DescriptionThe Consultant - I&E is directly responsible for displaying a high level of competency in safe and economical instrumentation and maintenance of all electrical power systems for proper operation of plants and facilities. Installing, calibrating, programming, testing, and maintaining electronic measurement and control devices in gas meters. Installation and fabrication of meter set assemblies. Generating and maintaining field records and filing required documents. Working alongside clients, displaying a high level of gas business acumen and technical knowledge, providing strategic guidance on natural gas processing capabilities and operations. This ranges from identifying and developing clients and production opportunities to process improvement and efficiency review.
Essential Functions - Participate in and practice all aspects of safety programs. Identify, report, and take immediate action to correct unsafe plant conditions.
- Gather plan requirements, analyze problems in depth to identify root causes, and develop logical solutions.
- Engage with teams on the ground to check deliverables, give directions as needed, and report progress to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Liaise with internal teams, contractors, and customers to meet deliverables; proven track record of meeting deadlines and delivering project tasks within specified timelines and budgets.
- Make specific contributions and manage tasks as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Coordinate plant I&E technicians, contractors, operators, and other personnel for repair and maintenance work performed in the plant area as requested by the customer.
- Communicate technical findings in the form of written reports and oral presentations across a diverse audience; advise customers as technical lead and solutions expert.
- Assist in writing I&E procedures and changes as specified by the customer.
- Review P&IDs for accuracy and report findings to customers.
- Perform maintenance on all equipment required to achieve optimal results for the customer.
- Service, calibrate, program, troubleshoot, and repair electrical equipment, plant instrumentation, continuous emission monitors, and control systems.
- Ensure gas flow meters are working properly; troubleshoot, test, calibrate, and program for accuracy.
- Maintain records, testing logs, specifications, and drawings.
- Perform research of manuals and materials to request repair materials and parts.
- Assist in the shutdown and startup of facilities.
- Appropriately operate and inspect all auxiliary equipment at periodic intervals to detect malfunctions or the need for repair, adjustment, or alteration.
- Sample products, perform tests, record data, and write operations logs.
- Shut down, isolate, and prepare I&E equipment for testing, maintenance, or repair.
- Review General, Hot Work, and Opening permits for accuracy; follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures.
- Participate in Process Hazard Analysis.
- Ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations.
- Report and record any breaches of protocol.
- In addition to primary duties listed above, perform multi-skilled operations, maintenance, and installation duties. Responsibilities include but are not limited to measurement, electronics, dehydration, treating, corrosion, pipeline, compressor, gas processing plants, amine treating facilities, and regulatory compliance functions.
- Install electrical wiring to generate relays, make controls, and gas-pressure telemetry equipment.
- Install, test, calibrate, program, and maintain electronic measurement and control devices.
- Read and interpret blueprints, electrical diagrams, technical documents and manuals, and logic diagrams.
- Take appropriate action in an emergency situation.
- Read and interpret basic electrical and control drawings.
- Possess a thorough knowledge of complex analog and digital control systems, electronic, electrical, and mechanical instrumentation.
- Apply mathematical problem-solving and logical application to complex situations related to the control process.
- Use various testing equipment, including digital multimeters, test gauges, potentiometers, and various hand tools.
- Experience working with plant control systems such as Delta V and Rockwell Automation.
- Proficient knowledge of pneumatic and electronic controls.
- Coordinate scheduling of project work with multiple work teams. Prepare and submit all documentation with or without guidance from supervisors or senior personnel.
- Demonstrate commitment to ethical practices, all applicable laws and regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Expert understanding of cryogenic gas plant operations, including knowledge of pipeline operations and maintenance activities, utility construction projects and practices.
Supervisory Responsibility: None.
Work Environment - Work around high and low temperatures, high-pressure natural gas, natural gas liquids, moving mechanical parts, high noise levels, amine, TEG, methanol, and other machinery required for the operation of the plant.
- Physical labor may include turning manual valves, changing filters, and removing nuts and bolts.
- Occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, or crouch.
- Frequently lift or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
- Duties will consist of both indoor and outdoor exposure, including normal and extreme weather conditions, including extreme heat and extreme cold.
- Required to lift and carry calibration tools and hand tools weighing up to 25 pounds. Instruments or tools may be irregularly shaped and may weigh up to 75 pounds. May be required to lift cylinders that contain high-pressure gases or compressed air and are 4 to 5 feet in height and may weigh up to 75 pounds.
- Work may involve threading and bending tubing and conduits, in addition to pulling up to 1" wire bundles through conduits. Long periods of kneeling may be required during wire termination. Large breakers may need to be manually moved (pushed or pulled) to complete work.
- Overhead work may require the employee to carry and move portable ladders and/or work from mobile equipment.
