Solstice Advanced Materials

Lead Instrumentation Engineer

Solstice Advanced Materials

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Baton Rouge • Louisiana • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $130,872 - $165,635 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serve as the instrumentation and controls subject matter expert, providing technical leadership across all phases of capital projects, from concept through startup.
  • Lead instrumentation engineering activities through Pre-FEED, FEED, detailed design, construction support, and startup/commissioning.
  • Develop Scopes of Work (SOWs), Basis of Design documents, and instrumentation deliverables for capital project execution.
  • Specify, select, and apply instrumentation, sensing elements, transmitters, control valves, and final control elements, including pneumatic, hydraulic, PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems.
  • Design instrumentation systems suitable for industrial plant environments, ensuring operability, maintainability, accessibility, and safety.
  • Direct the development and review of engineering drawings, specifications, and design deliverables, ensuring technical accuracy and consistency.
  • Perform instrumentation sizing calculations, including protective devices, and verify vendor selections.
  • Develop and support instrumentation cost estimates, schedules, and manpower loading for capital projects.
  • Review vendor packages and develop integration strategies for plant control systems.
  • Apply and support Fieldbus type and smart instrumentation systems where appropriate.
  • Collaborate with process engineering to develop P&IDs, control narratives, and control strategies.
  • Provide technical direction to contractors, designers, maintenance, and plant personnel, including oversight of outsourced engineering work.
  • Manage instrumentation execution through engineering and construction while integrating plant stakeholders to meet operational needs.
  • Ensure compliance with Solstice Engineering Standards, site-specific requirements, and plant standards.
  • Support or lead development and revision of Instrumentation and Control SOPs.
  • Ensure QA/QC requirements are defined and met for all capital installations.
  • Apply electrical area classification standards (NFPA, IEC, etc.) and appropriate compliance methods (IS, purging, enclosures).
  • Develop and review User Requirements Specifications (URS), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), and construction bid specifications.
  • Participate in Process Hazard Analyses (PHA) and support functional safety reviews, including SIL and SIS applications.
  • Maintain integrity of all instrumentation documentation, drawings, and control system records.
  • Utilize AutoCAD (2D/3D), CADWorx, and other design tools to support detailed engineering.
  • Drive value engineering, cost control, and continuous improvement within the instrumentation discipline.
  • Prepare instrumentation estimate packages and construction work order packages.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Instrumentation, or Controls Engineering with 8–10 years of experience in process control, instrumentation design, or engineering within an industrial manufacturing and/or engineering design environment.
  • Willingness to travel up to 25%, as required.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license.
  • Strong working knowledge of PIP, NEC, NFPA, IEC, API, and related codes and standards.
  • Experience with SmartPlant / INtools or similar instrumentation databases.
  • Proven ability to interface across disciplines (process, electrical, mechanical, project management).
  • Experience working with Procurement and supporting vendor evaluations.
  • Background in non-capital alternatives, value analysis, and optimization.
  • Demonstrated leadership in safety culture and compliance.
  • Experience in industrial chemical or petrochemical environments.
  • Familiarity with SAP.
  • Experience with commissioning, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, MOC, LOTO, and system testing.
  • Working knowledge of networked control systems.
  • Experience implementing and configuring PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems for batch and continuous processes.
  • Knowledge of instrumentation materials of construction and UPS specification and sizing.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification (or equivalent experience) preferred.
  • Self-starter with strong ownership mindset, bias for action, and collaborative leadership style.
Benefits
  • employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Savings Accounts
  • EAP and Educational Assistance
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave)
  • 12 Paid Holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
instrumentation engineeringcontrols engineeringinstrumentation designsizing calculationsPLC systemsDCS systemsSCADA systemsFieldbus systemsP&IDs developmentcost estimation
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcollaborative leadershipstrong communication skillsability to interface across disciplinesself-starterownership mindsetbias for actiondemonstrated leadership in safety culturecontinuous improvementvalue engineering
Certifications
Professional Engineer (PE) licenseSix Sigma Green BeltSix Sigma Black Belt