The Role
Provide instrumentation, controls, and electrical engineering support for Midland Basin production facilities, including specification, installation, troubleshooting, commissioning, compliance, HAZOP/incident participation, Management of Change, brownfield/greenfield project support, and review of IC&E deliverables and drawings.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title
Instrumentation and Controls Engineer III
Compensation
$100/hr + Agency Truck
Location
Midland, TX
Schedule
Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week with overtime
Approval required after 50 hours
Quantity
1
Target Start Date
ASAP
Tentative End Date
One year from starting
Scope
Primarily supports the Midland Basin facilities engineering teams with field walks, IC&E drawing markups, Management of Change routing, and other instrumentation, controls, and electrical engineering activities supporting upstream oil and gas production facilities.
Responsibilities/Duties
Instrumentation and Controls Engineer III
Compensation
$100/hr + Agency Truck
Location
Midland, TX
Schedule
Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week with overtime
Approval required after 50 hours
Quantity
1
Target Start Date
ASAP
Tentative End Date
One year from starting
Scope
Primarily supports the Midland Basin facilities engineering teams with field walks, IC&E drawing markups, Management of Change routing, and other instrumentation, controls, and electrical engineering activities supporting upstream oil and gas production facilities.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Conduct surveillance and analysis of instrumentation, control systems, and medium- and low-voltage electrical equipment to ensure safe and efficient operations.
- Specify and select instruments, sensors, control devices, and medium- and low-voltage electrical equipment for onshore production facilities.
- Oversee the installation and commissioning of IC&E equipment and systems.
- Participate in risk assessments, HAZOPs, Hazard Hunts, and Critical Operating Parameter Reviews.
- Participate in incident investigations.
- Identify improvement opportunities and develop project scopes of work.
- Ensure instrumentation, electrical, and control systems comply with company, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Analyze IC&E system data to identify reliability, performance, and optimization opportunities.
- Recommend and implement upgrades to instrumentation, electrical, and control systems.
- Implement and enforce Safety, Health, and Environmental procedures.
- Support changes, repairs, and alterations to plant pressure equipment through the Management of Change process.
- Work with facilities engineers, machinery engineers, operations, maintenance, contractors, and other multidisciplinary teams.
- Troubleshoot and resolve instrumentation, control-system, and medium- and low-voltage electrical problems.
- Provide shutdown engineering support.
- Provide engineering support for brownfield upgrades and greenfield projects.
- Prepare and review IC&E engineering deliverables produced internally or by contractors and subcontractors.
- Review one-line diagrams, Cause-and-Effect diagrams, control narratives, wiring diagrams, installation details, instrument indexes, cable schedules, and related IC&E documents.
- Ensure engineering work complies with company specifications, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Strong knowledge of equipment maintenance and maintenance programs.
- Ability to read and review P&IDs, electrical drawings, one-line diagrams, panel wiring diagrams, and instrument-loop wiring diagrams.
- Project-management experience.
- Experience retrofitting and upgrading PLC, DCS, fire and gas, and other protective systems.
- Knowledge of instrumentation applications in hazardous locations.
- Experience selecting and applying pressure, flow, and level measurement systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot instrument loops, control systems, and tuning problems.
- Knowledge of low- and medium-voltage motor-control systems, including contactors, smart overloads, soft starters, VFDs, control methods, and communication pathways.
- Experience selecting and specifying LV/MV transformers, switchgear, protective relays, motor-control centers, variable-speed drives, motors, and power cables.
- Familiarity with Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, Modbus RTU, RS-485, RS-232, MQTT, radio, fiber-optic communications, and managed network switches.
- Power-system and generation-equipment maintenance and troubleshooting experience.
- Familiarity with protective-relay settings, testing, and coordination.
- Knowledge of electrical equipment and circuit applications in hazardous locations.
- Ability to troubleshoot electrical equipment and distribution problems.
- Familiarity with Ignition, Seeq, and Spotfire, including dashboard development for operations troubleshooting and support.
- SCADA, DCS, and PLC implementation and support experience.
- Demonstrated upstream oil and gas production-support experience.
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering specialty, or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong knowledge of engineering design standards, specifications, codes, and safety criteria.
- Knowledge of ISA standards, the National Electrical Code, ISA 84, API RP 551, NETA MTS, and NFPA 70E arc-flash and electrical-safety requirements.
- Ability to manage tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequently changing priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Ability to read, write, and speak fluent English, particularly in technical and business communications.
Skills Required
- Strong knowledge of equipment maintenance and maintenance programs.
- Ability to read and review P&IDs, electrical drawings, one-line diagrams, panel wiring diagrams, and instrument-loop wiring diagrams.
- Project-management experience.
- Experience retrofitting and upgrading PLC, DCS, fire and gas, and other protective systems.
- Knowledge of instrumentation applications in hazardous locations.
- Experience selecting and applying pressure, flow, and level measurement systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot instrument loops, control systems, and tuning problems.
- Knowledge of low- and medium-voltage motor-control systems including contactors, smart overloads, soft starters, VFDs, control methods, and communication pathways.
- Experience selecting and specifying LV/MV transformers, switchgear, protective relays, motor-control centers, variable-speed drives, motors, and power cables.
- Familiarity with Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, Modbus RTU, RS-485, RS-232, MQTT, radio, fiber-optic communications, and managed network switches.
- Power-system and generation-equipment maintenance and troubleshooting experience.
- Familiarity with protective-relay settings, testing, and coordination.
- Knowledge of electrical equipment and circuit applications in hazardous locations.
- Ability to troubleshoot electrical equipment and distribution problems.
- Familiarity with Ignition, Seeq, and Spotfire, including dashboard development.
- SCADA, DCS, and PLC implementation and support experience.
- Demonstrated upstream oil and gas production-support experience.
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related engineering specialty, or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong knowledge of engineering design standards, specifications, codes, and safety criteria.
- Knowledge of ISA standards, the National Electrical Code, ISA 84, API RP 551, NETA MTS, and NFPA 70E.
- Ability to manage tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and changing priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Ability to read, write, and speak fluent English technical and business communications.
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