Provide analyzer expertise to assist Operation & Maintenance teams to support reliability improvement and long-term equipment improvement initiatives; Engineers contributing to all stages of asset development and operation, inclusive of support to technology commercialization. Develop capabilities of less experienced engineers within their technical discipline. The candidate would be part in ExxonMobil Services and Technology Private Limited, Whitefield, Bengaluru in India
What you will do
Develop and manage equipment strategies as per the site safety and reliability practices
Collaborate when needed with other engineering disciplines to support miscellaneous asset operations
Provide analyzer expertise for field and online analyzer applications (chromatographic, spectroscopic, electrochemical, etc.), physical property analyzers and combustibles and Toxic gas detectors to enable assets to meet safety, environmental, regulatory and process control requirements
Monitor process analyzer performance data, apply statistical tools to assess analyzer performance
Drive improvements in analyzer performance and quantify the improvements in a performance scorecard
Lead/support incident investigations and root-cause failure analysis to identify and address the failure cause and provide appropriate recommendations on risk-based work selection
Troubleshoot and resolve bad actors
Remain abreast of industry standards developments (e.g., ASTM, ISA, ISO, IEC); and identify and support opportunities to improve site analyzer performance:
Deploy cost effective new technologies
Provide design and engineering management support to greenfield and brownfield projects:
Develop project design specifications for analyzer systems
Perform analyzer engineering calculations (e.g., fast loop lag time, probe wake frequency, ventilation requirements, phase envelopes)
Support cost estimation for analyzers and analyzer systems
Provide engineering surveillance on contractor/vendor design deliverables
Participate in risk assessment, HAZOP, HAZID
Develop inspection & test plans and support factory acceptance tests/site acceptance tests for new analyzer systems
Advise and assist on analyzer testing, commissioning and start-up
Understand Company controls and cybersecurity best practices associated with analyzer systems
Design and specify on-line analyzers, analyzer systems, shelters for process analyzers specifically for use in oil and gas, petrochemical or refining manufacturing facility
Assist sites with lifecycle management to monitor obsolescence, develop and execute plans
Provide analyzer training to site personnel
Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor of Engineering Degree from recognized university in Instrumentation and Controls, Electronics, Chemical with minimum GPA 6.0 and above
Minimum 5 years of broad work experience supporting Online Process Analyzers in oil & gas, refining, or petrochemical industry.
Experience of international projects in multi-national company (MNC), Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE) or JV is an advantage
Knowledge in measurement principles and infrastructure elements for a variety of common process analyzers
Knowledge and experience in key oil and gas, petrochemical or refining processes and their associated analyzer applications
Minimum 5 years experience in various analytical chemistry techniques (Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Infrared & Ultraviolet Spectroscopy) Physical Property Analyzers and Gas Detectors
Knowledge and experience in analyzer communication/transmission protocol and networking consideration for interface to Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
Familiarity with field and online analyzer equipment from various vendors such as Siemens, Yokogawa, ABB, Emerson, etc
Familiarity with Industry standards, Country-specific regulations (CSR), and local codes
Understands general analyzer maintenance work processes (e.g., planning, scheduling, PMs, performance checks)
Understands the impact of equipment sparing, redundancy, reliability, availability, maintainability, and maintenance cost in support of Operations Excellence and Capital efficiency
Understands product quality measurement and Quality Assurance System design and requirements.
Experience in preparing specifications, selection & application of analyzers, Sample Handling systems, Analyzer Shelters
Should have work permit to work in India.
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
Knowledge and ability to support multivariate model-based analyzer applications for unique process measurements
IT skills in OPC servers/Analyzer Data Network and DCS/PLC interface
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
Willing and able to travel as required, both domestic and international
Proficient in data collection and analysis with common database and software data analysis tools such as SAP, Analytics for excel and tableau.
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance and life. We offer you:
Competitive compensation
Medical plans, maternity leave and benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment benefits
Retirement benefits
Global networking & cross-functional opportunities