Control & Instrumentation (C&I) Reliability Engineer

CONTROL & INSTRUMENTATION (C&I) RELIABILITY ENGINEER 

 

Entity: GEGL 
Position: Control & Instrumentation (C&I) Reliability Engineer 

Division / Department: Operations & Maintenance (OM) / POWER

Location: Western Region, Ghana (West Africa) 

Report Directly to: C&I Reliability Superintendent 

Designation Level: Sectional Head 

 

OBJECTIVE:
The C&I Reliability Engineer will be responsible for providing support with the identification and management of asset reliability risks that could adversely affect the plant and operations. The C&I Reliability Engineer will contribute to ensure the availability of assets and the overall reliability of the plant (equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, and safety/security systems) through good practices of monitoring and maintenance. 

 

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE (OM) 

• Ensure the reliability and maintainability of installations. Responsible for adhering to the life cycle asset management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of assets: 

• Gas regulation and metering stations. 

• Pumps, air compressors, and other rotating equipment. 

• Electrical motors. 

• Fire suppression systems. 

• Fire detection and extinguishing systems. 

• Pipe systems, tubbing systems, valves, and pipe fittings. 

• Tanks, vessels, pressure vessels, and heat exchangers. 

• Boilers, chillers, and heaters. 

• All automation and control systems associated with the equipment listed above. 

• Support with designing, developing, monitoring, and refining an asset maintenance plan that includes: 

• Value-added predictive, proactive, preventive, and corrective maintenance tasks. 

• Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems. 

• Ensure the optimum utilization of the CMMS. 

• Read and propose interpretation of blueprints, data sheets and specifications, control and wiring diagrams, list of instruments and signals, list of cables and materials, control loops, architectures and control philosophies, control narratives. 

• Provide input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact the plant operations. 

• Propose engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect the plant operations (capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues): 

• Statistical process control. 

• Reliability modeling and prediction. 

• Fault tree analysis. 

• Weibull analysis. 
• Six Sigma (6σ) methodology. 

• Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability, and costs of assets. 

• Execute predictive and preventive maintenance to eliminate catastrophic failures and unplanned maintenance. 

• For all activities that require a permit to work, prepare the supporting documentation. 

• Maintain required regulatory documentation updated. 

 

PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS 

• Provide support with all Purchase and Service Order Agreements relating to the maintenance of the plant. 

• Ensure materials are available for planned maintenance, overhauls, and mandatory inspections. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• BSc in Control & Instrumentation, Electronic, Mechatronic, or Electrical Engineering. 

 

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE: 

• • A minimum of 4+ years of experience in the oil & gas industry, in power plant management and reliability processes. 
  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements for operating plants, including Process Safety Management, OSHA regulations, EPA regulations, EEOC guidelines, and other federal and local requirements. 
  • Familiarity with Instrumentation and Industrial Automation, Supervision Systems (SCADA and HMI), PLC-PAC programming, and industrial networks. 

 

COMPETENCIES: 

• Proactivity: Ability to define complex technical problems and develop a range of solutions in differing situations. 

• Ability to manage technical issues in a continually changing business environment. 

• Flexibility: Ability to operate flexible work practices to achieve optimum results. 

• Good Communications: Consistently communicate. Be a good listener and negotiator. 

• Work Diligently: Manage multiple projects and deliver in a timely manner.  

• Training and Development: Accountable for self-development, training, and development of subordinates. 

• Optimization: Navigate complexities and uncertainties, and drive efficiency by use of technology. 
• Organizational Skills: Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills, and ability to coordinate activities across a wide range of disciplines.