Instrument Reliability Engineer

Koch•Corpus Christi, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas is looking for an Instrument Reliability Engineer to join their team. This is an opportunity to accelerate your career within an industry-leading company. Flint Hills Resources operates oil refineries, chemicals plants, and biofuel facilities across North America and is part of Koch Industries. The company offers a 9/80 flexible schedule and a compensation philosophy based on the value created by the employee.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering
Experience in Refinery, Chemical plants, Engineering Design Consultancy, manufacturing or related industry
Experience in instrumentation design and control
Knowledge of troubleshooting techniques, performance analysis, and the ability to solve field problems and familiarity with measurement and control.
Knowledge of wireless systems and wireless instrumentation.
Knowledge of field instrumentation for process measurement (e.g. Pressure, Temperature, Level, Flow, and Composition) as well as specialty measurements (density, vibration, IR) and control valves, shutdown valves, and their transmission systems (e.g. 4-20mA, HART, ProfiBus).
Effective team player.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of experience in instrumentation design and control
Working knowledge of wiring design in relation to the refining industry in accordance with industry standards (i.e. ISA, NEC, IEC, ANSI, etc.).
Knowledge of various industry standard tools for instrumentation design for industrial processing plants (SmartPlant or equivalent).
This role is subject to the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) rule and requires the successful candidate to obtain a TWIC identification badge, allowing for un-escorted access to the facility within a specific time period.

Responsibilities

Perform sizing/selection of control valves, flow elements, thermowell Wake frequency calculation, etc.
Track bad actors, drive long-term improvements in performance, availability, and reliability.
Identify innovative technologies to address common failure modes.
Provide and Create Reliability and performance metrics indicators to the organization on the health of instrumentation.
Maintain involvement in continuous improvement of facilities, work processes, and instrumentation technology.
Support the maintenance team and interface with vendors and contractors to maintain, troubleshoot, repair/replace, configure/tune/program, test/commission/de-commission, etc.
Participate in activities related to safety, risk assessment, and safety incident investigations related to instrumentation equipment.
Assist with the selection of appropriate Reliability metrics for instrumentation.
Maintain metrics for instrument reliability.