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Instrument and Electrical (I&E) Reliability Engineer

Covestro
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Dec 2024

About the role

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 What We Offer 

The Instrumentation and Electrical (I&E) Reliability Engineer is responsible to sustain and improve the functional capability of I&E assets over their life cycle at the most favorable economics. 

Major Responsibilities 

  • Accountable to develop, implement and evergreen the reliability strategy for his/her area of responsibility & align the reliability targets with the business targets of the Business Unit  

  • Responsible for plant maintenance to ensure production output and maintenance cost targets are met & improved; responsible to develop maintenance budget in area of responsibility; accountable for maintenance budgets in their assigned cost centers.   

  • Responsible for ensuring shutdown and turn-around scope align with the asset management strategy for the unit and best-known engineering practices.   

  • Responsible for scope definition and accountable for technical acceptance of plant modifications, from the reliability perspective, which can include small projects and mid-size/large projects, as appropriate.   

  • Accountable to maintain and safeguard the as-built plant documentation standards in his/her area including critical equipment / instrument & safety PM/PdM compliance documentation, as well as control system configuration.     

  • Pursue troubleshooting, failure analysis, scoping of more complex problems and handoff to defect elimination.   Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis on PCT failures.     

  • Accountable for Management of Change and the subsequent modifications to the assetsContributes to HAZOP's and unit specific HSE issues.   Lead CMFA's for unit of responsibility         

  • Accountable for maintaining legal and corporate compliance of PCT installations within the BTN BU.        

  • Makes decisions independently, but within a well-defined areaSupervised by senior professionalShows awareness of procedures and work processes. 

 

What You Offer 

Basic Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's in Chemical, Electrical or related Engineering 

  • The eligibility to apply for and obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) within a reasonable timeframe 

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification 

  • Developmental knowledge of the manufacture of Aromatic Isocyanates and related intermediates.  

  • Developing knowledge in work planning and management for reliability work involving toxic chemicals (i.e., Phosgene CO, Cl2, and NH3.) 

  • Awareness of phosgene safety concepts required.    

 

Knowledge & Skills: 

  • Introductory knowledge of application and decision making in reliability procedures/work processes (i.e., planning, scheduling, execution). 

  • Preliminary knowledge of reliability methods and techniques, and best practices (including but not limited to instrumentation, electrical power supply, electrical drives, communication systems within control systems including IT

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