Instrumentation Reliability Engineer

Marathon Petroleum; Saint Paul Park (MN); On-site; USD 107,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum's St. Paul Park Refining Division seeks an Instrumentation Reliability Engineer II. You will provide technical and reliability support for instrumentation, analyzers, control valves, and SIS, and lead efforts to improve reliability and performance across refinery systems.

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and 2+ years' experience, with on-call and off-hour duties as needed. Relocation is not specified; a valid U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• 2+ years of experience is required.
• Valid driver's license is required.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Able to work off-hour duties such as plant shutdowns and on-call support.
• Able to wear PPE in the refinery and perform field tasks.
• Develop and optimize preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies for instrumentation and analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for instrumentation, analyzers, valves, and SIS.
• Troubleshoot complex instrumentation problems across process variables.
• Analyze history and failure trends to identify reliability threats.
• Use reliability analytics and cost analysis to improve reliability of instruments and analyzers.
• Write PRFs for reliability projects with lifecycle cost justification.
• Review turnaround lists and scopes for critical equipment.
• Establish equipment monitoring plans and control limits.
• Ensure repairs meet OEM specs and engineering standards.
• Develop and maintain instrument, control, and SIS settings.
• Develop system studies with applicable analysis tools.
• Conduct post-audits to measure project effectiveness.
• Provide technical assistance during turnarounds and outages.
• Review specifications for improvements based on experience.
• Provide technical support to capital project development.

Skills

Instrumentation reliability

Control valves

Analyzers

SIS systems

DCS/PLC/ESD

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Rosemount

Honeywell instruments

Triconex SIS

PLCs

ESDs

DCS

Job description

At MPC, we're committed to being a great place to work - one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

OVERVIEW

Marathon Petroleum Company's (MPC) St. Paul Park Refining Division has an opening for an Instrumentation Reliability Engineer II. We are seeking a motivated, team-oriented individual to provide technical and reliability engineering support for refinery instrumentation, analyzers, control valves, and associated control and protective systems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical and troubleshooting support for process instrumentation, control valves, analyzers, and associated control and protective systems.
• Troubleshoot recurring and complex instrumentation problems involving pressure, temperature, flow, level, vibration, analytical measurements, and final control elements.
• Analyze equipment history and failure trends to identify instrumentation bad actors and emerging reliability threats.
• Utilizes reliability tools such as reliability analytics, failure evaluations, and cost analysis to improve reliability of instrument and analyzer equipment/systems.
• Writes PRFs for reliability improvement projects, equipment upgrades, etc. including financial justification (life cycle cost analysis) and facilitates DSP development. Champions MOC as appropriate.
• Reviews turnaround work lists and scopes for critical equipment.
• Helps establish equipment monitoring plans and control limits.
• Ensure repairs and installations meet/exceeds applicable OEM requirements, company specifications, engineering standards, and industry practices.
• Develops and maintains instrumentation, control, and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) settings and specifications, as applicable.
• Develops and manages system studies with applicable analysis tools.
• Conducts post-audits to measure the effectiveness of significant reliability related projects and activities.
• Provides technical assistance to aid decision-making on repair solutions during turnarounds and unplanned equipment outages.
• Reviews corporate specifications for potential improvement based on industry and site-specific experience as appropriate.
• Provides technical expertise and support to capital project development.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum (Required) Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Two (2) years or more of experience required
• A valid driver's license
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time indefinite basis without the need for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Able to work off-hour duties such as plant shutdowns and routine on-call support.
• Able to wear appropriate PPE in the refinery and be able to physically perform all tasks in the field.
• Develop and optimize preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies for instrumentation and analyzer equipment based on equipment criticality, failure history, and performance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) plus years of post-degree engineering experience working with instrumentation in the refining, petrochemical, or other related heavy industry.
• Experience with instrument system design, applicable standards, and repairs as well as associated equipment specific failure modes are preferred.
• Experience with Rosemount and Honeywell instruments/transmitters, Honeywell control systems, analyzers, Triconex SIS, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and emergency shutdown systems (ESDs).
• Experience with pressure, temperature, flow, level transmitters, and process analyzers.
• Experience with control valves, actuators, positioners, and final control elements.
• Experience with DCS, PLC, SIS, and ESD systems.
• Knowledge of instrumentation failure modes and troubleshooting methodologies.

Location: St Paul Park, Minnesota

Job Requisition ID: 00024902

Pay Min/Max: $106,900.00 - $184,300.00 Salary

Grade: 11 - 12

Location Address: 301 Saint Paul Park Rd

Additional locations:

Education:

Employee Group: Full time

Employee Subgroup: Regular

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