Analyzer Technician

About the role

The Analyzer Technician provides technical expertise and support relative to Process Analyzer Systems, ensuring equipment functionality, troubleshooting failures, meeting compliance requirements, supporting reliability improvements, providing technical assistance for project development and commissioning, and developing and applying maintenance procedures to support document control efforts.

Responsibilities

• Work to meet schedule requirements while continuing efforts toward personal development and continuous improvement.
• Maintain online analytical instrumentation through preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Perform routine checks and maintenance to ensure equipment functionality and reliability.
• Maintain accurate and thorough records of all analytical equipment calibrations in accordance with site quality procedures and documentation best practices.
• Troubleshoot and repair issues that impair proper functionality of analytical systems.
• Provide support needed to resolve non-scheduled priority jobs during normal and after hours.
• Identify spare parts needed to reduce or eliminate equipment downtime.
• Recommend improvements to increase performance and reliability.
• Aid in updating and creating equipment specification sheets, equipment files, checklists, and procedures.
• Train and mentor less experienced Analyzer Technicians.
• Support capital improvement projects including scope development, factory acceptance testing, installation oversight, commissioning efforts, and equipment start-up.
• Maintain documentation and drawings needed to support continuous operation and improvement of analyzers.
• Support Process Safety Management activities such as PHA, MOC, Incident Investigations, Alarm Management, etc.
• Assure compliance requirements are achieved for Process Analyzer Systems by performing, overseeing, and documenting internal audits.
• Sustain the analytical equipment obsolescence replacement strategy.
• Utilize SAP to support the Maintenance and Reliability work processes.
• Participate in incident investigations associated with Process Analyzer Systems.

Requirements

Level of Education & Knowledge: Associate degree related to Instrumentation or Analyzers, formal apprentice program, or Military background in relevant technical fields, strong chemistry background is a plus.

Experience & Technical Skills: At least 5 years demonstrated practical analyzer work experience in maintaining process analyzers, sample conditioning systems, and communications architecture with the following analyzer systems: Siemens Maxum II and Optichrom Gas Chromatographs, Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS), Infrared (IR), Ultraviolet (UV), Total Organic Compounds (TOC), Area and Personnel Atmospheric Monitors (Sierra, Scott, Eagle, GasTech, MiniRae).

Experience with on-line analyzers such as GC, IR, Mass Spec, Titration, CEMS, HRVOC, Oxygen, Water Quality, Gas Detection, etc., in a petrochemical facility.

Experienced in process analyzer maintenance, project commissioning, and start-up support.

Fundamental understanding of chemistry, spectroscopy, and chromatography.

Proficient using computer applications (SAP, Microsoft Office, TEAMS) and practical knowledge of computer hardware.

Qualifications

Willing and able to work extended hours to resolve critical equipment issues and support site outages.

Strong troubleshooting knowledge, maintenance repair experience, and capital project support (reviews, factory acceptance testing, installation inspections, and start-up support).

Strong problem solver and self-starter.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Demonstrated leadership, learning, and development skills.

Ability to effectively interface with manufacturing, engineering, and other functions including contractors.

Self-initiated learning, corrective actions/follow-through.

Time management processes and skills.

Strong communication, teamwork, problem-solving, decision-making, results orientation, initiative, relationship building, and technological orientation.