Airswift is seeking an Alarm Management Engineer to support a major client in Quintana, TX for an initial 6-months contract.
The Contract Alarm Management Engineer will be the subject matter expert responsible for organizing the alarm system on a Honeywell Experion System. The primary goal is to enhance operator effectiveness and process safety across and operating a major LNG 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 Honeywell 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.
Required skills:
- Bachelors degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Instrumentation Engineering.
- Valid/Current TWIC Required
- System Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience with Honeywell Experion PKS (specifically C300 controllers and Series C I/O) in an oil and gas environment.
- Software Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of Honeywell Alarm Manager, DynAMo, or third-party rationalization tools like exida SILAlarm or TiPS LogMate.
- Process Knowledge: Deep understanding of typical oil and gas process equipment, including compressors, separators, and advanced regulatory control (ARC) strategies.
- Safety Standards: Expert-level understanding of IEC 61511 and the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium and ISA 18.2 guidelines for effective HMI and alarm design.
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