Principal I&C Engineer

About the role

Kent is looking for a Principal I&C Engineer to be based in Deer Park, TX. You will interact with other disciplines and departments, corporate technical networks and peers, and vendors/suppliers as needed to successfully execute projects and support construction and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Provides project discipline engineering support on project teams towards the successful completion of projects as assigned so that they are successfully completed and meet the objectives.
• Works with design resources both internally and externally to achieve designs that are cost effective and technically sound so that all projects are designed efficiently, cost effectively, and have operability against the up-front project objectives.
• Collaborates and engages all other disciplines, process operators and engineers, control systems engineer, and the operations/maintenance superintendents either internally or externally towards the successful completion of the project.
• Responsible for following the Capital project process and meeting the Delegation of Authority (DOA) policy so that all projects can meet internal and external audit criteria, and the sites remain in DOA compliance.
• Working through the Capital Project Checklist and documenting all phases of the project process.
• Works closely with subcontract engineers and/or designers to coordinate their activities and to ensure the subcontractor's work is checked and the standards and quality are in accordance with standards, guidelines, and customer requirements.
• Prepares or reviews/approves specifications for purchase of materials and equipment.
• Performs periodic design reviews; ensures designs, including all IEA engineering drawings, technical specifications, calculations and programs, follow specifications, codes, regulations, and contract requirements.
• Ensures technical and quality standards are maintained.
• Designs, develops and implements new Basic Regulatory and Advanced Process Control applications. Emphasis is on applications utilizing single output control technology as well as providing assistance to the Control Systems Engineer with multi-variable predictive controls.
• Documents and maintain all communication that impacts technical decisions.
• Assists in reviewing estimates of probable costs for construction at various stages of design.
• Participate in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment, technical material suppliers, and technical service providers.
• Consults with peers at the site and across the company.
• Supports the development of control logic Functional Specifications used to support integration of automation and operator control logic into DCS systems for capital projects.
• Supports the review of the alarm rationalization aspects for capital automation projects.
• Supports the development of procedures for Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and Pre-Startup Acceptance Tests (PSAT) of project installed or modified SIS.
• Supports function tests, PSAT