Senior Instrumentation & Controls Specialist
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Job Location:
Midway, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Key Responsibilities And Duties
- Collaborate with Maintenance Technical and Operations teams to establish and achieve equipment reliability goals.
- Provide daily technical support to resolve design maintenance and operational issues for both immediate and long-term solutions.
- Manage and support all instrumentation CEMS and automation systems (PLC/DCS) including troubleshooting programming changes documentation and training.
- Ensure accurate maintenance of schematics loop drawings and interlocks.
- Maintain accurate engineering documentation update PM and calibration procedures and retrieve and analyze process/environmental data.
- Prepare and submit records to meet operational and regulatory requirements.
- Lead engineering teams on front-end engineering design (FEED) and EPC projects.
- Develop work scopes direct contractors and oversee project execution. Review and compile control narratives logic diagrams cause-and-effect matrices and ensure compliance with plant and industry standards.
- Facilitate HAZOP studies SIL reviews and maintain functional safety plans.
- Participate in safety and environmental initiatives to ensure regulatory compliance and overall employee safety.
- Drive process improvements support capital projects and assist in planning and execution of turnaround activities.
- Lead root cause failure investigations for instrument/control-related incidents.
- Provide field supervision on critical equipment troubleshoot recurring instrumentation issues and assume on-call manager responsibilities as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or other related field.
- 5 years of instrumentation and controls experience preferably in a chemical manufacturing environment.
- Experience inspecting maintaining and specifying control SIS and instrumentation systems and equipment.
- Certified Functional Safety Professional (CFSP) certification is preferred.
- Completion of Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program(s)
- Project & budget management experience preferred.
- This is a safety sensitive position which requires employees to disclose the use of any prescription medication that may affect his or her ability to safely perform the essential functions of this position.
- Understanding of compressor control systems.
- Emerson DeltaV and Rockwell Software products a plus.
- Foundation Fieldbus experience a plus
- DCS PLC HMI Historian database programming and management
- Knowledgeable in the theory and workings of instrumentation control valve assembly level flow pressure temperature pH conductivity and gas analyzers.
- Ability to read and understand P&IDs schematic diagrams wiring diagrams and technical manuals.
- Exceptional instrumentation and control logic troubleshooting skills.
- Familiar with smart instrumentation pneumatics and hydraulics.
- Working knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) and a good understanding of general process control.
- Reliability and defect elimination skills.
- Possesses strong organizational and communication skills.
- Possesses complex problem solving critical thinking strong mathematics skills systems evaluation and operation analysis.
- Experienced in RCFA RCM or equivalent methodology.
- Competent computer knowledge CMMS Excel Word analysis software etc.
- Knowledge of leadership techniques principles and procedures to assign work schedule supervise train and evaluate the work of assigned staff.
