Your Job Our INVISTA site in Victoria, TX is currently seeking an Instrument & Electrical Engineer. As an Instrument & Electrical Reliability Engineer, you will improve the reliability and performance of instrumentation, control systems, and electrical assets within our manufacturing operations. This role offers the opportunity to create value through technical problem-solving, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
What You Will Do - Provide technical leadership and support for the site's instrumentation, mechanical integrity, and reliability programs.
- Partner with operations, maintenance, turnaround, and project teams to improve reliability, troubleshoot equipment issues, and develop long-term asset strategies.
- Apply engineering expertise across instrumentation and control systems including DCS, PLCs, analyzers, transducers, valves, wireless technologies, and field instrumentation.
- Drive modernization initiatives by upgrading legacy instrumentation systems and implementing smart instrumentation, monitoring, and diagnostic technologies.
- Develop and maintain strategies for Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), Functional Safety, Process Safety Management (PSM), environmental, and regulatory instrumentation systems.
- Support capital projects through development of specifications, drawing reviews, vendor engagement, safety reviews, reliability improvements, and commissioning activities.
- Lead root cause analysis and reliability improvement efforts to identify and eliminate recurring instrument failures and bad actor equipment.
- Develop technical documentation, management of change (MOC) deliverables, calibration requirements, alarm settings, and interlock testing procedures.
- Trend equipment performance and reliability metrics to drive data-informed decisions and continuous improvement across the site.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Related Discipline
- Working knowledge of National Electrical Code, ISA, OSHA, PIP, NFPA, API, IEEE, IEC 61511 and other applicable standards.
- Three (3) or more years of experience supporting instrumentation, electrical equipment, reliability, maintenance, or mechanical integrity programs in an industrial or manufacturing environment
- Experience leading root cause analyses, troubleshooting efforts, and reliability improvement projects for instrumentation and electrical systems.
What Will Put You Ahead - Eight (8) or more years of relevant industrial reliability or maintenance experience
- Experience troubleshooting critical instrumentation and control systems
- Experience interpreting and applying engineering design standards and PSM requirements
- Experience applying statistical tools to identify "Bad Actor" equipment (i.e.: Reliability Modeling, Root Cause Analysis, RCA)
- Functional Safety Certification or ability to obtain certification within one year
This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
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