Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Beulah, ND
posted 20 days ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Beulah, ND
Utilities
About the position
The Electrical and Instrument Maintenance Engineer position at Dakota Gasification Company focuses on providing technical assistance for electrical and instrumentation equipment to minimize production losses and ensure safe operations at the Synfuels plant. The role involves maintaining technical expertise in E&I equipment, managing preventive and predictive maintenance, and troubleshooting to develop effective solutions.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and analyze electrical and instrumentation issues and provide recommendations for corrective actions.
- Assist in specifying new equipment and maintaining equipment and component standardization.
- Assist in trip logic testing of critical rotating, fixed, and fired equipment.
- Assist in the development of PM and PdM strategies to increase reliability and availability of critical E&I equipment.
- Participate in the checkout/acceptance testing and commissioning of new installations.
- Ensure equipment spare parts are optimized on critical equipment by reviewing min/max inventory levels, determining recommended suppliers, and facilitating billing of material (BOM) revisions.
- Assist with creating as-built documentation of electrical, instrument, and control systems.
- Provide technical assistance and input in the development of electrical and instrument procedures and standards.
- Support the development of asset management plans and other reliability improvement efforts.
- Provide technical support to Process Operations, Planning, and Maintenance in equipment repairs, replacements, substitutions, and upgrades.
- Maintain work area in a neat, orderly, and efficient manner.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an EAC/ABET accredited electrical or electronics engineering program.
- For Engineer II: Three years of related electrical and instrument engineering experience.
- For Engineer III: Five years of related electrical and instrument engineering experience.
- For Senior Engineer: Seven years of related electrical and instrument engineering experience.
- Knowledge of electrical, instrumentation and control concepts, engineering analysis and design techniques, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to read and interpret plant process and instrumentation diagrams, single line diagrams, instrumentation loop sheets, wiring, and interconnection diagrams, instrument spec. sheets, and E/I&C predictive and preventive maintenance techniques.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient with personal computers and Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- A valid driver's license.
