Our client has an immediate need for an Automation Control Engineer. The primary responsibility for the Automation Control Engineer is to develop, implement and maintain basic and advanced process control strategies and applications for an assigned areas within the manufacturing complex.. The Automation Control Engineer improves process unit performance and optimizes unit operation through deployment and support of process control concepts and technology. The Automation Control Engineer's secondary responsibilities include support to the alarm management program, advanced operator interface graphics (HMI) development, general troubleshooting of operating conditions, and to provide training to Console Operators regarding control strategies, alarm management and HMI (Human Machine Interface). [ Note: Our client is not offering sponsorship for this position]
As an Automation Control Engineer, primary responsibilities will include daily review of existing basic and advanced process control applications, which includes:
Troubleshooting activities and performing routine work efforts to maintain and improve process control utilization and reliability
Providing routine work efforts to maintain and improve unit performance
Designing, reviewing, and modifying regulatory and advanced regulatory control loops and regulatory loop tuning, alarm and point configuration and console operator HMI graphics
Providing project management on new capital automation projects at the basic, advanced regulatory, or APC levels
Providing project support on capital projects with significant automation scope and supporting MOC and/or project manager with process control modifications
Acting as a process control subject matter expert for process hazards analysis, process design modifications, risk assessment review, alarm management, and incident investigations
Designing, monitoring, and maintaining multivariable process controllers in refining process applications
Candidate Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical or Electrical, preferred)
5+ years of Process Control experience, highly preferred