Senior Real-Time Optimization Engineer – Ethylene Cracker

aveva; Manoteras; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AVEVA in Madrid is seeking a Senior Consultant to implement and optimize Real-Time Optimization for ethylene/steam cracker plants, developing rigorous process models and integrating APO with APC/DCS systems.

The role requires deep chemical engineering expertise, hands-on APO/ROMeo experience, and ability to guide cross-functional teams through commissioning and performance monitoring.

Formación

• Strong experience in ethylene/steam cracker process engineering, simulation or optimization.
• Hands-on experience with AVEVA Process Optimization (APO/ROMeo) or equivalent rigorous RTO technology.
• Experience with rigorous steady-state process simulation, data reconciliation, parameter estimation and nonlinear optimization.
• Understanding of APC/RTO integration and Closed Loop optimization architectures.
• Experience with plant historians and industrial data infrastructure such as AVEVA PI System is desirable.
• Ability to work directly with refinery/petrochemical Operations and Engineering teams during implementation and commissioning.

Responsabilidades

• Implement, commission, and maintain AVEVA Process Optimization (APO) Real-Time Optimization (RTO) Closed Loop applications for ethylene/steam cracker plants.
• Develop, validate, and maintain rigorous process models of ethylene cracker complexes, including cracking furnaces, transfer line exchangers, quench systems, compression trains, acid gas removal, drying, cold section, refrigeration systems, and product separation/fractionation.
• Apply strong ethylene cracker process knowledge to represent feedstock effects, furnace severity, coil outlet temperature, steam-to-hydrocarbon ratio, yields, energy consumption, equipment constraints, and operating economics.
• Configure and troubleshoot online model execution, including plant data acquisition, data validation/reconciliation, model parameter estimation, model-to-plant matching, optimization, and automated execution sequences.
• Develop and maintain economic optimization cases considering feed costs, product values, utilities, energy efficiency, furnace constraints, compressor limitations, equipment capacities, product specifications, and plant operating constraints.
• Implement and commission Closed Loop RTO, integrating APO with plant APC/DCS systems to automatically transfer optimized operating targets and setpoints while maintaining appropriate operating and safety constraints.
• Work closely with Operations, Process Engineering, APC, Planning and Optimization teams to identify optimization opportunities and translate them into sustainable closed-loop strategies.
• Analyze RTO solutions and identify the active constraints, economic drivers and operational trade-offs responsible for recommended operating changes.
• Perform RTO performance monitoring and benefit tracking, including application availability, model accuracy, optimization effectiveness, closed-loop utilization, constraint activity, and realized economic benefits.
• Diagnose and resolve issues affecting RTO performance, including model mismatch, instrumentation problems, data quality, APC limitations, equipment changes, feedstock changes and changing operating modes.
• Support site commissioning, performance testing, operator/engineer training and handover of RTO Closed Loop applications.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other RTO engineers, particularly in ethylene cracker modelling, optimization and Closed Loop implementation.

Conocimientos

Ethylene/steam cracker

Process optimization

APO/ROMeo

Data reconciliation

RTO integration

Educación

Chemical Engineering degree

Herramientas

APO/ROMeo

AVEVA PI System

Descripción del empleo

AVEVA in Madrid is seeking a Senior Consultant to implement and optimize Real-Time Optimization for ethylene/steam cracker plants, developing rigorous process models and integrating APO with APC/DCS systems.

The role requires deep chemical engineering expertise, hands-on APO/ROMeo experience, and ability to guide cross-functional teams through commissioning and performance monitoring.