Process Control Engineer

Job Title: Process Control Engineer
Job ID: 77604
Location: Whitecourt, Alberta

What you will be doing:

• Provide support or take a leading role in the following areas and corresponding activities:

• Basic and Advanced Process Control Strategies.
• Control Loop Performance and Tuning, including Key Performance Indicator.
• Identification of Control Optimization Opportunities.
• Power Plant Cost Reduction/Efficiency.
• Operations and Production Support.

Design Documentation

• Control Narratives / Cause and Effect Diagrams.
• Control System Network Architecture.
• SmartPlant Instrumentation/Electrical.
• HMI Configuration Standard.
• Control System Configuration Standard.
• Alarm Philosophy.
• P&C diagrams.

Control Systems and Configuration

• System Health Status, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting.
• Implementation of IoT Practices.
• Control Process Networking Planning and Deployment.
• Support App/Scripting Development.
• Cybersecurity Planning.
• Consistent implementation of Logic and HMI standard.
• Historian.

Project

• User Requirement Documentation.
• Lead new technology implementation.
• Control System Upgrade and Mill areas modernization.
• New Initiatives Crew Presentation.
• Management of Change.
• Participation in Technical Reviews.

On-going support

• Establish Work practices.
• Process Control System troubleshooting.
• Foster a teamwork environment and encourage continuous communication with Operations.
• E&I Technician Support/Skills Development.
• Become adept to the Company policies/procedures and Regulatory standards to provide adequate support whenever electrical/instrumentation or process control design changes are made in the mill.
• Meet regularly with E&I team members and operations to identify opportunities where support can be provided.
• Participate in the On-Call support program.

What you must have:

• Engineering Degree specialized in Process Control.
• APEGA Membership as a P.Eng. or eligible.
• Must have a safety-focused mindset and strong knowledge of safe work practices.
• Have a sense of responsibility, accountability, and ownership of your work. Be a self-starter and self-motivated to complete tasks and meet deadlines.
• 5+ years’ experience in process industry (pulp and paper experience is an asset).
• In depth knowledge of Advanced Process Control Strategies and loop tuning methods.
• Realtime optimization, Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning are definitively assets.
• Experienced on Alarm Management Cycle, High Performance and Abnormal Situation Management Operator Displays.
• Knowledge of OT/IT Manufacturing Best Practices and Industrial Automation Cybersecurity.
• Knowledge on Industrial Communication Protocols (Modbus TCP, ProfiBus, Profinet).
• Historian integration/configuration (MOPS, DataPark, OSI PI), computer virtualization and TCP/IP networking is an asset.
• Highly experienced in DCS and PLC configurations, preferred but not limited to ABB 800xA/AC800M, Bailey Symphony Plus and Siemens PLCs platforms.
• Adept to Project Management Cycle in a multifunctional environment.
• Strong foundation in Control System documentation; Control Narratives, PFD, P&IDs, Cause and Effects Diagrams, User Requirement/Functional Design/Detailed Design Specifications.
• Demonstrated skills in legacy and modern programming languages (Visual Basic, Python, SQL, etc.) and/or data analytics and visualization tools is beneficial.
• Team player, open to transfer knowledge, with a mentoring mindset, innovative thinking.

Salary/Rate Range: $120,000.00 – $150,000.00