Maintenance Specialist, Control Systems

Team: Maintenance

Location: Brownsville, TX

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: onsite

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate proactive safety in all aspects of the role.
• Always uses safe work practices and follows NextDecade lifesaving rules and permitting processes. Maintains a high focus on safety and wellbeing of execution team, leads by example to set and maintain a positive safety culture of compliance and continuous improvement for Graduates and Contract employees
• Communicates and works with all maintenance disciplines as required, not just the Controls team, including Electrical, Mechanical, Plant Services, Planning, Specialist Vendors and Contractors upholding the One-Team approach
• Execute control system activities for all SCE control and function testing, in line with Statutory, and Federal Regulations and manage associated compliance processes including deferrals, backlog etc.  
• Write, review and update Safety Critical functional testing procedures as required
• Ensure NextDecade control system protocols are followed with respect to Bridging/Forcing and MOC procedures
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all Control System activities.
• Diagnose and resolve faults in control systems, instruments, and communication networks.
• Assist in system upgrades, migrations, and modifications to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Work with operations and process engineers to optimize control loops and automation strategies.
• Support tuning of PID controllers and other control algorithms
• Coordinate with vendors and engineering teams for software updates and hardware replacements.
• Initial support and continued review of Preventative & Corrective Maintenance Plans aligned to the equipment selected for this facility.
• Participate in the reviewing of maintenance and controls documentation, such as WI’s, JSA’a and SWMMs, Permitting, red-lining of documents.
• Safely execute all Controls related maintenance activities at the RGLNG facility including breakdowns, corrective and preventative maintenance.
• Complete all required maintenance reporting, including updating the CMMS system as following company work processes.
• Ensure personal training and competency is up to date.
• Provide support during the Major Maintenance Turnaround events as required.
• Attend all the required maintenance execution meetings, including HSSE meetings, pre-starts, work allocation tasks, toolboxes etc.   

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• 5+ years of post qualification experience.
• Competent at interpreting Engineering Drawings and Documentation i.e. P&ID, ISO, GA, Logic, Control Narratives, Cause & Effect, Loop & Wiring, etc
• Must have experience with the function testing and inspection of Safety Critical Elements (SCE) to meet Statutory and Federal Regulatory compliance.
• Experience in writing and reviewing/updating Safety Critical functional testing procedures.
• Strong knowledge of SIS and emergency shutdown systems (ESD).
• Relevant working knowledge of CMMS systems (SAP or Similar)
• Experience developing Safety Critical Maintenance procedures.
• Exceptional working knowledge of an MOC process.
• Relevant Control Systems LNG maintenance experience including Integrated Control & Safety Systems (DCS / SIS), PLC’s, ABB 800xa and MarkVI is a must.
• Knowledge of flow computers, analyzers, gas turbines, fire & gas detection systems, control valves, anti surge control, and field instrumentation knowledge is required.
• Knowledge of communication network protocols such as Ethernet/IP, Modbus RTU or TCP, OPC, HART, etc
• Ability to get a Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC).

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, Automation, or a related field.
• 5+ years LNG Export Facility experience in a Controls Maintenance Technician role.
• 10+ years' experience in Oil & Gas/Petrochemical industries.