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Messer Americas · 3 hours ago

Senior Area Instrumentation Engineer

Messer Americas is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company, and they are seeking a Senior Area Instrumentation Engineer to provide technical engineering support for instrumentation and controls equipment in their industrial gas plants. This role involves troubleshooting, maintenance support, and overseeing instrumentation turnaround maintenance activities while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

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Laura Brewer
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Responsibilities

Provides technical, troubleshooting and maintenance support to all ASU, CO2, H2, and He plants within the area for all instrumentation equipment including PLC/DCS hardware, control wiring, I/O, transmitters, positioners, control valves, pneumatic systems, metering systems, and analytical equipment
Provides day to day plant instrumentation and associated low voltage electrical support where qualified; to operations and assists with execution of small improvement projects
Experienced with redlining, maintaining, and developing necessary electrical and instrumentation documentation including wiring schematics, elementary drawings, layout drawings, I/O drawings, cable and conduit schedules, panel schedules, & loop drawings
Supports plant instrument technicians with troubleshooting and repair of failed instrumentation, including MOC guidance, plant/equipment outage decision making, repair plan, and root cause analysis
Identify, define, estimate, develop, and execute instrumentation turnaround maintenance activities including instrument replacement, upgrades, new installations, calibrations, and functional checks. Provide supervision and oversight for Instrument technicians and external contractors
Manage and provide technical support to instrument contractors to ensure accurate scope completion, proper documentation updates, standards compliance, and applicable code compliance (ISA, IEEE, NEC, NFPA, etc.)
Complete area instrumentation technical reviews of MOCs and provide supplemental engineering data, drawings, analysis as necessary
Supports the certification process of all area Instrumentation Technicians in regard to ISA CCST (Certified Control Systems Technician) Level I, Level II & Level III
Provides guidance and supports required training for the ISA certification process of all area technicians, ensuring proper knowledge and practical training around utilization of instrumentation equipment within each Messer plant in the area

Qualification

PLC/DCS systemsPlant process instrumentationTroubleshooting control loopsOperational safety leadershipTechnical communicationSelf-starterInterpersonal skillsProject management

Required

Demonstrates exceptional operational safety leadership
Self-starter and self-directed with ability to manage multiple activities at once and achieve results with minimal supervision
Excellent technical and clear communication skills with solid interpersonal skills
Proven experience in the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of PLC/DCS systems, I/O devices; including transmitters, positioners, control valves, and analytical equipment
Proven experience with plant process instrumentation including a wide variety of pressure, temperature, and flow devices; including control valves, actuators, limit switches, measurement devices, analog and digital indicators
Proven effectiveness at troubleshooting control loop issues, identify problem components and interfaces, and execute effective and efficient solutions to restore critical and needed plant control functions
Bachelor's Degree in relevant Engineering discipline required
10 years of experience with at least 5 years in an operational and engineering environment working with electrical and instrumentation equipment
Ability to travel 30-40% (60-80 nights/year)

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits
Ongoing training
Career progression

Company

Messer Americas

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Messer Americas is one of the industrial gas companies, offers expertise in industrial, medical, specialty, and electronic gases.

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Elena Skvortsova
President and CEO
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Jens Luehring
President & CEO
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