Instrumentation Engineer

INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER BASIC FUNCTION Provide technical support to the instrumentation activities of the HDPE and HDA plant with the objective of continuously improving reliability and health, safety, environmental and loss control performance.

Provide instrument and electrical technical information based on sound engineering practices to ensure a safe work environment for all plant personnel.

RESPONSIBILITIESPosition General• Understand, support, and comply with all plant safety policies and procedures, including Lock-Out / Tag-Out (LOTO), hot work, fall protection, traffic, lifting and rigging, confined space entry, and line break.• Position is located in a chemical processing facility and requires overtime to meet plant needs, including alternative shifts as needed to meet facility needs• Position requires periodic on-call duties (about 3 out of 52 weeks per year), and the successful candidate must be able to respond 24/7, 100% of the time to plant emergencies on short notice, including nights, weekends, and holidays while on-call• Complete all assigned training and field observations by deadline• Contribute to continuous improvement by offering suggestions for long-term solutions to minimize costs, improve reliability, and improve loss control performance• Ability to read and interpret PFDs and P&IDs• Work closely with operations, other maintenance personnel, engineering, purchasing and outside contractorsTechnical• Provide direction and technical support to the Reliability Superintendent, other engineers, I&E specialists, Analyzer Specialist and DCS specialists• Review performance of plant systems and recommend changes regarding operation, maintenance, or testing• Optimize PMs, end of life strategy, and overall instrumentation and analyzer maintenance strategy• Assist Operations in advanced troubleshooting instrumentation problems• Assist in the professional development and cross training of maintenance technicians with primary focus on instruments• Lead Root cause investigations and failure mode analysis into instrument reliability problems to implement counter measures to prevent recurrence• Provide engineering assistance and supervision for the justification, design, and installation of capital projects• Prepare and review engineering documents (i.e., data sheets, loop drawings, and isometric drawings, calculations, specifications, analysis, drawings, evaluations, etc.)• Provide independent engineering support to Maintenance that requires field investigation, inspections, and solutions to problems, including instrumentation MOCs for feasibility.

• Assist with planning and execution for planned and unplanned outages• Direct, coordinate and perform surveillance of repairs involving outside vendors• Assist in maintaining accurate and current equipment file room documentationJob Specific• Field troubleshooting and potential to work outside in all weather conditions• Ability to make decisions is c...