Automation Engineer at Mosaic in Convent, Louisiana

Job Description:

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is the world's leading integrated producer of concentrated phosphate and potash-two of the three most important nutrients in agriculture. We employ more than 13,000 people in six countries to serve farmers all over the world. Our Headquarters is in Lithia, Florida with operations throughout North America (U.S./Canada) and South America.



Where will you work: Onsite at our Uncle Sam, LA location (7250 Highway 44 Uncle Sam, LA 70792) and our Faustina, LA location (9959 LA-18 St. James, LA 70086)



The Automation Engineer (AE) will develop and deploy proven and novel functional automated controls solutions in our Phosphoric Acid, Dry Products, and Sulfuric Acid plants. The AE will be responsible for the development, maintenance, deployment, troubleshooting, and optimization in all aspects of the process control system. The AE will work alongside engineering, operations, maintenance, and reliability. The AE's goal will be to sustain statistical process control of our manufacturing operations through robust algorithms.



What you'll do?

• Support existing Industrial Controls Systems, including programming of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and Human Machine Interfaces/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (HMI/SCADA) systems.


• Design and implement new automation strategies for continuous processes.


• Participate in technical root cause analysis, incident investigations, and troubleshooting of process controls issues related to instrumentation and controls systems.


• Develop and review process controls specifications / control narratives for in plant improvements and capital projects.


• Analyze and tune process control loops, develop interlocks and permissive strategies.


• Develop and debug function block diagrams, ladder logic and/or structured text programming language.


• Support the management of the PI data historian.


• Work with Operations and Process Control Specialists to develop and deploy High Performance HMI screens.


• Work with business unit Advanced Process Controls team to provide sustaining support of implemented automated solutions for respective location.


• Monitor alarm health and support the alarm management strategy.


• Support capital project development and implementation for Industrial Control Systems upgrades.

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field.


• 2+ years of experience working with Industrial Control Systems in an operational environment.


• Understanding of Process Controls fundamentals including feedback control, feedforward, cascade, ratio, decoupling, and tuning.


• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs.


• Experience with a DCS/PLC platform.


• Previous experience providing 24/7/365 support within an operational environment.

• Microsoft Office Suite and specific use of PI Datalink for Excel is a plus.


• Familiar with Aveva PI data historian including Process book, PI Vision, and PI System Explorer (Asset Framework) are a plus.


• Understanding of network architecture and communication protocols is a plus.


• Minitab is a plus.


• Experience with a DCS/PLC platform including Rockwell PLC RSLogix, ABB Bailey Infi 90, Emerson Delta V are preferred.


• Knowledge of PSM, HAZOP, LOPA, and SIS are a plus.

• Strong verbal, written, listening and presentation communication skills.


• Ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding.


• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.


• Ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization.


• Demonstrated problem solving techniques and strong analytical skills.


• Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a collaborative team across the organization.


• Ability to adapt to a continually changing business and work environment and manage multiple priorities.


• Demonstrated critical thinking and decision-making skills.


• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.