Senior Fire and Gas Systems Professional

We are seeking an experienced Fire and Gas Systems Engineer to join our team.

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the subject area management of technical integrity, advising on critical activities requiring fire and gas detection knowledge and expertise, and providing daily technical support to instrument technicians and supervisors.

• Undertakes responsibility for subject area management of technical integrity
• Advises critical activities requiring fire and gas detection knowledge and expertise
• Provides daily technical support to instrument technicians and supervisors
• Provides technical support on fire and gas applications to process control, operations, and process safety functional groups
• Provide support to the AHJ for Fire Protection and Life Safety
• Leads/participates root-cause-analysis failure investigations for fire and gas incidents
• Analyzes equipment supervising data and develops appropriate response to reliability issues
• Generates PPMs for fire and gas instrumentation
• Reviews engineering projects and improvements to ensure compliance with refinery standards, national electric codes, NFPA, API and other applicable industry standards
• Participates in Layer of Protection Analysis and Hazard and Operability Study evaluations and drives implementation of resulting actions in the Fire and Gas subject area
• Completes engineering design and documentation for small refinery improvement and modification projects
• Assists in developing and maintaining fire and gas and safety standards
• Develops and leads reliability projects for refinery fire and gas systems
• Prepares engineering datasheets & drawing work and material/equipment order specifications
• Reviews supplier data and witnesses Site Acceptance Test / Factory Acceptance Test (SAT/FAT), and writes material requisitions
• Advises the efforts of design engineering and construction contractors
• Maintains the facility fire and gas specification sheets, Cause and Effect Diagrams and jointly maintains the P&IDs with process engineering
• Develop and handle obsolescence for fire and gas systems
• Develop and handle lifecycle plans for fire and gas systems to ensure their maintainability and optimize plant operations. Regularly supervise and benchmark equipment KPIs and performance.
• Conduct feasibility studies for new installations and replacement of existing instruments and fire & gas equipment, including technical evaluations, specifications, and materials for modifications.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 8-12 years of refining experience (or similar industry)
• 5 years working in an end-user/owner role in the refining (or similar) industry - At least 3 years of Fire Protection engineer experience
• Knowledge of industry codes, guidelines and regulatory standards to include NEC, ISA, NFPA, and API
• Risk parameters affected by FGS (Risk Concepts used in FGS Engineering, ETA, F&G Consideration in LOPA)
• Detector Coverage Assessment
• Selection of FGS Instruments based on Performance requirements
• FGS safety availability calculation
• Computer proficiency in standard desktop software
• Understanding of applicable regulatory requirements during design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of Fire and Gas Systems
• Experience with aspiration systems, industrial hazardous applications, PLC based control systems, SCADA
• Experience with fire and gas equipment design, specification, installation, repair & maintenance
• Experience with Siemens and Honeywell fire and gas PLC s
• Technical knowledge of fire and gas system engineering calculations, construction methods, and materials
• Validated understanding of, and ability to provide mentorship on various suppression type fire protection systems

• Opportunity to work with a leading organization in the field of Fire and Gas Systems
• Chance to develop and lead reliability projects for refinery fire and gas systems
• Experience with designing and implementing advanced fire and gas systems
• Opportunity to work on large-scale projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams