Engineer Instrumentation, Technical Department

Company info
SABIC is one of the world's largest petrochemical manufacturers, based in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. The SABIC Geleen (South Limburg, Netherlands) site is located on Chemelot Business Park, along with 200 other companies and start-ups. Together we have the ambition to be circular by 2050. To this end, some 100 projects are currently underway to achieve this. A large part of these projects are initiated by SABIC. SABIC site Geleen is in transformation. Plants retire and new (parts of) plants are being planned or coming online. Processes have to be de-carbonized by transitioning to green energy sources (energy transformation). Feedstock originating from plastic waste and bio sources will be replacing fossil-based feedstock and turned into high quality polymers (feedstock transformation). SABIC is the largest production company at Chemelot (± 40%) with 7 production units: 7 plants: 2 Naphtha crackers (Olefins 3 & Olefins 4), a Logistics unit for Chemicals & Intermediates, a Polypropylene unit (PPF), 2 Polyethylene units (LDPE & HDPE) and a Logistics unit for Polymers. The Naphtha crackers produce amongst others ethylene and propylene which are mainly used as feedstock for the successive poly-olefins plants. Our polyethylene product range includes all of the commodity thermoplastic polymers, linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE). The polypropylene product range includes block copolymer and specialty automotive grades. The manufacturing site is currently in transition to prepare for the future regarding decarbonization, CO2 emission reduction, circularity, etc.

These 7 operational plants are organized according to the PMT-model (Plant Operations, Maintenance and Technical). Plant Operations is responsible for a safe and reliable production within the defined Safety Health & Environment / License to Operate goals. Maintenance is responsible for specification, scheduling and execution of the activities in the plant. The Technical department is responsible for the design of the asset, the asset life plan, the operating window and the continuous review of the asset performance, of which asset integrity, process safety and legislative requirements are key factors.

The cross-functional Plant Improvement Team (which includes Plant Operation, Maintenance and Technical) identifies, selects and allocates resources to deliver a balanced portfolio of plant improvement opportunities that add the greatest value and focus on the most important activities. The purpose is to obtain strong functional teams to improve plant operations, reliability and sustainability.

Job Purpose & Responsibilities
The main challenges of an Instrumentation Engineer are:

1. Being a knowledge carrier and all-rounder in Instrumentation (I/PB)
2. Ensuring the technical integrity and availability of plant assets related to instrumentation
3. Responsible for the long-term maintenance strategy of instrumentation within the assigned plant (preventive maintenance)
4. Ensure compliance with all requirements related to the License to Operate (both internal and external regulations), ensure compliance with regulatory inspection requirements
5. Define necessary improvement, replacement and upgrade projects; responsible for Asset Life Planning of instrumentation equipment and independently scoping of investment projects (CAPEX)
6. Responsible for budget motivations for the projects and driving them during engineering and execution
7. Being able to manage several projects with continuously changing priorities due to changing requirements
8. Participate in multidisciplinary projects as a project engineer Instrumentation
9. Lead / participate in the implementation of instrumentation related methodologies e.g. design and execution verifications
10. Analyze and evaluate results of inspections/tests, define mitigating measures in case of deviations
11. Contribute technical expertise in cyclic, engineering and operational breakdown analyses (HAZOP) and MoC (Management of Change) Committee to ensure EHSS objectives and compliance with EHSS policies
12. Contribute technical expertise in root cause methods (RCA) and/or lead a Root Cause Analysis
13. Support Maintenance in complex failures and 2nd line troubleshooting

Requirements
Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering
At least 10, preferably 15 years of relevant experience in a similar function in the field of Instrumentation

As a person you:

• Show ownership and are eager to reach the agreed results
• Are able to be a collaboration partner e.g. in multidisciplinary teams
• Are able to balance sound technical solutions vs. required delivery timings
• Are flexible and can easily comprehend new things
• Are a good communicator and have well-developed social skills
• Are able to quickly master new issues like working methods, technologies, etc.
• Are able to take the lead to achieve a goal
• Are able to closely cooperate with relevant counterparts in Maintenance, Operations, our global expertise center as well as affiliates
• Are able to speak and write English and Dutch, or are willing to learn on short notice

Further Information - external
For more information about this role you can contact:
Anke Bovens Recruitment Business Partner ( anke.bovens@sabic.com )
or Huub Verhoeven, manager Instrumentation Asset Engineering ( huub.verhoeven@sabic.com ).

Important notice: please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment is be part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request dependent on local regulations. Responses from employment agencies will not be considered