.
• Ensure data completeness to support plant reliability and availability.

 

SME Leadership & Knowledge Transfer

• Act as SPI Subject Matter Expert, mentor peers, and contribute to building discipline capability.
• Maintain strong connections with Shell engineering best‑practice networks.

 

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Generate standard and ad hoc SPI reports for engineering, maintenance, and operations.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and support automation and tool enhancement initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement in data workflows between SPI and other plant information systems.

 

 

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline.

• Minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience with Hexagon SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI), including at least 3 years in SPI Administration, with strong expertise in managing SPI databases, configurations, and administrative functions.

• Familiarity with GSAP, SQL, Power BI, AIM‑A, Digital Twin, and other integrated engineering tools is preferred.
• Strong understanding of instrumentation used in oil & gas, petrochemical, or related process industries.
• Knowledge of Shell‑specific specifications, data standards, and document management systems is an advantage.
• Experience collaborating with EPCs, engineering teams, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and troubleshooting capability for instrumentation and data issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and locations.

• Quality-driven and detail-oriented, with the ability to ensure consistency and completeness across deliverables.

• Analytical mindset with problem-solving capability, applying engineering best practices and standards to improve outcomes.

• Ability to prioritize effectively and deliver against commitments in a dynamic project environment.

• Demonstrates initiative, adaptability, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong team collaboration and mentoring approach, with the ability to guide junior designers and drive best practices.

• Shift work following operating hours of the operation units across the globe.
• Virtual working with key stakeholders for day-to-day operations
• Effective initiative to identify and help resolve business and technical issues within areas of responsibility.
• A self-starter and reliable deliverer, with good verbal and written skills in English.
• Exposes the individual to all cultural backgrounds and organizational levels across the globe, across diverse time zones.

 

What we offer

 

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

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• We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we’ll take it from there.
• We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
• We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

 

Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalisation, and business operations.

 

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

 

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

 

Shell owns and operates a LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and a LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India’s growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Sprng Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Sprng is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

 

Our three capability centres across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

 

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programmes on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.

 

 

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