Instrument Reliability Engineer

Your Job

Are you an experienced and skilledInstrument Reliability Engineer seeking an opportunity to grow and be rewarded for your performance? If so,Flint Hills Resources (FHR)is now hiring for you in our refining business inRosemount, MNand we are looking for highly motivated people to help us transform our business.

If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of an industry-leading company, this is the opportunity for you!

Our Team

Our team consists of engineers from all disciplines with industry experience ranging from 5 to 25 years.

As an Instrument Reliability Team member, you will be a core team member of our Asset Management organization focusing on ensuring our equipment is available to support safe, clean, and reliable operation of our facility.

What You Will Do



* Provide technical solutions that meet functional expectations for key stakeholders while maintaining an awareness of instrument standards and supporting the change management process when non-standard designs are required


* Utilize critical and economic thinking to justify and initiate projects to upgrade/replace equipment that is not currently meeting functional expectations or is approaching obsolescence


* Develop instrument-related scopes that are based on technically sound and economically viable repair/replacement decisions


* Utilize technical experience and expertise to lead the development of reliability strategies for our instrument population


* Experience with RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) methodologies and application to problem-solving on a micro and macro level


* Participate in activities related to safety, risk assessment, and safety incident investigations related to instrumentation equipment


* Technical mentor for others within the Instrumentation Reliability team


* Excel in a multi-functional team and be able to prioritize multiple business requests


* Assist with the selection of appropriate Reliability metrics for instrumentation.

Maintain metrics for instrument reliability.


* Knowledge of wireless systems and wireless instrumentation.


* Knowledge of field instrumentation for process measurement (e.g.

Pressure, Temperature, Level, Flow, and Composition) as well as specialty measurements (density, vibration, IR) and control valves, shutdown valves, and their transmission systems (e.g.

4-20mA, HART, ProfiBus).


* Support the maintenance team and interface with vendors and contractors to maintain, troubleshoot, repair/replace, configure/tune/program, test/commission/de-commission, etc.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology OR at least five (5) years of hand-on experience with instrumentation


* Experience analyzing instrumentation data to identify trends, detect issues, and make data-driven recommendations for improvement

What Will Put You Ahead



* Instrumentation experience in refining or petroche...