Instrument Engineer - SIS/SIL Expert, Onsite Houston
System One
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Job summary
System One is seeking an Instrument Engineer in Houston, TX to design, maintain, and troubleshoot instrumentation and safety systems within a chemical manufacturing setting. You will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Process Safety, and Capital Projects to ensure safe, reliable plant performance and regulatory compliance.
The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Instrumentation/ Chemical Engineering or related field, 5+ years of experience with PLC/DCS systems, and a strong
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Instrumentation/Chemical Engineering or related field.
- 5+ years of instrumentation, controls, or automation experience in chemical, petrochemical, refining, or process manufacturing industries.
- Knowledge of SIS, SIL, SIF, alarm management, interlocks, and safety systems.
- Experience supporting plant operations and maintenance activities involving PLC and DCS systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, maintain, and troubleshoot instrumentation, control systems, and SIS within a chemical manufacturing environment.
- Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Process Safety, and Capital Projects teams to ensure safe, reliable plant performance.
- Develop and update instrument specifications, datasheets, P&IDs, loop diagrams, interlock diagrams, and control narratives.
- Support installation, commissioning, calibration, and troubleshooting of instrumentation equipment and systems.
- Lead efforts related to SIS, SIL, and SIF, supporting PHA, LOPA, MOC, incident investigations, and OSHA PSM IEC 61511 compliance.
- Investigate instrumentation failures and implement corrective actions to improve alarm management, interlocks, and control system performance.
- Support plant reliability initiatives, develop preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for instrumentation assets.
- Participate in capital and expense projects by providing design, equipment selection, vendor coordination, and technical reviews.
- Serve as a technical leader and mentor to I&E technicians during turnarounds, outages, and startups.
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Job description
System One is seeking an Instrument Engineer in Houston, TX to design, maintain, and troubleshoot instrumentation and safety systems within a chemical manufacturing setting. You will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Process Safety, and Capital Projects to ensure safe, reliable plant performance and regulatory compliance.
The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Instrumentation/ Chemical Engineering or related field, 5+ years of experience with PLC/DCS systems, and a strong
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