Sr. I&E Engineer Job

JOB SUMMARY

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.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• I&E Engineer daily activities-45%
• 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
• Failure Analysis - 40%
• 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
• Document Management - 5%
• 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
• HES Support and MOC Action Items - 5%
• 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.
• Communication - 5%
• 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

 

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATIOAN REQUIRED

Minimum years of experience:

 

• Minimum 8+ years of work experience in the 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

 

Education and areas of focus:

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering

 

 

Competencies – Knowledge Skills & A