Alarm Management Engineer

Contract Alarm Management Engineer

Assignment Length: 6-month with potential for additional extensions from 1-2 years

The Contract Alarm Management Engineer will be the subject matter expert responsible for organizing the alarm system on a Client Experion System. The primary goal is to enhance operator effectiveness and process safety across and operating a major Client operating facility by implementing a comprehensive ISA-18.2. alarm management system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Experion Platform Optimization:
  Configure and manage alarm settings within Experion system to ensure high-performance operator interfaces.
• Advanced Alarming Implementation:
  Deploy specialized Experion features such as Alarm Shelving, Dynamic Alarm Suppression, and Alarm Tracker to eliminate nuisance alerts during process upsets.
• O&G Regulatory Compliance:
  Lead rationalization projects to align site operations with API RP 1167 (Pipeline Alarm Management) and ISA-18.2 standards, ensuring "defense-in-depth" for fire and gas detection systems.
• Bad Actor Remediation:
  Use the Client Alarm Performance Optimizer to centrally assess system health, identify chattering alarms, and execute 80%+ reductions in overall alarm counts.
• Asset Integration:
  Coordinate alarm strategies across integrated systems, including Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), PLCs, tank monitoring, and SCADA architectures for pipelines.
• Performance Reporting:
  Generate weekly and monthly alarm analytics for all process units. Identify "bad actor" alarms and track their lifecycle from identification through technical remediation.