Sr. Instrumentation Engineer

Westlake - Plaquemine, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Plaquemine, LA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Sr. Instrumentation Engineer will be responsible for the research, design, and implementation of capital and maintenance instrument projects. This role includes providing technical support for maintenance, overseeing construction, and ensuring the stewardship of facility instrument and control systems. The engineer will also be tasked with updating and maintaining procedures, documents, and drawings related to instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates strong safety culture through personal behavior and commitment to environmental, health & safety.
• Participates in the PACE culture of safety.
• Develop preliminary scope for the instrument, control, and analytical portion of capital and maintenance projects.
• Develop and provide cost estimates to project engineers.
• Develop and manage capital projects for new instrument, control, and analytical systems.
• Communicate with vendors to determine applicability of products.
• Develop detailed equipment specifications to ensure all necessary equipment, drawings and vendor provided services are identified and detailed.
• Evaluate vendor bids for conformance to specification and recommends appropriate vendor to purchasing.
• Direct instrument designers in the creation of engineering construction packages, including drawings, instructions and specifications.
• Develop and write engineering procedures and site standards.
• Review and approve instrument, control, and analytical design packages.
• Provide technical support to maintenance instrument supervisors and technicians.
• Review instrument test reports and develop projects to correct deficiencies.
• Provide technical help to investigate equipment and system failures and recommend corrective actions.
• Serve as the site SIS steward ensuring all SIS documentation and requirements are satisfied and maintained for all SIFs throughout the facility.
• Develop and maintain 5-year plan, with cost estimates, for DCS, PLC, and analytical system upgrades.
• Actively involved in current DCS and PLC upgrade projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering; Electrical Engineering preferred.
• PE certification desired.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience providing instrument, control, and analytical engineering design concepts, estimates, specifications, construction oversight and startup of new projects.
• Experience in DCS design, layout, and configuration preferred. Honeywell or ABB knowledge preferred.
• Experience in SIS system design, installation, and maintenance.
• Ability to troubleshoot instrument and analytical systems.
• Successfully manage multiple complex projects.
• Proficient computer skills, with good working knowledge of all standard company applications (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.).
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.
• Self-directed and motivated.
• Good leadership skills.