Instrument and Analyzer Engineer

Job Summary: Primary responsibilities are Maintenance, Reliability, & Capital Project Engineering support and reliability improvements of instrumentation, safety instrumented systems (SIS), programmable logic controllers (PLC), field relay logic. The Instrument & Analyzer Engineer is an instrumentation expert with Process, Controls, Electrical, Mechanical acumen to lead and coordinate refinery & power plant installations which employ new capital and reliability enhancements to obtain optimal Unit asset performance. This position acts as the focal point for instrumentation reliability and works closely with the Process, Mechanical & Technical for solutions development.

Primary Functions:

- Responsible for the application and improvement of instrumentation including connected devices and is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for instrumentation with proficiencies in the application and interpretation of the Company standards, site legacy standards, and standards in industry

- Use the industry methodology to prove-in-service the instrumentation to be successfully applied. Identifies and evaluates technology upgrades with application opportunities in capital projects through peer review process with Maintenance & Reliability.

- Gathers improvement feedback from Operations, Technical, Reliability & Maintenance disciplines to improve/correct capital designs, installations, and increase plant equipment uptime

- Provide quality control and design reviews of new projects that involve any instrumentation apparatus/systems

- Specifies equipment, installation materials, and quotations for procurement

- Creates work/bid packages to obtain engineering services and installation quotations from competing contractors

- Work in a team environment with other engineering disciplines, Operations and Mechanical personnel

- Provide leadership and oversight for equipment record tracking to ensure correct as-built information is filed and accessible in the document management system

- Track, evaluate, and report project performance objective indicators to validate project ROI

- Generates project estimates and sketches needed to obtain funding

- Provide input to budget tracking and estimating five-year budget outlook for instrument & controls improvement plans that align with business goals and objectives. Plan will focus on strategic goals and implementation steps to sustain continued improvements for optimum equipment performance.

- Mentors less experienced engineers and provides technical training to Process, Mechanical, Environmental, Safety, and Operations personnel

- Provide assistance in the field during capital start-ups, testing, tuning and tracking of shutdowns or upsets

- Provide troubleshooting assistance and Root Cause Failure Analysis expertise and support as needed for equipment failures

- Initiates Management of Change for Instrumentation related changes and follows MOC process

Job Requirements:

- BS in an Engineering discipline. Skilled in process unit operations.

- Minimum experience preferred is 5 years in the chemical, oil and gas industry supporting Electrical / Instrumentation in a plant environment. Lesser experience considered.

- Logic proficiencies: Configuration definitions for Bently-Nevada vintages and Woodward products, Triconex logic coding and structured text, PLC ladder logic and function blocks, relay logic & component assembly

- in installation and maintenance practices with detailed understanding of the instrumentation process applications, programs, and strategies.

- Strategic and creative thinking abilities

- Interactive skills necessary for teamwork building

- Ability to communicate effectively to all levels of an organization via verbal and written communications and possess computer skills needed for communications and analysis

- Willing to be available outside of normal working hours to serve as technical consultant

- Ability to handle multiple priorities, assist peers, manage short deadlines and emergency situations

- Use engineering design tools for instrument calculations including but not limited to orifice plate sizing, level transmitter span calculations, control valve sizing

- Ability to navigate and search instrument and document computer databases as well as traditional paper document records.

Job Preferences:

- Conversant in related industry standards, e.g., ISA S84/IEC 61511, API 560/611-619/670, NFPA 85

- Familiar with SAP for entering purchase requisitions and searching warehouse stock

- Knowledgeable in process safety management practices and risk management