Instrumentation Engineer

COMPANY OVERVIEW
At Baystar, we believe in the power of people. We produce highly customized enhanced polyethylene for ultimate performance and solutions across the value chain by using an approach centered around building strong, collaborative relationships with our customers. 

Based in Pasadena, Texas, Baystar® was formed in 2018 to invest in the future of our industry. Since then, we have constructed a one million ton-per-year ethane cracker in Port Arthur. The ethylene produced by the cracker feeds Baystar’s existing PE units, as well as our newest 625,000 ton-per-year Borstar® technology PE unit; the only one of its kind in North America.

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BASIC FUNCTION

Provide technical support to the instrumentation activities of the HDPE and HDA plant with the objective of continuously improving reliability and health, safety, environmental and loss control performance. Provide instrument and electrical technical information based on sound engineering practices to ensure a safe work environment for all plant personnel.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Position General

• Understand, support and comply with all plant safety policies and procedures, including Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO), hot work, fall protection, traffic, lifting and rigging, confined space entry, and line break.
• Position is located in a chemical processing facility and requires overtime to meet plant needs, including alternative shifts as needed to meet facility needs
• Position requires periodic on-call duties, and the successful candidate must be able to respond 24/7, 100% of the time to plant emergencies on short notice, including nights, weekends, and holidays while on-call
• Complete all assigned training and field observations by deadline
• Contribute to continuous improvement by offering suggestions for long-term solutions to minimize costs, improve reliability, and improve loss control performance
• Ability to read and interpret PFDs and P&IDs
• Work closely with operations, other maintenance personnel, engineering, purchasing and outside contractors
• Other duties as assigned

Technical

• Provide direction and technical support to the Maintenance I&E Supervisor, I&E Planner, I&E technicians, Analyzer technicians and DCS specialists
• Review performance of plant systems and recommend changes regarding operation, maintenance, or testing
• Optimize PMs, end of life strategy, and overall instrumentation and analyzer maintenance strategy
• Assist Operations in troubleshooting instrumentation problems
• Assist in the professional development and cross training of maintenance technicians with primary focus on controls and instruments
• Lead Root cause investigations and failure mode analysis into controls and instrument reliability problems to implement counter measures to prevent recurrence
• Provide engineering assistance and supervision for the justification, design, and installation of capital projects
• Prepare and review engineering documents (i.e., data sheets, loop drawings, and isometric drawings, calculations, specifications, analysis, drawings, evaluations, etc.)
• Provide independent engineering support to Maintenance that requires field investigation, inspections, and solutions to problems
• Assist with planning and execution for planned and unplanned outages
• Direct, coordinate and perform surveillance of repairs involving outside vendors
• Assist in maintaining accurate and current equipment file room documentation

Job Specific

• Field troubleshooting and potential to work outside in all weather conditions
• Workflow is varied and often requires urgent resolution
• Ability to make decisions is critical, even if the decision is the recognition that help from others is required.  It is the responsibility of every Baystar employee to exercise their Stop Work Authority as needed
• Ability to specify new equipment, repair plans, contact vendors, order materials, and troubleshoot a variety of equipment is key to success.  This requires the application of maintenance fundamentals and utilization of equipment files and expertise of others

Core Values
Must exhibit and demonstrate our 5 core values:

• Caring:  Dedicated to Safety, Employees, Customers, Community and Environment
• Trustworthy: Living a Culture of Openness, Honesty and Collaboration
• Focused:  Creating Value by Delivering the Right Solutions
• Innovative:  Daring to be different by finding New Ways
• Fun: Embracing our Diverse Family and Celebrating our Success

COMPETENCIES

• Job Knowledge - Understands facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keep job knowledge current
• Productivity - Manages workload, works efficiently, meets goals and objectives
• Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve product/services
• Safety – HSSE - Works in a safe manner, uses PPE, recognizes hazards, makes safety suggestions and observations, current on Training Mine

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• B.S. in Electrical, Electronic, or Controls/Automation Engineering (other engineering/technical degrees will be considered depending on experience)
• 2 or more years of related experience in a plant environment
• Experience with control valves, level, pressure, and temperature instruments, and control schemes
• Familiar with but not limited to Rosemount, Honeywell, Emerson, and Vega instruments
• DCS and PLC experience
• Extensive knowledge of instrumentation and analyzer systems and troubleshooting with an emphasis on instrumentation
• Computer proficient (MS Office, MS Project, SAP)
• Excellent verbal/written communication
• Ability to plan and manage multiple issues/projects simultaneously

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Master’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics or Controls/Automation Engineering
• 8 or more years of manufacturing experience
• Experience with extruders, temperature controls systems, motor drive systems, and material conveyance systems
• Knowledge of both production and maintenance engineering
• Strong problem-solving and leadership skills