Area Team Engineer – Instrumentation​/Electrical​/Analyzer

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) currently has a vacancy for an Instrument/Electrical/Analyzer (I/E/A) Engineer in the Area Team Engineering Department at its Anacortes Refinery. The I/E/A Engineer will provide engineering expertise and support to projects, technical services, operations, reliability, and maintenance from short‑term through long‑term activities. The I/E/A Engineer reports to the Area Team Engineering Manager and is responsible for leading I/E/A‑focused projects, supporting day‑to‑day site needs for I/E/A related issues, coordinating with other disciplines internal and external to the Refinery, and providing Control Systems Engineering support across the site with a focus on new and existing instrumentation equipment and installations.

The position also offers the opportunity to be a technical mentor to less experienced group members. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, team‑oriented, and has experience with refinery and/or petrochemical applications that include process measurement and control, safety instrumented system (SIS) design and implementation, management of change (MOC) processes, and industry standards (ANSI, NFPA, API, ISA, NEMA, etc.). The candidate must be able to interface with all departments at the Anacortes Refinery.

• Apply I/E/A Engineering skills and knowledge in short‑ and long‑term work to support and promote safe, reliable operation of Refinery assets.
• Manage multiple assignments in a safe, timely, and cost‑effective manner.
• Interact daily with operations, technical, and maintenance team members, and with key refinery leaders and stakeholders to ensure that work is clearly defined and meets the requirements of the end users.
• Manage and provide direction to engineering contractors.
• Initiate and participate in management of change (MOC) reviews for applicable projects and day‑to‑day support tasks.
• Provide engineering support to others for the I/E/A portion of multi‑disciplined projects, to ensure delivery of projects in a safe, timely, and cost‑effective manner.
• Provide specification and installation guidelines for I/E/A and I/E/A systems, ensuring compliance with established engineering standards.
• Conduct technical reviews of vendor/contractor I/E/A design to ensure compliance with project specifications and applicable standards and codes.
• Provide input into project I/E/A work scope development.
• Prepare cost and resource estimates for I/E/A projects and scopes.
• Provide technical specifications to Procurement for sourcing/requisition activities.
• Evaluate bids for goods and services.
• Perform cost/benefit analyses for technical solutions.
• Review design drawings and specifications for projects to ensure they meet Marathon standards.
• Participate in technical reviews with project engineers, other engineering disciplines, equipment suppliers, engineering contractors, and/or consultants.
• Ensure assigned work complies with all applicable MPC and industry standards and recommendations (e.g. ANSI, NFPA, API, ISA, NEMA, etc.)
• Aid in maintenance and training development for new instrumentation equipment installed on assigned projects.
• Review and approve proposed changes to applicable process safety information (PSI) documents, including P&IDs and instrument data.
• Periodically provide recommended improvements to Marathon I/E/A standards and specifications based on industry and site‑specific experience.
• Serve as project engineer on small I/E/A projects and oversee field execution.
• Provide engineering technical support to the Turnaround team prior to and during planned unit outages.
• May work extended hours including nights and weekends, in a process operations environment and during periods of inclement weather. Will access areas of the Refinery requiring use of stairs and/or ladders to inspect critical process equipment and I/E/A components.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required. Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical…