Instrumentation & Electrical Reliability Engineer

The Instrumentation and Electrical Reliability Engineer will be responsible for improving and sustaining instrumentation reliability at the Wilmington plant, while supporting site & corporate goals/requirements for Process Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Cost.

Responsibilities

• Define proactive maintenance strategies (preventive, predictive, failure finding) to improve instrumentation reliability.
• Perform root cause analysis on instrumentation failures, develop corrective actions and track results.
• Recommend instrumentation changes to improve reliability, providing justification & utilizing Management of Change process.
• Manage high level troubleshooting of instrumentation issues to support 24x7 operations.
• Support outage work related to instrumentation reliability.
• Support the SIS (Safety Instrumented Systems) Program, following the Celanese work process.
• Review of specifications & vendor submittals for major project new instrumentation.
• Provide instrumentation input during Process Hazard Analysis sessions.
• Perform annual self-audit of site Mechanical Integrity program for instrumentation, using Celanese audit protocol.
• Technically coordinates work of I/E technicians; identifies personnel training requirements.
• Leads program specific bad actor analysis and resolution
• Eliminates high consequence failures
• Hires and leads I&E contractors
• Orders key parts from vendors that meet plant expectations.

Qualifications

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• 6-10 years Instrumentation/Electrical Reliability experience
• B.S. Engineering or equivalent industrial experience
• Hands-on experience with improving instrumentation reliability.
• Intermediate capabilities with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Use of Root Cause Analysis methodology.
• Deep knowledge of process plant instrumentation.
• Experience with the implementation of proactive maintenance strategies.
• Knowledge of PHA's and safety reviews, MOC, and Safety Instrumented Systems.
• Capable of handling several projects and support activities simultaneously.
• Candidate must have good technical writing and presentation skills.

Desirable Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Experience with the Reliability Centered Maintenance process.
• Experience with SAP, or other CMMS, with ability to mine data for reliability analysis.
• Familiarity with ANSI/ISA-84.00.01 Safety Instrumented Systems.
• Familiarity with relevant industry standards and codes, such as API, ISA, & NFPA

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