Senior Electrical & Instrumentation Reliability Engineer

Westlake Chemical; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake Chemical is seeking a senior Electrical Engineer to provide engineering support to production, maintenance, and projects in our Longview facility. You will focus on improving electrical system reliability, instrumentation, and process control to reduce downtime and improve safety.

Responsibilities include investigating equipment failures, evaluating maintenance programs, specifying instrumentation, developing project scopes, maintaining calibration records, and supporting capital

Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum eight years of experience in a refinery, chemical or petrochemical plant performing engineering design responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Investigate Control Valve and Analyzer equipment failures to determine root cause and recommend solutions.
• Evaluate current preventative/predictive maintenance program to identify areas of improvement.
• Recommend and specify instrumentation for various process measurement applications.
• Provide technical support to Maintenance, Operations and Environmental groups on instrumentation issues.
• Develop job scopes and drawing packages for small instrumentation/electrical projects.
• Provide support to Project Group on specification of instrumentation for capital projects.
• Review project design packages for reliability, application and maintenance requirements.
• Maintain instrumentation database with tag, manufacturer, model, calibration history information.
• Ensure proper documentation on all instrumentation/electrical equipment including files, drawings, specs, calibration sheets, manuals.
• Maintain technical expertise and stay updated on instrumentation technology/design changes for plant equipment/production improvements.
• Work to improve reliability of process gas chromatograph and mass spectrometry analyzers.
• Provide technical support for analyzer additions and upgrades.
• Work to improve reliability of process control valves.
• Develop plans for monitoring performance and addressing problem areas.
• Assist Maintenance in development of repair/upgrade scopes for major turnarounds.
• Prioritize safety and report incidents as required.
• Attend Weekly and Monthly Safety Meetings.
• Be familiar with motors in the 100-5000 Hp range and their applications.

Skills

Instrumentation

Root cause analysis

Education

B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Calibration instruments

Process control systems

Job description

Westlake Chemical is seeking a senior Electrical Engineer to provide engineering support to production, maintenance, and projects in our Longview facility. You will focus on improving electrical system reliability, instrumentation, and process control to reduce downtime and improve safety.

Responsibilities include investigating equipment failures, evaluating maintenance programs, specifying instrumentation, developing project scopes, maintaining calibration records, and supporting capital