Advanced Process Control Applications Engineer

Exxon Mobil; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ExxonMobil Malaysia seeks a senior Process Control Applications engineer to sustain and deploy control tools across facilities worldwide from our Kuala Lumpur center. You will lead technical efforts, collaborate globally, and mentor team members while advancing process control solutions for energy and chemical operations.

You will integrate regulatory and advanced control systems, support outages and projects, and drive improvements in MPC and alarm management across refineries and chemicals

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience designing and implementing control applications.
• Knowledge of DCS platforms, Ignition/SCADA, MPC and simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement regulatory and advanced control applications globally.
• Provide technical support to refineries, chemicals and upstream facilities.
• Maximize benefits from optimization applications and improve MPC performance.
• Design and modify process control schematics to aid operators.
• Improve alarm management and abnormal event detection.
• Support technology extensions, R&D and next‑gen control tools.

Skills

Process control

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

DCS platforms

Ignition/SCADA

Procedural Automation

Model Predictive Control

Simulation tools

Operator training simulators

Job description

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

ExxonMobil in Malaysia

ExxonMobil is one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy providers and chemical manufacturers, ExxonMobil develops and applies next-generation technologies to help safely and responsibly meet the world’s growing needs for energy and high-quality chemical products.

In Malaysia, we are involved in significant oil and gas production operations and the marketing of chemical products. We also host a global business and technology center in Kuala Lumpur that provides high-level information technology and engineering expertise to ExxonMobil’s upstream, downstream and chemical businesses worldwide.

What role you will play in our team

You will be part of our exciting and growing Process Control Applications team at our Kuala Lumpur Technology Center, where you will be working and collaborating on a global scale. As a member of a broader Applications Engineering job family, you will be sustaining our suite of process control applications across the globe, improving the unit performance or energy use or be actively involved in scoping, developing and deploying new control applications across our business lines in Product Solutions or Upstream.

What you will do

• 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 as well as support for capital projects development
• Maximize benefits from optimization applications by remotely sustaining and improving the performance of existing Model Predictive Control (MPC) applications by partnering with site personnel to ensure high applications 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 the delivery effectiveness of process control applications maximizing value delivery and support of global business priorities
• Specifically for senior level experience:
  • Provide technical leadership and drive cross collaboration to enable the above on a global scale
  • Maintain deep expertise in process control domain and be acknowledged as a leading expert by providing expert technical support to ExxonMobil assets
  • Stay abreast with industry standards and best practices to incorporate into our 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

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in designing and implementing effective control applications for downstream refining, petrochemical industry or upstream facilities
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following:
  • Distributed Control System (DCS) software and hardware platforms
  • Ignition or SCADA systems
  • Procedural Automation and Sequential Control
  • Model Predictive Control software
  • Steady State and Dynamic Simulation Tools
  • Operator Training Simulators
  • Programming languages
  • Data analytics and visualization
• This role is open to both local and international applicants

Your Benefits:

We are committed to providing benefits that are competitive and support the needs of our employees.

Application Process

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