Job Scope
- Responsible for developing and progressing the Ready for Operations (RFO) activities, ensuring seamless transition of the facility from EPC to the operations phase.
- The successful candidate shall be a technical SME in the Instrument & Controls Engineering discipline with in-depth understanding on Process Control & Distributed Controls System (DCS).
- This person should be highly familiar navigating/interrogating the DCS to perform tasks such as tuning of loops, initiating control changes as required utilizing management of change (MoC) process together with any Cause and Effect (C&E) and DCS graphic changes, and champion the Advanced Process Control initiative.
- Expert knowledge in general plant Instrumentations & field devices, used in the Oil & Gas industry is key in successful performance of this job.
- Additionally, this individual shall provide, as a minimum, intermediate level Reliability Engineering support to the Operations team with focus in the following areas:
- o Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA): With expertise in relevant techniques to adequately lead RCFA exercises for failures relating to plant equipment and/or processes.
- o Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): With adequate knowledge in relevant techniques to drive fine-tuning & improvements in existing Maintenance practices to achieve a cost-effective, yet safe robust Maintenance strategy.
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.
- Providing 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 them 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 and Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for Instrument & Controls systems throughout the plant.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Controls, Instrument or Electrical Engineering
- A Professional Engineering License or eligibility for registration.
Experience:
- A minimum of five-ten 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 Systems
- RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Ability to Commute:
- Belle Chasse, LA (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Belle Chasse, LA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person