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Lake Charles, La, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

I&C Engineer with a focus on Reliability and Projects in a HPPE facility.• Recommend and specify instrumentation for various process measurement applications.• Provide technical support to Maintenance, Operations and Environmental groups on instrumentation issues.• Develop job scopes and drawing packages for instrumentation/electrical projects.• Provide support to Project Group on specification of instrumentation for capital projects. Review project design packages for proper design regarding reliability, application and maintenance requirements.• Ensure proper maintenance is conducted on the instrumentation database.• Ensure proper documentation on all instrumentation/electrical equipment including equipment files, drawings, specifications, calibration sheets, manuals, etc.• Maintain technical expertise and keep abreast of instrumentation technology/design changes as they apply to potential plant equipment/production improvements.• Provide technical support for electrical issues on systems operating at 480V and below. Includes motor control, lighting, relay logic control systems, power supply to equipment, etc.• Work to improve reliability of process control valves. Develop plans for monitoring performance and addressing problem areas. Assist Maintenance in development of repair/upgrade scopes for major turnarounds.

Boston, Ma, Us

Bently Nevada is an engineering installation service group (P&L Business) within the GE Energy Services. The Systems Engineer position is to perform installation, commissioning & trouble shooting of Bently Nevada systems & software at customer sites.Installed & configured Bently Nevada hardware & software required for protecting and managing a wide variety of machine types encountered in the Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Petrochemicals, Pulp & Paper, and other process industries. · Performed on-site installation of systems and equipment and ongoing preventive maintenance, repair and calibration after installation· Responded to requests for emergency repairs and services to troublesome equipment· Provided technical instruction and assistance to customer representatives regarding installation, operation, calibration, repair and maintenance at customer's sites· Developed and further expanded technical knowledge and expertise on currently recognized industry standards for engineering ability· Maintained knowledge of applicable product line warranties, and accomplished effective warranty administration· Performed administrative functions; such as writing technical reports, ordering materials, securing quotations, preparing job status reports, reports to customers, time sheet and expense sheets on a complete timely, and thorough basis· Maintained knowledge of the report system to the extent required for timely and accurate input of field information necessary· Provided leadership and technical direction to skilled labor performing work on customer sites· Maintained strong safety mindset to assure the executed work reflects the technical requirements within GE safety standards· Possess knowledge to troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance checkout for wide range of equipment vintage· Prepared timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and a reference for future outages