Principal Responsibilities:
· Provides technical, troubleshooting, and maintenance support to all ASU, CO2, H2 and He plants within the area for all instrumentation equipment, including PLC/DCS hardware, control wiring, I/O transmitters, positioners, control valves, pneumatic systems, and analytical equipment.
· Provides day-to-day plant instrumentation and associated low-voltage electrical support where qualified for operations and assists with execution of small improvement projects.
· Assists with redlining, maintaining, and developing necessary electrical and instrumentation documentation, including wiring schematics, elementary drawings, layout drawings, I/O drawings, cable and conduit schedules, panel schedules, and loop drawings.
· Supports plant instrument technicians with troubleshooting and repair of failed instrumentation, including MOC guidance, plant/equipment outage decision making, repair plan, and root cause analysis.
· Identifies, defines, estimates, develops, and executes instrumentation turnaround maintenance activities including instrument replacement, upgrades, new installations,
calibrations, and functional checks. Provides supervision and oversight for Instrument technicians and external contractors.
· Manages and provides technical support to instrument contractors to ensure accurate scope completion, proper documentation updates, standards compliance, and applicable code compliance (ISA, IEEE, NEC, NFPA, etc.).
· Completes area instrumentation technical reviews of MOCs and provide supplemental engineering data, drawings, analysis as necessary.
· Supports the certification process of all area Instrumentation Technicians in regard to ISA CCST (Certified Control Systems Technician) Level I, Level II & Level III, ensuring proper knowledge in instrumentation theory and practical training around utilization of instrumentation within each plant in the area.
Required Skills:
· Demonstrates exceptional operational safety leadership.
· Self-starter and self-directed with ability to manage multiple activities.
· Good technical and clear communication skills with solid interpersonal skills.
· Experience in the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of PLC/DCS systems; I/O devices including transmitters, positioners, control valves, and analytical equipment. Create bulleted list and outline necessary skills and experience required for the role.
· Experience with plant process instrumentation including pressure, temperature, and flow devices; including control valves, actuators, limit switches, measurement devices, analog and digital indicators.
· Experience at troubleshooting control loop issues, identify problem components and interfaces, and execute effective and efficient solutions to restore critical and needed plant control functions.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Engineering Discipline required.
· 7 years of experience with at least 5 years in an operational and engineering environment working with electrical and instrumentation equipment.