Instrumentation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Instrumentation Subject Matter Expert (SME) ability to understand and build on Company instrumentation standards, site legacy standards, and industry standards.
• Identify and evaluate technology upgrades for Reliability & Maintenance team.
• Use accepted industry methodology to prove proper instrumentation is being utilized.
• Gather data from Operations & Mechanical and Reliability & Maintenance teams to improve and/or correct instrumentation, increasing equipment uptime.
• Provide quality control and design reviews of new projects that involve any instrumentation systems.
• Specify equipment, installation, and quotations for procurement.
• Create bid packages to obtain engineering services and installation bids.
• Work in a team environment with other engineering disciplines; Operations & Mechanical and Reliability & Maintenance.
• Oversee equipment recordkeeping to ensure correct information is filed and accessible.
• Track, evaluate, and report project performance goals to determine project ROI.
• Develop project estimates and sketches needed for funding consideration.
• Provide budget input for improvement plans and five-year outlook that support optimum equipment performance.
• Mentors less experienced engineers.
• Provide assistance in the field during capital start-ups, testing, shutdowns and/or upsets.
• Provide troubleshooting assistance and Root Cause Failure Analysis expertise as needed for equipment failures.
• Initiate and follow Management of Change for instrumentation related changes.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering
• Experience in process unit operations.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the chemical/refining, oil and gas industries supporting electrical instrumentation in a plant environment.