Technician, Senior Measurement Automation (Carthage, TX)

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership’s assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.  

The Senior Measurement Automation Technician is responsible for installation and maintenance of gas and liquid measurement stations, as well as other remote automated locations.  The following are the responsibilities of the position.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate all contractors onsite to complete an installation.
• Provide the Field SCADA Project Coordinator with feedback (Red lines / As Built drawings) for each installation.
• Ensure proper installation practices are followed.
• Meet all required project timelines.
• Complete all required commissioning activities.
• Ensure that the installation functions as designed and meets all required criteria.
• Provide any onsite training necessary for Operations personnel.
• Be the point of contact for Operations for technical questions and concerns.

The successful candidate will met the following qualifications:

• Five or more years of electrical and instrumentation experience is required.
• The ability to troubleshoot electrical and instrumentation circuits, communication systems, RTU configurations, and pneumatic systems is required.
• The ability to use Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Proficient with the required software packages to interface with the various types of equipment utilized at measurement and automation locations.
• Able to proficiently utilize testing equipment including, but not limited to digital multi-meters, process meters, HART communicators, oscilloscopes, mega-ohm meters, RTD calibrators, and signal generators.
• Must be Proficient and knowledgeable with MODBUS.
• Must be knowledgeable about current NEC, and company electrical standards.
• Able to read and understand P&ID, PFD, Wiring diagrams, electrical schematics, technical manuals, and other complex electrical drawings.
• Must have an advanced understanding of controls, electrical instrumentation, and pneumatic instrumentation.
• Have a basic understanding of how process analyzers work (GC, Laser Spectrum, Reactive cell.)
• Must have an advanced understanding of gas measurement.
• Must have a basic understanding of Cathodic Protection and effect on instrumentation.
• Must be able to demonstrate sound judgment with the ability to make decisions and corrections when problems are detected.
• Ability to manage time and resources to support a large geographical area.
• Able to implement new technology using the supplied technical documentation.
• Graduation from a technical trade school and/or completion of an apprenticeship, certification or associate degree program in instrumentation or related studies is preferred.