Instrumentation Engineer Key Accountabilities
Safety & Compliance
- Serve as a role model for safety, embracing a work safely or not at all mindset.
- Identify and address at-risk behaviors to achieve zero incidents.
- Ensure all instruments comply with CPChem engineering standards to mitigate accident risks.
- Exhibit good environmental stewardship and comply with regulatory standards.
Maintenance & Reliability
- Maintain equipment availability at the highest feasible operating level, leveraging new technologies and maintenance practices.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify gaps and drive improvements.
- Apply reliability tools (e.g., FMEA, RBI, RCM) to optimize costs and enhance asset availability.
- Conduct reliability and data analysis to assess instrument performance.
- Manage spare parts inventory, using a criticality matrix and min/max levels.
- Establish and optimize instrument preventive maintenance strategies.
- Lead and support Management of Change (MOC) activities, including documentation updates.
- Support incident investigations, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
Technical Support & Continuous Improvement
- Provide technical leadership and support to instrumentation and electrical maintenance teams.
- Oversee new instrument design, installation, and integration to ensure seamless operations.
- Develop and maintain historical performance data to identify and address bad/worst actors.
- Establish calibration procedures for unique instruments (e.g., Nuclear, GWR NCR).
- Evaluate and recommend instrument upgrades for enhanced facility performance.
- Review instrument unit costs and suggest optimizations for long-term savings.
- Address obsolescence issues by planning upgrades and replacements.
- Prepare technical reports and studies as needed.
Project & Budget Management
- Assist in developing the annual maintenance budget and ensure compliance with financial plans.
- Manage smaller maintenance and reliability initiatives, including field instrument modifications.
- Provide discipline engineering and design for capital and expense projects.
- Support major shutdowns, construction, and alteration projects with instrumentation expertise.
- Execute Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities (e.g., FAT, SAT, Loop Sells).
Training & Communication
- Facilitate training for staff to align maintenance practices with industry standards.
- Maintain effective communication with technical, maintenance, operations, and project teams.
- Serve as the primary contact for instrumentation OEMs and external vendors.
- Develop maintenance documentation guidelines to ensure compliance and knowledge preservation.
Qualifications
Academic Qualification: Bachelor's degree
Qualification Discipline: Engineering
Years of Experience
Total Experience: +2 Years
