Chemical Engineer (Control Engineer)

Astek; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Control Engineer or Chemical Engineer to join their Optimization team in Madrid. This role offers the opportunity to work in an international environment with a global leader in engineering and industrial software. You will be responsible for implementing and maintaining Real Time Optimization applications, ensuring high availability of customer online process models, and providing consultancy to enhance customer value. If you have a strong background in engineering, excellent communication skills, and a passion for optimization technologies, this is the perfect opportunity for you to advance your career.

Formación

• Degree in Control or Chemical Engineering is essential.
• 3-4 years of relevant experience is valued.

Responsabilidades

• Implement Real Time Optimization applications and maintain online models.
• Consult with customers to maximize value from installed systems.

Conocimientos

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Process simulation analysis

Understanding of unit operations

Fluency in English

Educación

Degree in Control Engineering

Degree in Chemical Engineering

PhD

Herramientas

Visual Basic for Excel

SQL

TCL scripting

Descripción del empleo

Direct message the job poster from Astek

From ASTEK Iberia, and for our international partner's team, we are looking for a motivated and experienced Control Engineer who has a taste for Chemical Engineering, or a Chemical Engineer with a taste for Control Engineering, to join our Optimization team in Madrid.

You will evolve in an international environment and with the global leader in engineering and industrial software.

Principal Accountabilities

1. Real Time Optimization (RTO) application implementations: Participation in new online modeling projects with the intention of developing skills for advancement. Participation would include engineering studies for analysis, specification, design of new applications and development of the application itself.
2. Maintenance of RTO applications: Ensure that customer online process models remain online and functioning at greater than 95% of the time that operation is feasible. Perform routine maintenance on online models making adjustments in tag names and model structure so that the model remains synchronized to the plant.
3. Customer Consultancy: Maintain a trusted partner relationship with customers by focusing on returning maximum value to the customer from the installed system. This includes consultancy to the customer and proactive involvement in the user of the system.

Engagement with the other members of the optimisation team in order to improve the quality and timeliness of the implementation projects, and also the value of the delivered applications. We are interested in expanding the use of our online modeling and optimisation technology into new areas as well as applying it in new ways in existing applications.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

Essential Skills and experience:

• Degree in Control Engineering, Chemical Engineering or similar
• An understanding of the unit operations used in chemical plants and refineries
• Experience in simulating distillation towers, compressors and expanders, heat integrated systems and refinery conversion units
• Ability to analyse and understand process simulation results
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in using computers and computer applications
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Willing to allocate around 30 percent of your time to travel
• Fluency in English

Desirable (but not essential) Skills:

• Knowledge of process control, especially optimization based on model predictive control is a plus
• Experience in communication through windows networks and between different systems (eg OPC protocol) is a plus
• Proficiency on Visual Basic for Excel, SQL queries and scripting languages such as TCL is a plus
• Additional languages including German, French and Russian would be a benefit

PhD and / or 3-4 years relevant experience are valued.

If you feel you can fit, and you are interested to know more about the offer, just apply enclosing your detailed CV in English.

We'll be glad to speak with you about this great opportunity ASAP!