Maintenance Specialist Instrumentation And Control

Job description / Role

Maintenance specialist instrumentation & controls

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Role intent

• Support execution of instrument related work through identification, planning, scheduling, and execution of planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Coordinate efficient execution of instrument maintenance activities in assigned area.
• Coach and mentor local ROO national I&C supervision and technicians on all aspects of instrumentation and control (I&C) equipment maintenance and HSE related issues on existing and future facilities.
• Implement structured maintenance system assigned production facilities.
• Implement good work management processes and adherence.

Key accountabilities

• Promote a culture of open safety reporting and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
• Accountable for the safe execution of maintenance activities in support of ROO's standards, values, and behaviours.
• Accountable for effective and efficient asset maintenance, covering instrument and control system-discipline preventative (PM) and corrective (CM) maintenance activity.
• Own and maintain a zero tolerance for overdue maintenance (SCE) to reduce risk to production, personnel, plant, and environment.
• Have close oversight of contractors for managed instrument activities and review CTRs for:
  • Quality of scope of work (pre, during, and post work)
  • Cost
  • Resources and equipment utilisation
  • Materials
  • Durations
• Drive compliance with the standardized work management process, including deferral and risk management.
• Maintain the required daily updates and progress in the O&M tracker and instrument department specific daily reports. Compile and distribute comprehensive reports as required.
• Support maintaining the ROO choke model for any instrument related vulnerabilities to ensure they are understood and assessed to reduce risk and optimise production.
• Responsible for driving plant and equipment availability and supporting reliability improvement initiatives that are discovered as part of RCFA investigations, ensuring timely closure of any allocated station actions.
• Support I&C teams diagnose and rectify faults to enhance maximum availability of equipment.
• Recommend execution optimization opportunities to the maintenance manager.
• Input and support the MAs with the 12-week maintenance activity schedule; have decision rights for what enters the 2-week execution window for instrument and control activity. Seek nesting opportunities for all activities and ensure no activities at risk (red flag) will be carried into the schedule without prior agreement with FMM.
• Ensure change management (MOC) issues are identified and engineering queries (EQs) are raised in a timely manner to resolve and meet business objectives. Provide technical input into modification work packs.
• Support operations team on returning plant to safe operation post planned interventions.
• Timely GOC paperwork closeout (ITRs).
• MC1 walkdowns.
• PSSR sign off.
• SCR sign off.
• Champion continuous improvements (CI) by standardizing best practice activities across site and maintenance teams, optimize maintenance strategy, improvements to maintenance build, and optimize materials look-up and staging.
• Seek improvements to design out and overcome I&C issues.
• Focal point for improvement opportunities within own discipline, liaising with training suppliers, vendors, and support personnel.
• Input and support DGS MAs with BB readiness for instrument and control related maintenance activity for site TAR and train outages. Provide I&C support to shutdown teams pre and post activities.
• Advise on document control and holdings. Support adherence to maintaining master registers (C&Es, loop sheets, alarm registers, controller settings).
• Coach and mentor maintenance coordinator (MC) in relation to instrument and control knowledge sharing.

Key relationships / stakeholders

• Work closely with the following roles to ensure safe and reliable operations:
  • Area operations manager
  • Area engineering support team lead
  • OTLs
  • Maintenance execution team lead
  • Site engineer
  • Operations advisors and site operations teams
  • Maintenance advisors and site maintenance teams
  • Central engineering - lead I&C engineer (TA)
  • Central maintenance - lead I&C
  • Central maintenance - DCS engineers

Experience & qualifications

• Above 10 years experience in O&G industry (preferable with IOC's direct or contract).
• Technical degree or HNC certificate in I&C engineering.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Practical exposure to production facilities.
• Ability to identify and assess safety hazards.
• Leadership skills - managing multi-cultural workforce.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to identify priorities of I&C maintenance activities in a high activity environment.
• Driven to deliver continuous improvement.
• Strong bias for being proactive and getting results.
• Strong understanding of computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS - Maximo).
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Proven analytical skills and problem solving.
• Experience in troubleshooting DCS, SCADA, and Emerson control systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Certified professional engineer.

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About the Company

We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission critical roles in 34 countries.

KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.