Instrument Section In-Charge

Main Purpose:

Directs and coordinates activities of the Instrument Section and workers engaged in maintaining and repairing of Instrumentation. This position is fully qualified to troubleshoot and resolve complex DCS, SCADA and PLCs issues. Maintain process instrumentation, electronic monitoring, controlling and signaling devices for the Refinery field instruments safely and effectively according to plans and schedules.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

• Follows the guidelines of the Maintenance Policy Document to implement a comprehensive maintenance program to achieve the goal of optimum maintenance and maximum reliability through a judicial mix of Pro-Active, Predictive and Preventive maintenance programs as per TAG CMMS.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable safety regulations, ISA/IEEE codes and SAPS safety regulations. Ensures completion of all maintenance and repair jobs in accordance with established standards.
• Frequent inspections of Instrument equipment and plant control systems to ensure proper operation and reliability.
• Monitors the quality of maintenance, repair work, directs, and evaluates the performance of Instruments staff through periodic inspections and direct daily supervision. Ensures completion of maintenance and repair jobs in accordance with established standards. May assist Instrument staff on specific jobs to facilitate their training.
• Identifies the in-house and external facilities required for carrying out maintenance functions and develops suitable resources to carry out the required maintenance functions.
• Keep daily work orders implementation and update TAG in coordination with Planners. Prepare job list for major shutdowns and T&I for maintenance work. Coordinates with outside contractors for major works.
• Develop work procedure and work instruction for each activities carried out by maintenance staff in compliance with ISO 9000 standards.
• Prepares, justifies and recommends annual maintenance budget for area of responsibility. Assists in the preparation of the annual capital budget. Responsible for the monitoring of expenditures of operating budget for his area of responsibility. Checks invoices in accord with established policy and procedure and maintains appropriate cost records and reports.
• Develops initiates and coordinates the spare parts management of instruments. Orders materials and ensures that minimum spare part requirements for instrument is available.
• Reviews engineering designs and modifications to control systems and recommends both technical and operational improvements.
• Carries out troubleshooting in problem areas, identifies causes and initiates corrective action. Develops and implements Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) program on equipment failures and initiates steps to improve the overall reliability at a macro and component level.
• Develops and maintains database on activities done on equipment and their failures and carryout analysis to identify and eliminate the ‘Bad Actors’.
• Tests accuracy of flowmeters, pressure gauges, temperature indicators, controllers, detectors, and other recording, indicating or controlling devices to locate defective components using test equipment such as pressure gauges, mercury manometers, potentiometers, pulse and signal generators, oscilloscopes, transistor curve tracers, ammeters and voltmeters. Install, maintain, repair, overhaul and calibrate electrical, electronic, mechanical and pneumatic field devices.
• Maintain all test equipment calibration and record of it, by third party as per standard.
• Identifies and implements optimization programs aimed at improving maintenance cost effectiveness by the use of reconditioned and locally manufactured spares.
• Initiates Reliability Improvement programs covering systems and equipment in conjunction with the Operations, Process and Engineering section.
• Conducts performance appraisals of maintenance staff, and provides on-the-job training and orientation. Where appropriate, recommends upgrading to higher job classifications.
• Responds to Emergency calls during non-business hours and determines corrective measures.
• Interacts with the Maintenance Manager, briefs on daily activities and attends daily maintenance meetings. Also interacts with Process Supervisors/Manager.
• Carries out other related duties under direction and with latitude for independent judgment and action within established policies and procedures or as advised by his Supervisor.

HSEQ Employee Responsibility Statement

All employees are responsible for in the first instance for their own safety and to prevent Incidents.  It is vital that there is a high regard by all employees on hazard identification and control before the hazard becomes an incident.  It is therefore a requirement for all employees, regardless of position in the company to report all injuries and hazards to immediate supervising staff.  All employees must know and uphold the Puma Energy International (PEI) Safety Policy and the Puma Energy PNG HSEQ Policies

HSE Responsibilities – General Employee

As part of each employee’s legal and moral responsibility to Puma Energy PNG, you are to support management by:

• Cooperating with the Company to enable compliance with any duty imposed upon them by law.
• Using properly and effectively equipment designed to safeguard his / her well being
• Being aware of factors or situations that may impact upon the quality of the product and service and the environment.
• Following implicitly the Company’s Health, Safety & Environment Policy / Procedures / Work Instructions as communicated in writing or as instructions received orally
• Comply with the Company’s procedures and the relevant legislation regarding the Injury Management process.
• To formally report to their Manager any concern or incident / injury / non-conformance in any aspect of their work and complete the Puma Energy PNG Incident / Non-Conformance Report form.
• To formally report to their Manager or supervisor any hazard, practice or condition that will affect safety or production or the community.
• All forms are completed as outlined in the procedures
• Any discrepancies of goods / services received are to be addressed through the Non-Conformance procedures
• All products are to be verified at appropriate stages as outlined in procedures and a record maintained.

Requirements:

Experience:

• University degree in engineering discipline
• 7 to 12 years of experience in Refining/Mining/ Petrochemical
• Extensive years of combined work experience on Maintenance and Turnaround Planning
• Actual experience on CMMS and project planning soft wares

Skills:  

• Team player and can work under pressure
• Strong leadership skills, analytical and initiative
• Open, honest, proactive attitude to all aspects of the role.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Highly responsible, reliable and customer oriented
• Taking ownership, leading the team, and an inherent dissatisfaction with the status quo, always wanting to improve the team’s performance

Competencies:  

• Ability to conduct research studies, investigation and prepare reports
• Positive outlook in accomplishing works within quality standard and in accordance with statutory requirements and best industry practices
• Procedures and/or work instructions development
• Ability to use PLC & SCADA software and hardware

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

• Internal – Refinery maintenance and planning supervisors, Department managers, Refinery planning coordinator, Quality assurance coordinator, Process engineers, RSS, Shore officers, Procurement and Finance staff, Safety section, Reliability and Inspection sections.
• External –  Vendors, contractors, downstream staff, companies representatives, marketing organizations, supply and sales managers/supervisors, fleet supervisor, ITS, SGS, Rokotaba, MSGS and Camp services