Title: Senior Process Control Application Engineers
Location: Beaumont TX and Baytown TX (OnSite)
Type: Contract
What you will do
- Develop and provide support for basic process control applications using basic application engineering skills such as point configuration loop tuning and identification of process dynamics
- Demonstrate technical leadership in a competitive environment:
- Broadly apply technical and business skills to solve more complex problems.
- Develop and implement innovative solutions to nonroutine problems by leading teams in resolving technical challenges with an expanding sphere of influence beyond core technical discipline.
- Implement and sustain base and advanced controls including multivariable constraint control model predictive control and advanced optimization and automation
- Recognize business opportunities and contribute toward the improvement of existing unit operations
- Mentor less experienced engineers to develop skills
- Monitor maintain and modify existing process control applications and operator interfaces
- Identify and develop new control schemes to increase process safety operability and profitability
- Provide process control support during project development installation and startup
- Participate actively on unit operating team including molecule management unit troubleshooting and incident investigations
- Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
- Candidates will need to work effectively as a member of an operating team good communication and interpersonal skills are essential
- Support 24 houraday 365 dayperyear plant operations. The successful candidate must be available for 24/7 oncall afterhours and weekend support when needed.
Skills and Qualifications
- BS Chemical Engineering or equivalent degree
- Relevant work experience in a manufacturing / operating plant environment
- Knowledge of refining/chemical processes with 10 years working experience in petrochemical industry
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- Demonstrated experience with regulatory and advanced controls of manufacturing processes
- Experience with DMC RMPCT/Profit Controller or similar model predictive control technology and/or realtime optimizers
- Knowledge of Honeywell TDC 3000 and/or Experion process control system
- Able to demonstrate innovation initiative teamwork accuracy effectiveness and selfconfidence
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Sufficient leadership skills to successfully promote ideas coordinate work activities and plan future application improvements