Advanced Process Control Applications Engineer

ExxonMobil Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 332,000 - 416,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global oil & gas company seeks an Advanced Process Control Applications Engineer to develop and optimize regulatory control applications across its facilities. The role emphasizes technical leadership, enhancing process performance, and driving improvements in event detection and alarm management. Candidates should have senior experience in process control and be able to mentor teams. An attractive remuneration package is offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive medical plan

Allowances

Other benefits

Qualifications

• Senior level experience in process control applications.
• Deep expertise in process control and technical leadership skills.
• Ability to mentor and drive competency development in teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement regulatory and advanced control applications.
• Provide technical support to ExxonMobil facilities globally.
• Maximize performance of existing MPC applications.
• Design and modify process control schematics.
• Improve alarm management at refineries and chemical facilities.

Skills

Technical leadership

Model predictive control (MPC)

Abnormal event detection

Alarm management

Process control

Job description

Advanced Process Control Applications Engineer

The Advanced Process Control Applications Engineer is responsible for developing and implementing regulatory and advanced control applications across ExxonMobil facilities worldwide. This role provides technical support, optimizes model predictive control (MPC) applications, and enhances abnormal event detection and alarm management.

• Develop and implement regulatory and advanced control applications at ExxonMobil facilities globally.
• Provide expert technical support to ExxonMobil refineries, chemicals and upstream facilities globally on base and advanced control applications and support for capital project development.
• Maximize benefits from optimization applications by remotely sustaining and improving the performance of existing MPC applications, partnering with site personnel to ensure high application uptime.
• Design new or modify existing process control schematics to improve operators’ ability to respond to abnormal situations.
• Improve abnormal event detection capability and alarm management at ExxonMobil refineries and chemical facilities worldwide.
• Participate in developing and deploying technology extension programs, R&D and innovative next‑generation process control tools and techniques to improve delivery effectiveness of process control applications and support global business priorities.

Senior Level Experience

• Provide technical leadership and drive cross‑collaboration to enable the above on a global scale.
• Maintain deep expertise in the process control domain and be acknowledged as a leading expert by providing expert technical support to ExxonMobil assets.
• Stay abreast of industry standards and best practices to incorporate into process control applications and facilitate knowledge exchange within the company.
• Serve as a technical mentor for enhancing team functional skill proficiencies and drive competency development strategy in the Process Control discipline.

Exxon Mobil Corporation is the world’s largest publicly traded international oil & gas company, operating in over 200 countries. We offer an attractive remuneration package including competitive salary, allowances, a comprehensive medical plan for employees and families, and other benefits.