Lead Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer

SI Group•Orangeburg, SC

About The Position

The Lead I&E Engineer reports to the Maintenance Manager and executes and provides technical support for projects affecting significant plant areas and involving multiple technical disciplines, including capital projects and plant improvements. The role also provides electrical and instrumentation support across the plant to improve safety, efficiency, and quality. The engineer owns the site functional safety program as it relates to creating and maintaining critical instrument preventive maintenance items in SAP, operating procedures, and instrument sheets. The position provides day-to-day troubleshooting and plant improvement support, serves as an electrical and instrumentation subject matter expert, and contributes to incident investigations, PHA reviews, MOC processes, Kaizen events, and other improvement initiatives. For capital projects, the engineer supports all phases from scope development through close-out, coordinating affected operating groups and ensuring safety, environmental, technical, budget, schedule, training, preventive maintenance, and documentation requirements are addressed. As an engineering department subject matter expert, the Lead I&E Engineer helps maintain and improve departmental standards, practices, procedures, and documentation, and supports department priorities and resource allocation. The role leads and motivates multifunctional teams and practices Responsible Care through active participation in the Responsible Care Management System and adherence to its Guiding Principles.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering required.
Minimum 10 years of instrumentation or electrical engineering experience in the process industry.
Strong MS Excel, MS Word, and database skills.
Working knowledge of OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) standards.
Strong troubleshooting skills.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in business, management, or engineering.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering support for day-to-day troubleshooting and plant improvements throughout the plant.
Serve as the plant subject matter expert in electrical and instrumentation.
Provide technical support for site incident investigations, PHA reviews, MOC processes, Kaizen events, and process and equipment improvement initiatives as needed.
Promote and ensure compliance with safety standards and safe work practices in all support work.
Serve as the site functional safety subject matter expert, including generating critical instrument preventive maintenance items.
Support assigned capital projects throughout scope development, cost estimation, justification and CAR, schedule development and maintenance, engineering and design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up.
Ensure affected operating groups are involved throughout project phases, especially during scope development, and communicate project status, progress, and issues clearly and promptly.
Ensure safety considerations and environmental concerns are addressed and resolved, including through Safety Review meetings and PHA/MOC processes as appropriate.
Ensure project execution meets or exceeds industry and company technical standards and adheres closely to budget and schedule.
Ensure project close-out items are completed, including training, preventive maintenance implementation, and project documentation.
Lead the maintenance and continual improvement of engineering department standards and practices.
Review and maintain engineering department procedures, standards, and documentation.
Support development and maintenance of department priorities and resource allocation.
Lead and motivate multifunctional teams, engaging people and acting as a role model.
Participate actively in the Responsible Care Management System and adhere to the Guiding Principles of Responsible Care.