Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Engineer

Clear Lake, Houston, TX

SUMMARY

Our client is seeking a dedicated and proactive Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Engineer to join our dynamic team. This position is in the Engineering and Reliability Department and reports directly to the Engineering and Reliability Manager. The I&E Engineer will oversee plant instrumentation maintenance/reliability initiatives and interface with the appropriate maintenance and manufacturing groups to ensure the highest level of safety, productivity, work quality, and reliability for all instrumentation, electrical and analyzer maintenance/reliability activities.

LOCATION: Clear Lake, TX

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide technical leadership on maintenance, assessment and troubleshooting of the plant instrumentation work.
• Develop long and short-term improvement plans for the plant instrumentation reliability.
• Lead plant instrumentation reliability studies on existing plant instrumentation and recommend needed improvements to key stakeholders.
• Provide technical expertise in regard to instrumentation job plan development, equipment critical path, and job scopes.
• Evaluate PM strategies and recommend critical spare parts for the plant instrumentation.
• Contribute to development of instrumentation standards that will maximize reliability, efficiency, design, and spare part synergy.
• Develop auditing protocol for instrumentation repairs and audit contracted repair organizations.
• Develop guidelines and procedures for the plant instrumentation repairs and calibrations.
• Develop 5-year capital plan for the plant instrumentation and add to the plant capital project portfolio.
• Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on instrumentation failures and analyze data using appropriate reliability analysis tools to develop and implement corrective improvement plans.
• Leadership accountability to ensure that data collected is accurate and addresses the appropriate failure modes of facility instruments.
• Provides management team with well written and oral presentations with necessary information and supporting analysis to make appropriate business decisions.
• Develop/approve equipment repairs per local/national codes and RAGAGEPs.
• Propose instrumentation material of construction and other design changes to improve instrumentation reliability.
• Leadership accountability to ensure that procedures are in place to define plant instrument maintenance strategies based on evaluated or expected risks.
• Audit/evaluate contracted repair organizations and inspect repairs.
• Accountable to develop and maintain documentation of emergency/temporary repairs
• Ensure instrumentation records are managing properly.
• Utilizing proper Arkema documentation systems as the location for the instrumentation records.
• HSE responsibilities include but are not restricted to those outlined in leadership expectations such as reporting any incident in a timely manner.
• Ensuring safe procedures and processes followed by all team members.
• Championing continuous improvement for the department in all areas of HES.
• Ensure instrumentation reliability program meets/exceeds local/national regulatory compliance/RAGAGEPs.
• Working effectively with several cross-functional teams and communicating effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Accountable to assist plant management in establishing an acceptable level of risk for the plant instruments.
• Providing strategic insight to the site instrumentation annual operating process, strategic plan, and capital budget.
• Being the recognized expert of instrumentation repairs and inspection techniques.
• Accountable for communication of the status of plant instrumentation to appropriate stakeholders.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in design, repair, maintenance, reliability, failure modes, and/or inspection of chemical process instruments.
• Experience with reliability tools such as RCFA, FMEA.
• Thorough understanding of plant instrumentation maintenance, repairs, and reliability.
• Knowledge of applicable RAGAGEPs including ANSI/FCI, IEC.
• Knowledge of a broad range of industry standards including NFPA, API, ASME, and ISA standards.
• Knowledgeable in all types of industrial instrumentation and process control loop systems.
• Basic knowledge of inline process and environmental analyzers and their functions.
• Skilled in interpreting electrical diagrams/schematics and loop drawings.
• Skilled in Instrument, Controls, and Analyzer terminologies and maintenance processes.
• Strong experience with industrial computer systems, motor control, PLCs, and DCS. Experience with analog and digital signals, HART Protocol, and process communication network systems.
• Good written and oral communication skills to interface with operations and maintenance personnel.
• Ability to follow maintenance procedures for equipment.
• Ability to read, understand, and utilize equipment drawings and P&ID’s.
• Works well in teams.