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PTS Advance is seeking a Refining Reliability Engineer - Instrumentation located in Martinez, CA.
This position includes maintenance support, troubleshooting existing issues, and budgeting. This would be for planned equipment replacements, implementing new solutions and creating new reliability programs targeting longer run-times, higher MTBF and safer operations. LOCAL candidates preferred. Temp to direct.
-Pay rate: $104K - $179,800K a year
-Hours: 4-10s (Mon-Thu 6:00am to 4:30pm).
-Alternate schedules (such as 5-8s or 9-80) may be available.
-The expectation is to support a rotating on-call calendar approx. 4-6 weeks per year and Outages/Turnaround
-Periodic overtime work, including weekends may be required.
Responsibilities:
Drives Long Term Reliability
Maintain compliance of instrument equipment with the Mechanical Integrity program, including identification of covered equipment, developing and scheduling of ITPM plans, budgeting, analysis of results and developing recommendations for repair.
Utilize reliability tools and CMMS software such as SAP, GE APM, failure evaluations, Pareto Analysis and cost analysis to improve reliability of rotating equipment systems.
Support the Instrumentation reliability improvement program. Works directly with vendors, reviews upgrade recommendations and champions upgrades through the appropriate budgeting process.
Develop Project Request Forms (PRFs) for equipment upgrades including financial justification (life cycle cost analysis) and assist in Decision Support Package (DSP) development.
Maintenance and Area Team Support
Analyze equipment failure and condition monitoring data to identify opportunities for improvement in equipment reliability, availability, and cost of operation.
Support facility turnarounds, including scope development, planning, reviews, material selection and execution of work scopes.
Develop and oversee shop maintenance/repairs completed internally and at vendors/outside repair facilities.
Provide technical assistance/troubleshooting assistance in resolving Instrument operations and maintenance problems
Participate in safety walks and field audits on a regular basis.
Lead and/or support multi-disciplinary incident investigations to determine root cause and identify corrective actions.
Ensure technical documentation is maintained per PSI (Process Safety Information) Policies
Generate and manage MOCs (Management of Change) per jurisdictional, MPC corporate and site-standards
Develop and review turnaround work lists and scopes for critical equipment.
Provide leadership and decision-making skills during turnarounds and unplanned equipment outages regarding repair solutions.
Provide technical expertise and support to capital project development
Conduct periodic reviews of equipment Work History to identify continuous improvement opportunities
Qualifications:
BS Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline. (Degree must be achieved by start date.)
Min.3 years of experience in operations, maintenance or Engineering in the refining, petrochemical or other heavy related industry.
Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
Proficient with Microsoft: Excel, Word and Outlook.
Ability to wear appropriate PPE in the refinery (respirator), be able to physically perform all tasks in the field and take hair drug test and physical.
Clean and valid driver's license
Legally authorized to work in the US without the need for future VISA sponsorship.
Ability to obtain a TWIC Card.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Min.4 years of experience as an Instrumentation Engineer in the refining, petrochemical or other heavy related industry preferred.
- Experience with process measurement and control, instrument equipment, safety instrumented system (SIS) design, electrical area classification, management of change (MOC) processes, and industry standards (NFPA, ISA, IEEE, NEMA, API, etc.) is preferred.
- Experience in the use of Instrument management software such Intergraph SI (Smart Instrumentation) is preferred.
- Familiarity with vendor troubleshooting software from Emerson, GE Baker Hughes, Vega etc. is preferred.
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