Position Summary:
The Chevron Instrumentation and Electrical Design Engineer plays a key role supporting the Refinery’s mission to operate safely, reliably, predictably, and without incident at the lowest sustainable cost. This involves understanding and evaluating plant performance, equipment condition, working closely with Operations and Maintenance to establish priorities for the work, and following through with proactive design and execution of work packages and projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in the planning and execution of unit turnarounds, both planned and unplanned.
- Work in and contribute to the Management of Change and Procurement processes.
- Responsible for personal improvement of both soft and technical skills through formal and informal training.
- Contribute to the continued development of local engineering guidance and refinery procedures.
- Provide I&E engineering support for daily, routine operation of multiple process units within the refinery. Support requires collaboration and interpersonal skills necessary to work with operations, maintenance, and technical functions within the global refining system.
- Answer technical inquiries, make technical recommendations, provide equipment and system troubleshooting, improve designs engineering tools, and develop designs engineering procedures.
- Develop, review, and manage Engineering Work Orders for projects ranging from repairing a pressure transmitter to replacing large complex equipment such as analyzers and Safety Instrumented Systems.
- Provide engineering analysis and evaluation of minor capital projects. In some instances, responsible for design, management and execution of minor capital projects.
- Develop purchase specifications for engineered instrumentation and electrical equipment that ensures the equipment meets company and industry standards and manage the technical fabrication and factory acceptance testing requirements for procuring equipment.
- Carry out various studies to improve plant safety, reliability, throughput, and economics.
- Working with operations and technical teams in the field to scope/troubleshoot instrumentation and electrical issues in process plants, develop alternatives, and propose and implement improvements to long term reliability and total cost of ownership.
Required Education & Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years of engineering experience
- Experience in a daily technical support role for an operating facility is preferred.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is required (electrical preferred)