Principal Engineer, Instrumentation and Controls

Summary

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is seeking a Principal Engineer, Instrumentation and Controls to join their team in Point Celeste, LA at the Plaquemines Parish Facility in Louisiana. This role reports to the Director, Operations Engineering and will be responsible for developing and progressing the Ready for Operations (RFO) activities, ensuring seamless transition of the facility from EPC to the operations phase.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Serves as a resident company Subject Matter Expert, providing advice and guidance on Instrument & Controls system engineering issues.
• Provide daily-to-day Instrument & Controls systems support to the Maintenance & Operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment.
• Provide advanced diagnostic support, to allow rapid production recovery, in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outage.
• Support Process Trip investigations.
• Provide general support to Analyzer associated issues.
• Provide Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises. This includes the ability to wrap up summaries (with causes and recommendations) and present to concerned parties.
• Support Alarm Management program.
• Responsible for Management of Change for Alarm/Trip settings.
• Provide support to the Maintenance team for Turnaround planning and execution.
• Supports availability tracking and improving the overall reliability for plant equipment.
• Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for Instrument & Controls systems throughout the plant.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 15 years’ experience working in a senior engineering capacity, with Instrument & Controls equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations.
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
• Good working knowledge of motors, gas turbines (Frames & Aero-derivatives) and compressors is required.

Additional Skills

• Working knowledge of CMMS System
• RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Controls, Instrument or Electrical Engineering

Licensing & Certifications

• A Professional Engineering License or eligibility for registration.

Benefits

We Are Seeking Qualified Applicants For The Position Principal Engineer, Instrumentation and Controls Located Plaquemines. Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.