Instrumentation Engineer - SIS, SIL & Safety Systems

System One, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Life insurance

Voluntary plans

401(k) plan

Job summary

System One, Inc. is seeking an Instrument Engineer in Houston, TX to design, maintain and troubleshoot instrumentation and safety instrumented systems (SIS) in a chemical manufacturing environment.

You will work onsite with Operations, Maintenance and Process Safety teams to optimize plant performance. The role requires a BS in Electrical, Instrumentation, or Chemical Engineering and 5+ years of instrumentation/controls experience, with PLC and DCS familiarity, alarm management, SIS/SIL/SIF, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Instrumentation, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years in instrumentation, controls, or automation engineering in chemical, petrochemical, refining, or process manufacturing industries.
• Knowledge of instrumentation design, 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 and SIS within a chemical plant.
• Collaborate across Operations, Maintenance, Process Safety, and Capital Projects for safe, compliant plant performance.
• Develop instrument specs, datasheets, PIDs, loop and interlock diagrams, and control narratives.
• Support installation, commissioning, calibration and troubleshooting of instrumentation.
• Lead SIS, SIL, and SIF efforts; support PHA, LOPA, MOC, incidents; ensure OSHA PSM and IEC 61511.
• Investigate failures and implement corrective actions to improve alarms and interlocks.
• Support reliability initiatives; develop preventive and predictive maintenance for instrumentation assets.
• Participate in capital/expense projects with design, equipment selection, vendor coordination, reviews.
• Serve as technical lead and mentor to I&E technicians during turnarounds, outages and startups.

Skills

Instrumentation design

SIS/SIL/SIF

Alarm management

PLC/DCS experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field

Job description

System One, Inc. is seeking an Instrument Engineer in Houston, TX to design, maintain and troubleshoot instrumentation and safety instrumented systems (SIS) in a chemical manufacturing environment.

You will work onsite with Operations, Maintenance and Process Safety teams to optimize plant performance. The role requires a BS in Electrical, Instrumentation, or Chemical Engineering and 5+ years of instrumentation/controls experience, with PLC and DCS familiarity, alarm management, SIS/SIL/SIF, and