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Mid-Senior Instrument Engineer

Location: Baytown, TX (refinery)

Provide troubleshooting and reliability improvements for upstream, midstream and downstream business units manufacturing facilities to maintain safety, availability, and reliability of instrumentation systems while optimizing cost.

• Develop and execute instrument surveillance programs.
• Collect data using computer maintenance management systems (CMMS) or other available data sources.
• Analyze maintenance records to determine instrument failure rates, availability / reliability calculations, bad actor / failure modes identification, and program effectiveness / cost analysis.
• Integrate maintenance and process data into holistic understanding of instrument/process control performance.
• Utilize risk-based work selection techniques to identify and justify maintenance/improvement items for inclusion in annual and periodic maintenance plans and events.
• Coordinate, Monitor and handle discipline design and engineering with EPC Contractor as per project
• expectation and complete the same within the time frame.
• Review and approval of EPC Contractor's work and ensure compliance with Project Specifications, relevant codes and standards and best industry practices in compliance with the contractual review periods.
• Guide less experienced engineers on standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, and Standards.
• Attend I&C equipment FATs, as required. Participate in HAZOP, SIL, and Classification Studies, as required.
• Assist in closing out HAZOP action items
• Provide construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning, Turnaround (Shutdown) Support as required.
• Develop equipment strategies/maintenance plans for instrumentations and control systems taking into
• consideration safety integrity level (SIL) assessment, Verification industry standards, regulatory requirement, and manufacturer recommendations. Support on Functional Safety assessment / Management studies.
• Review, update, and develop I&C technical documentation / drawings including piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), cause and effect, and control narratives.
• Execute control system and safety instrumented system (SIS)/ programmable logic controller (PLC) life cycle management programs which include system inventory, obsolescence plans, managing spare parts and upgrade/replacement planning.
• Support control system and safety instrumented system (SIS)/ programmable logic controller (PLC)
• Maintenance and test planning as required, software upgrades, emergency shutdown (ESD) testing, offline and online testing, and coordination of activities with/without plant shutdowns.
• Create and Support Management of Change (MoC) activities for I&C scope.
• Basic understanding of Cybersecurity Requirement for Control System as per Industry standards.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree from recognized university in Instrumentation and Controls, Electrical/Electronics.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in application of instrumentation and controls engineering in oil and gas, Refining or Petrochemical industry for projects or operations.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in selection, sizing and application of pressure/temperature/ flow/ level instruments, control valves, shutdown valves, etc.
• Familiarity with Industry standards, Country-specific regulations (CSR), and local codes. Should have work permit to work in India. Familiarity of Cybersecurity and Functional Safety in Process Industry as per Industry standards.

Preferred knowledge, skills & abilities

• Demonstrated experience in selection, application, and data sheet specification of field hardware including pressure/temperature/ flow/ level instruments, control valves, shutdown valves, etc.
• Exp. in preparing specifications, selection, applications, configuration/programming of Safety Instrument Systems.
• Understanding of the impact of equipment sparing, redundancy, reliability, availability, maintainability, and maintenance cost in support of Operations Excellence and Capital efficiency
• Working knowledge of complex instrument systems, such as machinery control systems, vibration monitoring systems, custody transfer metering, fired heater burner management, Tank gauging system etc.
• Able to review, evaluate, and update cause and effect, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), logic and architecture diagrams and control narratives.
• Proficient in data collection and analysis with common database and software data analysis tools such as SAP, Analytics for excel and tableau.
• Certification in Functional Safety from recognized institution. Certification in Cybersecurity as per industry standard from recognized institution
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Taylor Technical Services began business in 1977. Since then, we have grown to become one of the largest suppliers of Engineering personnel in the Houston/Gulf Coast area and Alaska. We pride ourselves in having recruiters and account managers that have experience and have worked in the oil & gas engineering industry.

Specialties: Cad Drafters, Electrical Designers, Instrument Designers, Structural Designers, Piping Designers, Electrical Engineers, Instrument Engineers, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Pipe Stress Engineers, EH&S, QA/QC, Procurement, Project Controls, Document Control, Administrative