| Flint Hills Resources | |
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Flint Hills Resources is a leading refining and chemicals company, producing fuels, building block chemicals, asphalt and base oils for lubricants. The company, based in Wichita, Kan., has expanded its operations through capital projects and acquisitions worth more than $4.6 billion since 2002.
Flint Hills Resources employs about 3,500 people who are focused on creating value for customers and society. This workforce includes plant operators, accountants, marketers, environmental, health and safety professionals and engineers, among other career types, who work in a variety of settings: corporate headquarters, terminals, refineries, chemical plants or sales offices. The company owns refineries and chemical plants in Alaska, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Texas. In addition, the company owns and operates fuel and/or asphalt terminals in Alaska, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. In addition to sales offices in North America, the company has a sales presence in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Belgium to serve global customers. |
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| I&E Reliability Engineer | |
| Location: | Port Arthur |
| Job Type: | Full-Time |
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| Position Summary | |
Flint Hills Resources is seeking entrepreneurial, action-oriented employees to work in our Port Arthur chemical plant, where we produce cyclohexane, ethylene and propylene, which are sold on the merchant market. We are looking for individuals with innovative ideas; an intense desire to learn, improve and grow; unfailing commitment to environmental responsibility and safety; and a strong sense of community. Flint Hills Resources needs principled individuals of exceptional talent to fill all types of positions. Our Market-Based Management® business philosophy creates an environment that inspires employees to contribute knowledge and ideas, allowing them to flourish and feel rewarded..jpg){kind=small} Click here to see firsthand what it's like to work for FHR.Our team in Port Arthur, TX is looking to add an individual who has professional experience (or a keen interest) in initiating change and finding long term solutions to ongoing problems As you help to guide Instrument and Electrical Reliability, you will have an opportunity to take your career to the next level. You will demonstrate your ability to own the development of maintenance strategies and otherwise provide the instrument and electrical engineering technical Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) support for major equipment. Your primary responsibilities will include the following: • Perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on equipment failures. • Recommend corrective actions on instrumentation and electrical equipment that has failed. • Scope corrective actions on equipment found to be deficient. • Provide oversight for acceptance testing of hardware, and software for new DCS or PLC's installations. • Oversee the field construction, verification of proper installation, performing loop checks and the oversight of final commissioning of instrumentation and electrical equipment associated with capital or maintenance projects. • Suggest and develop project management and repair optimization strategies. • Provide ownership to one or more electrical reliability programs for a specific type of equipment (i.e., distribution assets or motors) including purchasing specs, repair quality standards and reliability strategies • Develop risk assessments and long-term plans for critical equipment • Lead the development and implementation of reliability strategies for critical plant electrical equipment using Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and standards for preventative/predictive maintenance (PM/PdM) • Lead the development and implementation of PM programs for general purpose equipment. • Comply with process Safety Management and Process Hazard Analysis requirements. • Monitor critical equipment using transformer oil analysis, thermal imaging and various other condition based monitoring tools • Advise and assist on-site electricians, instrument technicians, planners and supervisors on electrical and instrument repairs. • Provide selection and specification of new electrical and instrument equipment on capital projects, participate as a technical adviser on capital projects and turnarounds |
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| Requirements | |
| Work Experience and Skills Required: • At least 7 years of Instrument Engineering experience. • At least 7 years of Electrical Engineering experience. • At least 7 years of refinery or process industry experience. • Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills. • Complete understanding of the engineering documents associated with instrumentation's such as: P&ID's, loop sheets, specification sheets, writing diagrams, logic diagrams, installation detail drawings, etc. • Complete understanding of field construction, sequence of events, how to track progress, how to verify proper installation. • Solid understanding of field instrumentation and associated technologies. • Complete understanding of interlocking shutdown systems and permissive start-up systems. • Experience with one or more of the following on the following: • Applied Automation Gas Chromatographs • ABB Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) • Ametek/Thermox and Servomex O2 analyzers • Ametek/Western Research Air Demand Analyzers (ADA) • Rosemount pH meters • Experience with medium (2.3KV) to High (34KV) voltage • DCS Experience Education Required: BS degree in Chemical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering. Physical Demands or Unusual Working Conditions: Some climbing, lifting, respirator use, typical plant working environment |
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| Compensation/Benefits | |
| Competitive wages and benefits packages commensurate with experience. For additional benefit information, click here. | |
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We are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V Drug tests are required, unless prohibited by state law. |
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