Perform complex work assignments requiring considerable technical expertise
Contribute to continuous improvement by offering suggestions for long-term solutions to minimize costs, improve reliability, and improve loss control performance
Position is in a chemical processing facility and requires overtime to meet plant needs, including alternative shifts as needed to meet facility needs
Position requires periodic on-call duties and the successful candidate must be able to respond 24/7, 100% of the time to plant emergencies on short notice, including nights, weekends, and holidays while on-call
Complete all assigned training by deadline
Understand and follow all lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) and other health, safety, and environmental requirements necessary to achieve plant loss control objectives. This includes the use of loss control software for loss control reporting and communication to management of potentially hazardous conditions or practices.
Operational Responsibilities
Designs, implements, and maintains all process automation systems on site.
Independently troubleshoot and solve control issues
Stay current on new technology and identify new applications to implement.
Develop new routines and methods to implement new technology
Develop business case for new technology
Manage projects that affect APC/DCS applications developed by outside resources
Develop and modify operator interfaces as needed
Plan and execute testing as needed
Train operations staff on new technology and new applications
Lead the start-up, commissioning and tuning of new applications
Gathers, selects, analyzes, and interprets data to understand the impact of changes on the Advanced Process Control (APC) system, distributive control systems (DCS) and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), specifically the potentials for domino effect problems, loss of view, loss of control, incorrect logic, and the interconnected nature of the system
Assist contract DCS programmers, as needed, for larger projects
This position is the site automation engineer for both Emerson and Honeywell Distributive Control Systems
Maintenance Responsibilities
Maintain DCS, SIS, and PLC systems
Perform hardware and software updates for automation systems while on-line
Install, set-up, upgrade, and edit program logic control (PLC) statements without bringing system down
Set-up new equipment and change how equipment is viewed on the DCS
Investigate, repair, and provide preventative maintenance on plant APC, DCS, SIS, and PLC hardware and software
Guide instrument technicians and electricians in the field to identify equipment malfunctions
Partner with engineers to program alarms and operational limits
Partner with capital support for new APC and DCS installations
Interpret and follow guidelines for industrial control system security
Build various density, pressure, temperature, flow, auto/manual, valve position trends
Maintain documentation, instructions, and procedures
Participate in functional acceptance testing of APC and DCS applications
Manage vendor testing to ensure operating to Company specifications