Instrument and Electrical Specialist

Job Description:

Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Specialist Maintenance

Huntsman is seeking a Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Specialist Maintenance supporting the Advanced Materials Division located in Location. This position will report to the Maintenance Manager.

Job Scope

The I&E Specialist serves as the technical integrator and coordination point between instrumentation and electrical technicians and site functions including Engineering Projects Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Warehouse and Production. The role ensures that I&E work is technically sound safely executed properly planned and aligned with operational priorities. This position reports directly to the Maintenance Manager carries no direct reports and operates through technical credibility coordination and influence.

In summary as the Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Specialist Maintenance you will:

Provide advanced hands on technical support across instrumentation electrical and PLC/control systems.
Support technicians and operations in diagnosing and resolving complex equipment and control issues.
Act as a technical escalation resource for recurring failures trips and production critical problems.
Maintain a strong field presence to understand real world execution challenges and operating conditions.
Serve as the primary I&E technical interface to Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.
Review job scopes work plans and task lists for completeness technical accuracy safety considerations and execution readiness.
Ensure drawings procedures test requirements tools and materials are identified and available prior to execution.
Support development and sustainment of Preventive Maintenance (PM) inspections and functional checks for I&E assets.
Maintain data quality for I&E equipment task lists and maintenance plans within SAP.
Represent Maintenance as the I&E technical resource for capital projects and turnarounds.
Support equipment selection installation practices testing strategies commissioning and startup activities.
Interface with instrumentation electrical PLC DCS and SIS engineers to ensure assets are designed installed and handed over with maintainability spares documentation and training in place.
Participate in loop checks functional testing interlock verification and safety system testing as required.
Provide structured feedback from field execution to Engineering and Maintenance leadership.
Participate in failure analysis root cause investigations and reliability improvement initiatives involving I&E systems.
Identify systemic issues related to design maintenance practices spares skills or execution and recommend improvements.
Develop review and maintain maintenance procedures job plans and site standards for instrumentation electrical and control systems.
Provide technical coaching and mentoring to I&E technicians without formal supervisory authority.
Support structured training qualification and knowledge transfer for new or modified equipment and systems.
Ensure alignment to applicable electrical codes instrumentation standards and site requirements.
Demonstrates personal ownership for safety and environmental performance in all work activities.
Ensures all instrumentation electrical and control system work is planned and executed in full compliance with site EHS standards life saving rules electrical safety practices and regulatory requirements.
Actively participates in hazard identification risk assessments safe work planning and field safety observations.
Supports and participates in Process Hazard Analyses (PHA) Management of Change (MOC) incident investigations and audits related to I&E systems.
Intervenes escalates and stops work when unsafe conditions or behaviors are observed.
Champions safe design maintainability and operational readiness of I&E systems through all lifecycle phases.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the United States.

Minimum Qualifications

High School Diploma or Associate Degree required
Significant experience in an industrial manufacturing environment (petrochemical chemical refining or similar).
Demonstrated hands on experience across instrumentation electrical systems and PLC based controls.
Proven ability to technically bridge field execution with engineering planning and operations.

Skills and knowledge

Strong working knowledge of industrial instrumentation electrical power and motor control systems and PLC based controls.
Ability to read and interpret P&IDs loop diagrams wiring diagrams logic diagrams and one line drawings.
Experience supporting PLC DCS and SIS interfaces including troubleshooting field devices and control logic interactions.
Understanding of control loops interlocks protective systems and startup/testing practices.
SAP maintenance system experience preferred.
Effective communicator who can translate technical details between technicians engineers planners and operations.

Preferred Qualifications

Technical degree in Instrumentation Electrical Mechatronics or equivalent experience preferred

Working Environment

The I&E Specialist serves as the technical integrator and coordination point between instrumentation and electrical technicians and site functions including Engineering Projects Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Warehouse and Production.

Required Experience:

IC