Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance Engineer

Bayer • Luling, LA

64d • $77,906 - $116,859

About The Position

The Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Maintenance Engineer provides technical support to troubleshoot and solve problems impacting equipment reliability, to execute improvements in equipment performance, to manage responsibilities for the design, installation, and start-up of various projects in the plant. The position will also provide technical leadership on daily maintenance activities, perform incident investigations, achieve long-range goals by up-grading equipment, and reduce costs in an effort to continuously improve processes and consistently establish the highest standards in the industry for safety, product quality, and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 4 years engineering experience in manufacturing, engineering, or related field OR a Master’s of Science degree in Engineering.
• Ability to work as an individual contributor and as part of a diverse team composed of fellow engineers, operations personnel, maintenance personnel, and leadership.
• Strong communications skills, both oral and written.
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Challenge status quo to achieve better business results for the business.
• Ability to work on and balance multiple assignments and priorities.
• Must be able to perform work in a manufacturing plant environment including ascending/descending stairs/ladders.
• Computer proficiency in Windows based programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong safety ethic.

Responsibilities

• Provide Technical support in the development of detailed job plans for instrument and equipment repairs/ PMs.
• Develop Engineering work packages for critical maintenance jobs and improvement projects.
• Monitor/trend, identify and develop solutions to E&I equipment issues (accuracy, high downtime, high maintenance cost and/or high quantity of repetitive failures).
• Generate management of changes documentation for solutions to E&I equipment problems that deviate from original design.
• Maintain instrumentation specs and area E&I Drawings.
• Perform incident investigations and participate in unit or area safety teams.
• Provide technical support to production group with instrument and process issues.
• Work closely with drafting personnel, production, and maintenance personnel, corporate engineering, and construction contractors.
• Oversight of interlock/safety circuit program.
• Perform technical input and support for Process Safety management.
• Some on-call time periods may be incurred and perform administrative duties 20% of the time.
• Manage the proper turnover if implemented control strategies to the customers.
• Assist in managing the long-term reliability efforts for the plant process control systems.
• Compliance and safety related activities: 10% of the time.
• Promote site Process Safety and Plant Safety initiatives.
• Lead interlock checks and be a primary resource providing troubleshooting guidance to Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians.

Benefits

• Health care
• Vision
• Dental
• Retirement
• PTO
• Sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees