Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

Powerwell is a leading recruitment firm helping our clients discover top talent. We are recruiting for an Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Engineer.

Job Description :

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

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 client 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 Skill Sets / Experience :

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering, Manufacturing, and Strategy / Planning

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting

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