Engineer II, Instrumentation, Sweeny Refinery

Phillips 66 • Sweeny, TX

6d • $127,800 - $156,200 • Onsite

About The Position

The Instrumentation Engineer II at Phillips 66’s Sweeny Refinery designs, specifies, installs, and improves instrumentation systems that provide reliable measurements across refinery operations. The role works with operations, maintenance, project, and engineering partners to resolve instrument and analyzer issues, support field installations and commissioning, and deliver projects that improve safety, reliability, and process performance. The engineer works independently and provides technical guidance as needed.

The position supports instrumentation for pressure, flow, temperature, level, analytical, and other process measurements. It develops and maintains technical documentation and delivers small- to medium-scale projects, coordinating scope, schedules, resources, procurement, construction support, testing, and validation. The role also works with operations and maintenance on reliability, obsolescence, spare-parts needs, recurring failures, performance trends, and process optimization. The Sweeny Refinery is in Old Ocean, Texas.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 3 years of engineering experience directly related to instrumentation, analyzer systems, control systems, or related refinery/manufacturing equipment.
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).
• Valid driver’s license.
• Willing and able to travel up to 5%.
• Willing and able to work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional duties.
• Able to transport articles weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Able to climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet.
• Able to work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines; around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat; and in harsh weather conditions.
• Able to wear fire-retardant clothing and personal protective equipment.
• Able to meet respirator and face-mask fit requirements when assigned.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or equivalent advanced technical education in Engineering or a related field.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of oil and gas or chemicals industry experience focused on process instrumentation, analyzers, control valves, or instrumentation engineering.
• Experience applying instrumentation for pressure, flow, temperature, level, and analytical measurements, including selection, sizing, specification, and installation.
• Experience developing or maintaining instrument indexes, datasheets, specifications, P&IDs, loop diagrams, I/O lists, installation details, standards, procedures, or project documentation.
• Experience with Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS), process analyzers, and SCAQMD or EPA regulations and requirements.
• Experience supporting calibration programs, loop checks, functional testing, commissioning, verification and validation, root-cause investigations, reliability improvement, or instrument obsolescence strategies.
• Experience interfacing instrumentation with distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, safety systems, or related process control platforms.
• Ability to make sound decisions in complex, non-routine situations and provide technical guidance to others.

Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate instrumentation solutions for process measurements, including feasibility testing and validation.
• Develop and maintain instrument indexes, datasheets, specifications, P&IDs, loop diagrams, installation details, I/O documentation, test procedures, standards, and other technical deliverables.
• Troubleshoot measurement and instrument performance issues by defining problems, identifying root causes, evaluating signal and equipment conditions, recommending solutions, and verifying results.
• Support selection, application, and installation of field instruments, analyzers, control valves, and related equipment for new and existing process units.
• Guide instrumentation installations and upgrades, and support calibration, loop checks, functional testing, commissioning, startup, and verification.
• Deliver small- to medium-scale instrumentation projects, coordinating scope, schedules, resources, procurement, construction support, testing, and validation.
• Partner with operations and maintenance to improve instrument reliability, manage obsolescence, evaluate spare-parts needs, and reduce recurring failures.
• Collect and analyze instrument, analyzer, and process data to identify trends, evaluate performance, and support continuous improvement and process optimization.
• Research instrumentation and analyzer technologies, define future-state improvements, support change strategies, and provide technical guidance to project stakeholders and less experienced team members.

Benefits

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus.
• 8% 401(k) company match.
• Cash Balance Account pension.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on an HDHP.
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including an Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services. The posting notes benefits apply to certain eligible, full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level