Sr Instrument Engineer

Principle Responsibilities

• Provides support for instrument engineering activities throughout the refinery
• Develops and manages refinery instrumentation projects including scope definition, economic analysis, engineering design, field execution, project startup, and documentation
• Understands and ensures compliance with all Process Safety policies and procedures
• Directs critical activities requiring instrument knowledge and expertise
• Provides technical input in determining priority and scope of equipment repairs
• Reviews engineering projects and improvements to ensure compliance with refinery standards and good engineering practice
• Responsible for completion of engineering design, documentation and implementation for small refinery improvement and modification projects
• Works together with refinery Process Control group to identify control improvement opportunities
• Directs the efforts of third-party design engineering and construction contractors
• Supports refinery Operations and Optimization engineers in identifying strategic instrumentation and control opportunities that have high potential to improve operating efficiency and availability or to reduce maintenance costs
• Supports development of safety, protective or process logic system requirements and logic implementation
• Supports Instrumentation Technicians in maintaining instrumentation and control system design and maintenance history documentation
• Identify new instrumentation technologies and evaluate for suitability and maintainability. When applicable, develop application designs and assist with technician training

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related Engineering field required
• 5+ years of industrial instrumentation and control systems experience preferred
• Prefer at least 2 years in a refinery environment
• Experience and knowledge with control valve sizing and typical process measurement instrumentation and technologies (Flow, Level, Pressure, Temperature, etc.) required
• Experience with electrical schematic drawings, logic diagrams and panel schedules required
• Basic knowledge of industry standards: NEC, NFPA, API, etc. required
• Demonstrated knowledge of PLC/HMI systems required
• Must possess strategic and creative thinking abilities
• Able to handle multiple priorities, manage short deadlines and emergency situations
• Must possess interactive skills necessary for teamwork building