Instrumentation Engineer

Responsibilities:Responsible for maintenance, reliability, and Capital Project support of instrumentation, SIS, PLC, and field relay logic.Perform as a facility Instrumentation Subject Matter Expert .Gather improvement feedback from Operations, Technical, Reliability & Maintenance teams to improve designs, installations, and increase uptime.Identify technology upgrades with application opportunities in capital projects working alongside the Maintenance & Reliability engineers.Provide quality control and design reviews of new projects that involve any instrumentation apparatus or systems.Specify equipment, installation materials, and quotations for procurement.Create bid packages to obtain engineering services and installation quotes from contractors.Provide leadership and oversight for equipment record tracking to ensure correct as-built information is filed and accessible in the document management system.Create project estimates and sketches needed to obtain funding.Provide input to budget tracking and estimating five-year budget outlook for instrument & controls improvement plans.Mentors less experienced engineers and provides technical training to other refinery personnel.Provide assistance in the field during start-ups, testing, tuning and tracking of shutdowns or upsets.Provide troubleshooting assistance and Root Cause Failure Analysis expertise and support as needed for equipment failures.Initiate MOC for Instrumentation related changes and follow MOC process.Qualifications:BS in an Engineering discipline. Skilled in process unit operations.Minimum experience, 5 years in the chemical, or oil and gas industry supporting Electrical / Instrumentation in a plant environment.Logic proficiencies: Configuration definitions for Bently-Nevada vintages and Woodward products, Triconex logic coding and structured text, PLC ladder logic and function blocks, relay logic & component assembly.Ability to communicate effectively to all levels of an organization via verbal and written communications and possess computer skills needed for communications and analysisWilling to be available outside of normal working hours to serve as technical consultant.Ability to handle multiple priorities, assist peers, manage short deadlines and emergency situations.Use engineering design tools for instrument calculations including but not limited to orifice plate sizing, level transmitter span calculations, control valve sizing.