SUMMARY OF JOB FUNCTION

The Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Engineer reports to the Maintenance Superintendent and is responsible for the continuous improvement of maintenance systems, equipment reliability, mechanical integrity, quality programs, reduction of maintenance cost, and project technical support for assigned production units. Work within the plant safety, environmental programs and interacts with all levels of plant and non-plant personnel as required to perform duties and responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The I&E Engineer will have the accountabilities as outlined below for all instrumentation and electrical facilities of the facility including all analyzers, and the hardware of the Distributed Control System and the Programmable Logic Controllers (collectively “I&E components and systems”):

• Develop knowledge base and environment to facilitate preventive maintenance and best in class reliability performance.
• Establish a thorough technical understanding of all I&E components and systems,
• Assemble, assimilate, and classify all relevant vendor information pertaining to these I&E components and systems.
• Develop I&E Maintenance technician training.
• Define the spare parts, tools, and facilities, and develop the inspection, repair and reconditioning procedures required to allow proper maintenance.
• Advise on the development of all applicable third-party maintenance service contracts,
• Perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on I&E component and system failures, develop and

recommend corrective action proposals.

• Advise and assist on-site electricians, instrument technicians, planners and maintenance supervisors on I&E component and system re-conditionings and repairs.
• Advise on modifications and improvements of maintenance re-conditioning and repair procedures and practices.
• Comply with Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements,
• Participate and rigorously apply Management of Change procedure,
• Participate in Job Risk Analyses (JRA), Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), HAZOP studies, Incident
• Investigations, and other safety studies,
• Develop and document I&E discipline specific JRAs,
• Participate in plant safety observations, near miss and incident reporting, and other plant wide initiatives designed to drive Behavioral Safety.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years I&E engineering in an industrial facility
• 3+ years Process instrumentation troubleshooting

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical Engineering (ABET accredited)