What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Area Instrumentation Engineer position at NEXHR?
- Provides technical, troubleshooting and maintenance support to all regionals plants across the pacific coast, for all 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 where qualified; to operations and assists with execution of small improvement projects.
- Experienced with redlining, maintaining, and developing necessary electrical and instrumentation documentation including wiring schematics, elementary drawings, layout drawings, I/O drawings, cable and conduit schedules, panel schedules, & 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
- Identify, define, estimate, develop, and execute instrumentation turnaround maintenance activities including instrument replacement, upgrades, new installations, calibrations, and functional checks. Provide supervision and oversight for Instrument technicians and external contractors
- Manage and provide technical support to instrument contractors to ensure accurate scope completion, proper documentation updates, standards compliance, and applicable code compliance (ISA, IEEE, NEC, NFPA, etc.).
- Complete area instrumentation technical reviews of MOCs and provide supplemental engineering data, drawings, 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, ensuring proper knowledge and practical training around utilization of instrumentation equipment within each plant in the area.
- Travels as required 40 -50%.
- 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.
Salary : $150,000 - $160,000
