Staff Automation Engineer, SME/SIS

TPC Group; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TPC Group in Houston seeks a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide technical guidance for design, implementation, and maintenance of SIS. This role requires participation in capital projects and maintaining corporate SIS standards.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in a refinery or petrochemical setting, focusing on process safety and compliance with ISA standards.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in chemical engineering within a refinery or petrochemical plant.
• Experience implementing SIS projects based on ISA 61511/ISA 84.
• Knowledge of Process Safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance for SIS design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Assist with capital SIS projects and troubleshooting existing SIS platforms.
• Maintain corporate SIS standards and develop safety requirement specifications.

Skills

Process Safety Management

SIS Design and Implementation

Cybersecurity Compliance

SIL Verification

Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Houston Plant
8600 Park Place Rd.
Houston, TX 77017, USA

Serve as the Safety Instrumented System (SIS) Subject Matter Expert (SME) and the focal point to provide technical guidance with respect to design, implementation, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of SIS.

• Support capital SIS projects as well as assist with operation, maintenance, modification, testing and troubleshooting of existing SIS platforms.
• Actively support PSM programs via participation in PHA, LOPA, MOC, RCA, resolution of action items, and other activities to ensure safe and reliable operation and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain corporate SIS standards and safety lifecycle management (SLM) documents.
• Develop safety requirement specification (SRS), Cause and Effect matrices and perform SIL verification.
• Develop/review functional check and proof test procedures for SIS.
• Ensure SIS application program (AP) compliance with TPC programming standards/templates.
• Provide guidance on SIS cybersecurity.
• Develop, review and improve KPIs for SIS.
• Work with production and process departments to obtain the required data for optimal design of safety instrumented functions (SIFs).
• Ensure Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP) are implemented and practiced in TPC’s facilities for safe and reliable operations.
• Identify/establish the key SIS Training activities and processes to be implemented and practiced during the Safety Lifecycle phases associated with SIS.
• Participate in FAT, IFAT, SAT of SIS equipment.
• Liaise with 3rd party contractors to ensure SIS project deliverables are completed in a timely manner.

MINIMUM EDUCATION :Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE :8 years of experience in the chemical engineering field which includes experience in a refinery or petrochemical plant with process safety focus, implementing SIS projects based on ISA 61511/ISA 84, performing SIL verification, knowledge of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and process safety standards.

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