Area Instrumentation Engineer

Messer Americas; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading industrial gases company where your expertise in instrumentation and controls will make a significant impact. This role involves providing technical support and maintenance for various gas plants, ensuring operational excellence and safety. You will lead projects, mentor technicians, and manage contractors while fostering a culture of safety and innovation. With a commitment to employee growth and a diverse work environment, this position offers a chance to thrive in a stable industry. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and contribute to essential solutions, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits

Ongoing Training

Career Progression Opportunities

Steady Schedules

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in operational and engineering environments.
• Exceptional skills in troubleshooting and maintaining instrumentation equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and maintenance for ASU, CO2, H2, and He plants.
• Manage instrumentation turnaround maintenance activities and support technicians.

Skills

Operational Safety Leadership

Technical Communication

Troubleshooting Control Loops

Self-Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

PLC/DCS Systems

Instrumentation Equipment

Analytical Equipment

Job description

Job Summary:

Messer owns and operates a large portfolio of industrial gas plants, including ASU, CO2, H2, He, as well as on-site plants, serving customers within a wide range of industries. Instrumentation and automation are key components required for operation of these industrial gas plants. This position will report to the Area Maintenance and Reliability Hub Team, supporting the Area Operations Teams, providing technical engineering support and SME recommendations for all instrumentation, analytical, and controls equipment utilized within the facilities in the area.

Why Messer?

Messer is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.

The true strength of Messer is our people—at every level and in every role.

Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care.

Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Provides technical, troubleshooting and maintenance support to all ASU, CO2, H2, and He plants within the area for all instrumentation equipment including PLC/DCS hardware, control wiring, I/O, transmitters, positioners, control valves, pneumatic systems, metering systems, and analytical equipment.
• Provides day to day plant instrumentation and associated low voltage electrical support where qualified; to operations and assists with execution of small improvement projects.
• Experienced with redlining, maintaining, and developing necessary electrical and instrumentation documentation including wiring schematics, elementary drawings, layout drawings, I/O drawings, cable and conduit schedules, panel schedules, & loop drawings.
• Supports plant instrument technicians with troubleshooting and repair of failed instrumentation, including MOC guidance, plant/equipment outage decision making, repair plan, and root cause analysis.
• Identify, define, estimate, develop, and execute instrumentation turnaround maintenance activities including instrument replacement, upgrades, new installations, calibrations, and functional checks. Provide supervision and oversight for Instrument technicians and external contractors.
• Manage and provide technical support to instrument contractors to ensure accurate scope completion, proper documentation updates, standards compliance, and applicable code compliance (ISA, IEEE, NEC, NFPA, etc.).
• Complete area instrumentation technical reviews of MOCs and provide supplemental engineering data, drawings, and analysis as necessary.
• Supports the certification process of all area Instrumentation Technicians in regard to ISA CCST (Certified Control Systems Technician) Level I, Level II & Level III.
• Provides guidance and supports required training for the ISA certification process of all area technicians, ensuring proper knowledge and practical training around utilization of instrumentation equipment within each Messer plant in the area.
• Travels as required.

Required Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Engineering discipline required.
• 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in an operational and engineering environment working with electrical and instrumentation equipment.

Other Required Skills:

• Demonstrates exceptional operational safety leadership.
• Self-starter and self-directed with ability to manage multiple activities at once and achieve results with minimal supervision.
• Excellent technical and clear communication skills with solid interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience in the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of PLC/DCS systems, I/O devices; including transmitters, positioners, control valves, and analytical equipment.
• Proven experience with plant process instrumentation including a wide variety of pressure, temperature, and flow devices; including control valves, actuators, limit switches, measurement devices, analog and digital indicators.
• Proven effectiveness at troubleshooting control loop issues, identifying problem components and interfaces, and executing effective and efficient solutions to restore critical and needed plant control functions.

About Messer:

Messer’s safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.

We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization – the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.