CSU Analyzer Specialist

Overview

Requisition  
• Relocation Authorized:
National - Single
• Telework Type:
Full-Time Office/Project
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Work Location:

Brownsville, TX

Bechtel is partnering with Next Decade to support the Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project in Brownsville, Texas. RGLNG is a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal with an initial phase that includes three liquefaction trains, two storage tanks, and one marine berth. At full capacity, the facility is planned to reach 27 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

Brownsville is a diverse city in Texas located along the Rio Grande River and near the Gulf of Mexico, with a culture of innovation and growth.

The Commissioning & Startup Analyzer Specialist is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and documenting commissioning, startup, testing, calibration, troubleshooting, and turnover activities for process analyzers, analyzer shelters, sample conditioning systems, calibration gas systems, and analyzer interfaces with integrated control systems. The role provides field-based technical leadership to ensure analyzer systems are installed, preserved, calibrated, integrated, and ready to support safe, reliable LNG facility startup and operations.

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• Commissioning & Startup Execution
• Support pre-commissioning, lead commissioning, and startup activities for online process analyzers and sample conditioning systems.
• Develop and execute analyzer commissioning plans, work packages, SAT procedures, functional testing, and turnover activities.
• Verify analyzer readiness before process introduction, cooldown, first gas, performance testing, and operational handover.
• Coordinate analyzer preservation, temporary power needs, shelter readiness, utilities, calibration gas availability, and field access requirements.

• Analyzer Testing, Calibration & Validation
• Perform and witness analyzer calibration, validation, loop checks, alarm testing, signal verification, and communication checks.
• Execute and document SAT and functional testing for gas chromatographs, moisture analyzers, oxygen analyzers, XEFD analyzers, sample systems, and CEMS packages.
• Verify analyzer performance against vendor requirements, project specifications, and site operating needs.
• Ensure simulated signals are restored to normal service and test records are properly completed.

• Technical Troubleshooting & Reliability Support
• Diagnose analyzer, sample system, communication, and integration issues during commissioning and startup.
• Provide daily technical support to Startup, Operations, Maintenance, Construction, and Engineering teams.
• Lead root cause investigations for persistent analyzer reliability or performance issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Support continuous improvement of analyzer quality systems and online analyzer certification readiness.

• System Integration & Interfaces
• Verify analyzer integration with ICSS, PCS, ESD, analyzer management systems, historians, and reporting platforms.
• Coordinate interface reviews with control systems engineers, process engineers, operations, vendors, and client analyzer personnel.
• Validate analyzer alarms, diagnostic signals, trends, calculated values, communications, and handover status.
• Support AMADAS or equivalent analyzer data management system commissioning.

• Documentation, Turnover & Vendor Coordination
• Review vendor documentation, drawings, datasheets, analyzer package information, and commissioning requirements.
• Prepare commissioning procedures, test reports, punch-list inputs, as-built markups, and analyzer turnover packages.
• Coordinate vendor representatives and subcontractors to support construction, commissioning, and startup schedules.
• Support operations training, maintenance readiness, and final handover of analyzer systems.

• Requires bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience

• Extensive experience in process analyzer installation, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, or maintenance.
• Experience in LNG, petrochemical, refinery, gas processing, or chemical plant environments.
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