Senior Engineer, Instrumentation

Linde North America - Bethlehem, PA

Full-time - Senior

Bethlehem, PA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The position involves providing technical engineering support and subject matter expert recommendations for instrumentation, analytical, and controls equipment utilized in industrial gas plants. The role is crucial for maintaining operational efficiency and safety across various facilities, ensuring that all instrumentation equipment functions optimally to support plant operations.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical, troubleshooting and maintenance support to all ASU, CO2, H2, and He plants for instrumentation equipment including PLC/DCS hardware, control wiring, I/O, transmitters, positioners, control valves, pneumatic systems, metering systems, and analytical equipment.
• Provides day-to-day plant instrumentation and associated low voltage electrical support to operations and assists with execution of small improvement projects.
• Maintains and develops necessary electrical and instrumentation documentation including wiring schematics, elementary drawings, layout drawings, I/O drawings, cable and conduit schedules, panel schedules, and loop drawings.
• Supports plant instrument technicians with troubleshooting and repair of failed instrumentation, including MOC guidance, plant/equipment outage decision making, repair plan, and root cause analysis.
• Identifies, defines, estimates, develops, and executes instrumentation turnaround maintenance activities including instrument replacement, upgrades, new installations, calibrations, and functional checks.
• Provides supervision and oversight for Instrument technicians and external contractors.
• Manages and provides technical support to instrument contractors to ensure accurate scope completion, proper documentation updates, standards compliance, and applicable code compliance.
• Completes area instrumentation technical reviews of MOCs and provides supplemental engineering data, drawings, and analysis as necessary.
• Supports the certification process of all area Instrumentation Technicians in regard to ISA CCST (Certified Control Systems Technician) Level I, Level II & Level III.
• Provides guidance and supports required training for the ISA certification process of all area technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant Engineering discipline required.
• 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in an operational and engineering environment working with electrical and instrumentation equipment.
• Demonstrates exceptional operational safety leadership.
• Self-starter and self-directed with ability to manage multiple activities at once and achieve results with minimal supervision.
• Excellent technical and clear communication skills with solid interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience in the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of PLC/DCS systems, I/O devices; including transmitters, positioners, control valves, and analytical equipment.
• Proven experience with plant process instrumentation including a wide variety of pressure, temperature, and flow devices; including control valves, actuators, limit switches, measurement devices, analog and digital indicators.
• Proven effectiveness at troubleshooting control loop issues, identify problem components and interfaces, and execute effective and efficient solutions to restore critical and needed plant control functions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Ongoing training and career progression opportunities
• Steady schedules
• Appreciable pay