Job Summary

NOTE: This position is in Corpus Christi, Texas. Must be willing to relocate if not local to the area. 

The Instrument and Electrical (I&E) Reliability Supervisor position will lead the I&E reliability reviews and improvement recommendations for instrumentation, controls systems, and electrical in the refinery. This position will supervise the Reliability I&E Engineers and work with Maintenance I&E Managers and Project Engineering to put together programs, assign work priorities, create, and execute the I&E Reliability Budget, provide input into the Capital MTP and Budget for I&E projects, and provide input into the Maintenance Budget for I&E expense projects and needs.  The position will provide leadership and technical support for I&E throughout the refinery. This position must be a knowledgeable in Safety Instrumented Systems for the refinery. This position leads the effort in reliability engineering for I&E to improve availability, reduce maintenance costs, increase MTBF, increase equipment on-line performance, and provide, develop, and lead reliability analysis and programs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical or Civil) or other related engineering degree.
• Eight years or more of job-related experience in instrumentation and/or electrical engineering in processing facilities.
• Refinery experience preferred.
• Innovation skills related to developing solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Independent decision-making skills
• Leadership skills related to coordinating and directing a task force effort toward the solution of major project development and design issues.
• Analytical skills to determine engineering requirements, criteria, feasibility, and design.
• Ability to resolve conflicts encountered in the course of performing assigned duties.
• Ability to supervise others; ability to conduct performance reviews and determine appropriate salary/performance incentive recommendations.
• Ability to work toward assigned objective without supervision.
• Valid Driver's License
• Ability to obtain a Transportation Worker's Identification Credential (TWIC)

Job Duties

• Provide engineering expertise to properly supervise engineering and team efforts to provide a safe design in compliance with company policies, safety rules, and regulatory codes, and practices. Build safety into all projects.
• Develop scope for projects that make significant long-term changes that add to the refinery bottom line long-term. These may be capital or non-capital modifications that will be defined, scoped, and most importantly, implemented in the field.
• Monitor and control project costs. Senior Engineer Supervisors will often hire outside contractors for specific projects and tasks. They should ensure proper selection, well-defined work scopes, clear deliverable objectives, and a project timetable. The Senior Engineer Supervisor must ensure timely completion and quality work all within budget.
• Direct the mentoring and training of new engineers and others within your work group whether as their supervisor or just as experienced individual sharing information for others to benefit.
• Complete special assignments and outside projects totally unrelated to your area, but necessary for CITGO to meet business needs as assigned by your supervisor.
• Job duties displayed above are not all-inclusive, site-specific responsibilities may be assigned.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads the I&E Reliability Engineers to improve I&E performance; Plans and directs work, provides training, facilitates interaction with other work groups, establishes goals and objectives, and sets performance criteria.

• Provides I&E technology expertise to the refinery. Develop solutions to complex problems which require ingenuity and creativity. Expected to lead and/or participate in multi-discipline teams to produce refinery reliability solutions.

• Sets the I&E reliability goals for the year including program and project prioritization working with the Manager of Reliability and the Maintenance I&E Managers.  Maintains the Mechanical Integrity programs for I&E.

• Provides input to the Reliability Department budget and manages the I&E budget for the refinery.

• Provides support to SIS Engineering Supervisor with on-going SIS activities and initiatives.

• Ensures I&E reliability expectations are by:

  • Leading/Facilitating Root Cause Analysis.
  • Developing and managing I&E obsolescence lists.
  • Developing and managing I&E bad actors.
  • Developing and managing I&E KPI’s.
  • Performing life cycle cost analysis on design modification and metallurgy upgrade options to provide recommendations to management.
  • Providing technical input to strategies for maintenance, repair, and replacement specifications.
  • Identifying and implementing improvement ideas to improve operational performance, increase availability, and reduce costs.
  • Providing technical input to capital project design basis and support to develop project options.
  • Supporting Operations by responding to refinery needs and emergency situations 24-7-365.
  • Supporting plant turnaround efforts with technical and leadership support.