Job Description

My client, a large oil and gas company, is currently seeking an Instrument Engineer for their Los Angeles refinery. 


The Instrument Engineer, Los Angeles Refinery is a cross-functional leader and advocate for best practices in the selection, implementation, and maintenance of the instrument asset base to ensure that regulatory, production, and optimization objectives are met at LAR, under the direction of the Instrument and Controls Superintendent.
The instrument asset base includes all process measurement, SIS and regulatory process control analyzers and instruments.


Serves as lead for asset base troubleshooting, including technical support for the Maintenance, Operations, and Technical Services departments to improve the quality of maintenance repairs, daily operations, engineered modifications, and new equipment installations by resolving questions and issues through familiarity with industry, regulatory, and corporate standards.
Creates strategies for the development, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of instrument reliability improvement efforts, including preventative maintenance programs.
Supports the Instrument Mechanical Integrity and Safety Lifecycle programs.
Supports Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) / Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) efforts.
Reviews, executes and maintains SIL verification calculations for SIS.
Provides Maintenance and Technical Services with guidance and direction regarding safety, reliability, and maintainability for instrument selection in accordance with the site approved manufacturers list (AML).

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.

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