We are seeking a Principal Engineer, ICSS, to join our LNG client's team in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana. This role reports to the Vice President, Engineering.
The successful candidate shall be a technical SME in the Instrument & Controls Engineering discipline with in-depth understanding of Process Control & Distributed Controls System (DCS). A working knowledge of general plant equipment in the Oil & Gas industry is also key to the successful performance of this job. The incumbent shall also be highly familiar navigating/interrogating the DCS to perform tasks such as tuning of loops, initiating control changes as required utilizing VGLNG's management of change (MoC) process together with any Cause and Effect (C&E) and DCS graphic changes, and champion the Advanced Process Control initiative.
Expert knowledge in general plant Instrumentations & field devices, used in the Oil & Gas industry is key in successful performance of this job, such as:
- Distributed Controls Systems (DCS)
- Analyzers & Chromatographs
- Valves & Solenoids
- Transmitters & Sensing elements
- Flow meters
The successful candidate shall exhibit excellent written and oral communication skills in English as the role is expected to produce coherent, high-quality documents, be a self-starter and develop on conceptual ideas with minimal guidance.
Additional responsibilities include:
Additionally, this individual shall provide, as a minimum, intermediate level Reliability Engineering support to the Operations team with focus in the following areas:
- Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA): With expertise in relevant techniques to adequately lead RCFA exercises for failures relating to plant equipment and/or processes.
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): With adequate knowledge in relevant techniques to drive fine-tuning & improvements in existing Maintenance practices to achieve a cost-effective, yet safe robust Maintenance strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Serves as a resident company Subject Matter Expert, providing advice and guidance on Instrument & Controls system engineering issues.
- Provide daily-to-day Instrument & Controls systems support to the Maintenance & Operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment.
- Providing advanced diagnostic support, to allow rapid production recovery, in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outage. Support Process Trip investigations.
- Provide general support to Analyzer associated issues.
- Provide Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises.
- This includes the ability to wrap up summaries (with causes and recommendations) and present them to concerned parties.
- Support Alarm Management program.
- Responsible for Management of Change for Alarm/Trip settings.
- Provide support to the Maintenance team for Turnaround planning and execution.
- Supports availability tracking and improving the overall reliability for plant equipment and Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage, and preservation requirements for Instrument & Controls systems throughout the plant.
Qualifications:
Education and Certifications:
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Controls, Instrument or Electrical Engineering
- A Professional Engineering License or eligibility for registration.
Experience:
- A minimum of ten to fifteen (10-15) years' experience working in a senior engineering capacity, with Instrument and Controls equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations
- Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
Additional Skills:
- Working knowledge of CMMS Systems
- RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis
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