Instrumentation, Controls, & Analyzer Engineer (ICA) Engineer
Houston, TX
Salary: Up to 130K
DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES
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Will oversee the IC&A 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.
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90% of job will be overseeing troubleshooting, repairs, calibration, and new installation tasks for instrumentation and controls work. Drive instrumentation reliability by reviewing recent failures and history to provide recommendations for improvement.
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Analyze bad actors and Top 10’s to drive improvements for instrumentation.
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Evaluate and maintain the PM strategies for instrumentation equipment.
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Recommend spare parts for reliability-critical equipment. Develop and implement instrumentation safety and skills training for Maintenance personnel.
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Contribute to the ongoing development of instrumentation standards that will maximize reliability, efficiency, design, and minimize required spare parts inventory. Review and update procedures.
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Identify capital projects necessary to maintain and improve the plant instrumentation.
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Submit project requests to Project Engineering and assist in implementation of the project.
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Lead development of future automation projects through oversight of strategy, design, programming, maintenance, and HMI software/programming. Install, remove, perform maintenance and design for implementation of control/interlock strategies as well as troubleshoot and correct (hardware and software) problems for DCS, PLC, PI, and Process Control Networks communications.
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Evaluate the Control Systems PM programs and provide technical support by identifying and presenting alternatives and recommendations.
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Assist I&E Supervisor and Technicians in troubleshooting instrumentation issues. Support Turnaround activities. Provide guidance with calculations and design safety instrumented systems (SIS).
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Oversee troubleshooting, repairs, calibration, and new installation tasks for analyzer work. 10% of job will be assisting in troubleshooting, repairs, calibration, and new installation tasks for electrical work.
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Assist I&E Supervisor and Technicians in troubleshooting electrical issues.
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Will interact with other technical groups on site, corporate technical peers and vendors as needed to resolve problems and improve the overall plant reliability and performance.
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
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B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering.
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3+ years of engineering experience in IC&A.
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Computer skills required. Knowledge of a broad range of industry standards including NFPA, API, ASME, and ISA standards.
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Knowledgeable in all types of industrial instrumentation and process control loop systems. Basic knowledge of inline process and environmental analyzers and their functions.
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Skilled in interpreting electrical diagrams/schematics and loop drawings. Skilled in Instrument, Controls and Analyzer terminologies and maintenance processes.
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Strong experience with industrial computer systems, motor control, PLCs and DCS. Experience with analog and digital signals, HART Protocol and process communication network systems.