Instrument Technician

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Louisiana, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Maintenance, Reliability and Turnarounds

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

May 27, 2022

Business unit:

Downstream

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

Job Overview

Shell Norco is looking to hire Instrument Technicians for our Norco Manufacturing Complex, with the primary focus on instrumentation and complex analyzers.

Norco Manufacturing Complex is located on the Mississippi River in Norco, Louisiana. The refinery processes raw crude into a range of petroleum products such as diesel, jet fuel and various petrochemicals. Shell, Norco Refinery has approximately 10000 employees and is a Unionized environment.

This position reports to the Maintenance Team Leader in the Maintenance Department who is accountable to provide Instrumentation and Analyzer Maintenance at our Norco facility. This position will work a weekday schedule with selected overtime.

What will this role do?

The Instrument Technician Craftsperson will be required to safely troubleshoot and repair a range of instruments /analyzers while conducting Preventative/Reactive Maintenance on all instrumentation/analyzers at our facility.

The Instrument Technician Craftsperson will display:

• Work Safe first attitude.

• High level of ownership and quality workmanship a necessity.

• Situational Awareness and a willingness to try new approaches.

• Can-Do Attitude of maintaining the plant to operate more safely and profitably

• Needs to be able to work in a team environment

• Being respectful of others and possessing interpersonal skills to interact with others a must.

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing.

• Exercises a significant amount of independent action.

In this role, the successful candidate will display:

- Experience with process analyzers and gas chromatographs,

-A high technical competence in DCS (Yokogawa PRM/Fisher Delta V), Relay Logic.

-Working knowledge of pneumatic/electronic flow/pressure/temperature transmitters

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What skills, experiences and abilities are we looking for?

• Preference will be given to applicants who have at least 5-10yrs maintenance experience in the Petro-Chem (Refining & Chemical) industry. Experience with process analyzers and gas chromatographs is a plus.

• Demonstrate a high technical competence in DCS (Yokogawa PRM/Fisher Delta V), Relay Logic.

• Working knowledge of pneumatic/electronic flow/pressure/temperature transmitters

• Experience with Instrumentation and Analyzer commissioning and check out for projects.

• Work at heights and confined spaces.

• Must be legally entitled to work in United States for anyone other than current employer.

• Some overtime and after-hours coverage required.

• Willing to work nights, weekends, holidays and be on-call to respond to emergencies when required.

• Able to climb ladders and stairs, work at heights and in confined spaces.

• Must be willing to work outdoors in inclement weather.

• Must reside within the area or be willing to relocate.

• Using safe lifting techniques, able to lift and carry 20 kg from ground to waist level.

• Ability to work safely wearing a respirator or Self-contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).

•Willing to comply with Shell's drug-free and harassment-free work environment and comply with all

safety policies and procedures.

• Willing to work in a diverse and team-oriented environment and to be able to communicate effectively with customers, colleagues and stakeholders.

• Shell strives to eliminate or minimize health and safety risks associated with its business activities and is committed to providing a safe workplace for all workers.

• A condition of employment for this position is successful completion of a pre-placement medical assessment of your fitness for duty, background check, driving record check and Pre-Site Access testing for alcohol and specified drugs.

Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future without requiring sponsorship

Must be at least 18 years of age

Must currently hold or be able to qualify to receive a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card. Note, information regarding TWIC qualification standards may be found at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic

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