E&I Maintenance Engineer

Hargrove and Associates•LaPlace, LA

About The Position

Provides technical expertise on matters of maintenance as they relate to process control, electrical, and instrumentation equipment. Candidate recommends needed improvements to operations and maintenance leadership in the area of equipment maintenance including philosophies, strategies, and best maintenance practices. This position focuses on sustaining or improving equipment to current performance standards and works with the reliability engineer to lead longer term improvements for electrical and instrumentation equipment using the facility’s change of design process or capital projects. The position will require working directly with electrical and instrumentation mechanics in the field providing technical support and guidance.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering is required.
This position requires 3+ or more years of reliability and maintenance work experience (petrochemical industry preferred).
Ideal candidate will have retrofit experience in high voltage, 24KV
Experience developing switch procedures
Strong leadership capability.
Ability to plan, prioritize and implement multiple concurrent projects/tasks.
Good communication and presentation skills (both oral & written).
Good interpersonal and conflict resolution skills with ability to influence managers, peers, and mechanics; able to take a “hands on” approach with operators and mechanics to get things done.
Good analytical and problem solving skills.
Ability to interact with and promote the capabilities of a diverse workforce.
Proven strong contributor with the ability to work independently.
Good personal computer and software skills especially with CMMS programs.
Understanding of business performance measures critical to quality issues.
Understands the process safety management (PSM) process particularly management of change, mechanical integrity, and quality assurance.
Familiarity with multifunction electronic relaying systems such as SEL and Multilin.
Ability to maintain and provide markups of existing drawings such as P&IDs, I/O Schematics, Wiring Diagrams, Single Lines, Motor Schematics, and Panel Schedules.
Proficient in the use of SKM Power Tools for Windows software to maintain facilities electrical systems studies such as protective device coordination studies, short circuit studies, and arc flash studies.
Basic understanding of the principles of maintenance excellence including planning, PPM, basic equipment reliability, maintenance materials management, contract maintenance and maintenance training.
Understands electrical, instrumentation, and process control equipment and related troubleshooting and maintenance techniques.
Capable of using calibration manager software and hardware tools.
Understands principles of power and electrical distribution circuits including operational understanding of 24kV switchgear, 480V switchgear, and motor control centers.
Familiar with predictive and preventative maintenance techniques for electrical power distribution and instrumentation equipment (e.g. Thermography)
Root cause failure analysis, basic 5 why, and failure mode and effect analysis. Apollo methodologies also used.
Knowledge of and application of NFPA 70, NPFA 70B, NFPA 70E and other electrical and instrumentation industry standards.
Ability to read and understand electrical and instrumentation drawings.
Ability to provide support to facility electrical and instrumentation mechanics for operation and switching activities of the sites power distribution system.
Capable of performing cost/capital analysis and justification.

Responsibilities

Monitor equipment performance and troubleshoot equipment failures.
Work with maintenance supervision, planners, and technicians to develop equipment repair plans.
Work with interdisciplinary groups to develop and execute projects through the sites management of change process.
Provide technical input to the maintenance coordinator and operations team for determining the criticality of scheduling equipment down for needed maintenance.
Work with reliability engineer to obtain and interpret maintenance and reliability metrics for recommending needed improvements or changes.
Support capital projects by participating and reviewing equipment selection and layout to optimize “maintainability” and meet site reliability goals.
Promote consistency by standardizing equipment, providing technical expertise for installation, check-out, maintenance procedures and start-up of all new or modified critical equipment, and assuring that necessary spare parts are identified and maintained properly.
Analyze equipment trends, historical data, and field data to recommend and justify improvements to obtain lowest life cycle cost on different classes of equipment.
Identify training needs for mechanics and others supporting the maintenance function.
Participate in PSM activities as defined by site manuals and practices, mainly focused on mechanical integrity (MI) and quality assurance (QA).
Participate in maintenance and reliability networks to learn and share best practices and leveraged sharing of successes and failures.
Serve as leader and/or member of the Site Electrical Safety Program.
Review and improve existing site maintenance procedures (SOPs).
Serve as leader and/or member of the site reliability improvement team; actively promote and work to instill a “reliability culture” within plant organizations and systems.
Develop and implement equipment asset plans using reliability centered maintenance, FMEA, and other reliability techniques.
Apply engineering theory, practices, and principles to perform failure analysis, determine root cause of equipment failures, and conduct equipment performance evaluations.
Work with process ATO’s and technology organization in determining how process variations and equipment operation can impact equipment reliability.
Participate as member of the turn-around/shutdown team providing input for equipment test & inspection and repair procedures. This would include detailed plans on switching / removal of power to equipment, temporary power requirements, and schedule of activities.
Participate in continuing education courses and training, professional organizations pertaining to maintenance and reliability and attend conferences to keep current on and evaluate new emerging technologies for their applicability.
Develop specific reliability competency areas and participate in business wide networks/forums as appropriate to maximize contribution at the site level and above.