ExxonMobil

Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

ExxonMobil$95K — $115K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic, or related Engineering discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience in the petrochemical, refining, or chemical industry.
  • Knowledge of process measurement technologies including pressure, temperature, level, and flow.
  • Experience with instrumentation, control valves, and shutdown systems.
  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs and familiarity with ISA/API standards.
  • Experience troubleshooting instrumentation and control systems.
  • Working knowledge of DCS, SIS, and industrial control systems.

Responsibilities

  • Specify and size instruments for new and existing installations.
  • Support maintenance teams in troubleshooting and repairs of instrumentation.
  • Assist in developing equipment strategies for operational excellence.
  • Engage in safety assessments and incident investigations for instrumentation.
  • Interface with vendors and contractors for maintenance activities.

Benefits

  • Automatic enrollment in a pension plan with lifetime annuity benefits.
  • Employee savings plan with company matching contributions.
  • Flexible work options for improved work-life balance.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Programs to support overall health and well-being.
  • Automatic enrollment in a disability plan for income protection.
Full Job Description
What role you will play on our team

Provide instrument engineering expertise at the ExxonMobil site in Baytown,Tx

What you will do

The work includes engineering design, configuration, programming, maintenance, trouble-shooting, failure analysis, performance analysis in support of safe and reliable operations of instrumentation equipment within the Complex, including:

  • Field instrumentation for process measurement (e.g. Pressure, Temperature, Level, and Flow) as well as specialty measurements (density, vibration) and control valves, shutdown valves, and their transmission systems (e.g. 4-20mA, HART, ProfiBus)
  • Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
  • Machinery controls and protection systems
  • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's) for monitoring and control of packaged systems
  • Instrumentation cabling, wiring, junction box, power supply and distribution, UPS, and associated TCP/IP, SCADA, Modbus networking (switches, routers, Ethernet, fiber optics, etc.) and transmission systems.


Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Sizing and specifying various types of instrumentation for new or existing instruments undergoing a change
  • Supporting the maintenance team and interfacing with vendors and contractors to maintain, troubleshoot, repair/replace, configure/tune/program, test/commission/de-commission, etc.
  • Supporting development of equipment strategies, understanding the impact of equipment sparing, redundancy, reliability, availability, maintainability, and maintenance cost in support of operations excellence and capital efficiency
  • Participating in activities related to safety, risk assessment and safety incident investigations related to instrumentation equipment.


Primary contributions will be at the individual contributor level with close interfaces within the immediate work group and interfaces with other disciplines within engineering and maintenance.

About you

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic, or related Engineering discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience in the petrochemical, refining, or chemical industry.
  • Knowledge of process measurement technologies including pressure, temperature, level, and flow.
  • Experience specifying and applying instrumentation, control valves, and shutdown systems.
  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs and familiarity with ISA/API standards.
  • Understanding of field instrumentation, signal transmission, communications, and process safety requirements.
  • Experience troubleshooting instrumentation and control systems and resolving field issues.
  • Working knowledge of DCS, SIS, and industrial control systems from major vendors (e.g., Honeywell, Emerson, Yokogawa, Schneider Electric, HIMA).
  • Familiarity with safety design principles, HAZOPs, risk assessments, SIL processes, and hazardous area classifications.
  • Strong understanding of equipment specifications, standards, and reliability strategies.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI) or similar engineering software.
  • Knowledge of SCADA, industrial networking, and system integration.
  • Familiarity with Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity (ICS/OT Security).
  • Experience with machinery and fired equipment control and monitoring systems.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.


Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

  • Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
  • Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
  • Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as "Flex your Day", providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
  • Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
  • Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.


More information on our Company's benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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Size
63,000 employees
Market Cap
$442 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$22.4 billion
Founded
1870
5 Year Trend
+6.6%
Revenue
$178.5 billion
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