Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

Powerwell; Clear Lake Shores (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a proactive Instrumentation & Electrical Engineer to enhance plant reliability and safety. This dynamic role involves leading maintenance initiatives, developing improvement plans, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. You'll provide technical expertise, conduct reliability studies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to make an impact in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that values innovation and excellence in engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in design, maintenance, and reliability of chemical process instruments.
• Skilled in interpreting electrical diagrams and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee plant instrumentation maintenance and reliability initiatives.
• Develop long and short-term improvement plans for instrumentation reliability.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Reliability Analysis

Instrumentation Maintenance

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

RCFA

FMEA

PLC

DCS

Job description

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:

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in 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.
• Knowledge of a broad range of industry standards including NFPA, API, ASME, and ISA standards.
• Knowledgeable in all types of industrial instrumentation and process control loop systems.
• Basic knowledge of inline process and environmental analyzers and their functions.
• Skilled in interpreting electrical diagrams/schematics and loop drawings.
• Skilled in Instrument, Controls, and Analyzer terminologies and maintenance processes.
• Strong experience with industrial computer systems, motor control, PLCs, and DCS. Experience with analog and digital signals, HART Protocol, and process communication network systems.
• Good written and oral communication skills to interface with operations and maintenance personnel.
• Ability to follow maintenance procedures for equipment.
• Ability to read, understand, and utilize equipment drawings and P&ID’s.
• Works well in teams.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering, Manufacturing, and Strategy/Planning

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting