I&E Analyzer Technician

About INEOS Styrolution

INEOS Styrolution is the world’s leading styrenics supplier, with a high-performing portfolio of styrene monomer, polystyrene, ABS and advanced styrenic products. With more than 90 years of innovation in materials science, INEOS Styrolution focuses on customer satisfaction with differentiated solutions and investments in technology that enable closed loop recyclability for styrenics while reducing carbon emissions. Our applications span automotive, electronics, household, construction, healthcare, packaging, and toys/sports.

We operate 17 production sites in nine countries and employ approximately 3,000 people. Sales were 4.5 billion euros in 2023. More information:

Current Opportunity

Job Title: I&E Analyzer Technician

Grade:
Hourly

Location:
Pasadena, Texas - Styrene

Compensation & Benefits

• INEOS Styrolution offers a competitive benefits package to support employees and their dependents, including:
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• A 401(k)-retirement plan with a 3% automatic company contribution and a 100% match on the first 6% of employee contributions.
• Paid time off and additional wellness, financial, and lifestyle benefits.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge and skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. Compensation decisions are made based on facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

The primary role of the Analyzer Technician is to perform preventative maintenance and repair to damaged analyzers, sample systems, and instrumentation equipment. The technician provides technical expertise to assist supervision and operations in the troubleshooting, configuration, and teardown/rebuild of process analyzers. A variety of test and analyzing equipment is utilized to calibrate, evaluate performance, and adjust controls for optimum plant performance.

• Execute all job activities in a safe and efficient manner, consistent with company safety expectations and a culture of prevention. Complete all work activities in compliance with federal and state environmental regulations.
• Provide technical expertise to assist supervision and operations in the trouble-shooting, configuration, and teardown/rebuilding of process analyzers such as chromatographs, regulatory analyzers monitoring emissions, and apparatus designed to determine chemical or elemental component amounts in a process stream; records data associated with periodic testing.
• Execute scheduled work by:
  • Reviewing assigned job scopes for completeness and understanding
  • Acquiring all necessary parts, tools, and instructions prior to starting the job to maximize work efficiency
  • Following all necessary safety procedures and practices to isolate, clear, and work on plant equipment
  • Ensuring work is completed per company and industry standards
  • Working with equipment owner to complete task in a safe and timely manner
  • Updating supervisor on job progress and any problems encountered in completing the defined scope of work
  • Completing all documentation using a computerized maintenance management system
• Respond to tasks as directed by maintenance supervision with the appropriate sense of urgency to minimize impact to process units.
• Identify and implement reliability driven improvements. This may include participation in site reliability teams.
• Participate on committees dealing with investigations, policy and procedure development, and improving the workplace environment.
• Engage in frequent developmental dialogue with supervisor and others to continually enhance personal and group performance and development.

• High School graduate or GED with minimum 3 years of maintenance experience working with industrial process analyzers in the petrochemical or refining industry required
• Associates degree in an applicable field or Analyzer Certificate preferred
• Ability to diagnose the cause of malfunction or failure of process analyzers and perform the necessary preventive maintenance or corrective maintenance.
• Ability to read P&'s, spec sheets, and loop sheets
• Working knowledge of equipment such as Siemens Maxum-II GC, Applied Automation GC, Thermox oxygen analyzer, ABB Limas UV NOx analyzer, ABB Magnos Paramagnetic oxygen analyzer, and ABB Uras IR CO analyzer CEMS analyzers;
  Rosemount Extreme and Horiba CEMS system (among others) is preferred
• Ability to work overtime, including being available for call out on holidays and weekends as is necessary for the continued operations of the plant per the call out list

• Working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Office preferred
• Strong written and oral communication skills required
• Strong troubleshooting skills

• Work with hazardous and/or flammable chemicals (with proper safety precautions, training and equipment)
• Work around and/or manually interact with heavy equipment
• Work outside, year-round under various…