Responsibilities of Position:

·                Responsible for supporting all instrument and electrical maintenance in a plant environment all supporting infrastructure.
·                Responsible for evaluating recurring instrument and electrical failures to determine root cause and corrective action.
·                Responsible for overseeing preventative and predictive maintenance programs for electrical and instruments.
·                Responsible for electrical and instrument oversight of all activities generated by the Management of Change process.
·                Responsible for minor capital projects from design phase to startup.

Key Success Factors:

§    Develop an instrument and electrical reliability program to reduce the maintenance cost.
§    Use reliability data to help standardize instrument and electrical components.
§    Develop and implement a partnership with the Honeywell IAC to test new state-of-the-art instruments and control systems at the Geismar facility.    Provide feedback to the Honeywell IAC business on reliability issues and any other needed improvements.
§    Ensure safe and cost effective I & E maintenance repair and capital project execution.
§    Develop and implement new Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs as required for new equipment installations and other new regulatory requirements.

Attributes/Skills Required/Sought:

·                Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
·                Experience with PLC programming, DCS programming, calibration and repair of plant instrumentation, analyzer calibration, combustion flame safety shutdown controls, local control loops, and the National Electric Code and ISA standards.
·                Self starter / Highly motivated.
·                Must be focused on continuous improvement.
·                Must work well with all levels of the organization.
·                Must provide indirect support to the implementation of the Stage 1 Maintenance Excellence initiative (Planned Maintenance).   
·                Must provide direct support of the Stage 2 Maintenance Excellence initiative (Proactive Maintenance).
·                Attitude must foster a positive team environment.

Experience/Education Required/Sought:

·                Bachelor in Automatic & Instrument Control or Electrical Control Engineering.
·                At least 5 years of maintenance and reliability experience in a chemical manufacturing environment.
·                Strong Instrument, Electrical, and Controls knowledge.
·                Experience with small scope capital projects.
·                Power distribution knowledge / experience with high voltage electrical equipment.
·                Familiarity with Honeywell DCS and Instrumentation, preferred.