System & Control Engineer

Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF); Yanbu`; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading refinery company in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, requires a Professional Engineer to provide support for Process Control needs. Responsibilities include optimizing process operations, performing economic analyses, and troubleshooting control systems. Candidates should have experience in process automation and an ability to ensure compliance with operational standards. This role aims to enhance operational efficiency and facilitate real-time decision-making.

Qualifications

• Experience in Process Control systems and operations.
• Knowledge of control sequence review and optimization.
• Ability to perform economic analysis and justifications for systems modification.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe and reliable process control operations.
• Perform frequent plant visits and technical discussions.
• Participate in investigations of equipment failures.

Skills

Process Control Operations

Economic Analysis

Troubleshooting

Model Predictive Control

Database Management

Job description

Overview

Provide support to the refinery Process Control needs with the accurate and quick real-time engineering solutions. Respond to any operational abnormalities and provide required engineering support in compliance with Yasref strategies and operational priorities. Ensure IRIS (Integrated Refinery Information System) integrity, accuracy and reliability in order to allow end users and management to monitor real-time data critical information of the plants' operations and facilitate and support decision making.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

1. Ensure the safe, reliable and efficient process control operations throughout life cycle of processing. Perform day-to-day work in order to increase refinery excellence, plant reliability/integrity, and promote health, safety & compliance and environmental standards.
2. Perform frequent plant visits to discuss the Process Control Systems and its applications and identify relevant operational issues with respective OME teams. Provide technical inputs to operation and maintenance teams to overcome control system issues.
3. Review the existing control sequence, advanced process control, expert system applications and generate/approve efficient and cost-effective sound recommendations/actions. Highlight wrong operation practice (manual operation, bypass implementation,) and deliver safe viable idea to avoid human mistake.
4. Ensure process control and PAS Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) and Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) are cleared to ensure the system and design meet YASREF requirements.
5. Participate in investigation on equipment failures, system failures and identify the root causes and provide sound recommendations to prevent future failure or incidents.
6. Perform economic analysis, justifications and optimization for process automation systems (for projects) and modifications. Lead the studies to improve the control scheme and applications if needed and provide recommendations. Approve and support online and virtual analysers' hardware and software.
7. Apply Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Advanced Control Applications (ACAP) for enhanced plant optimization. Incorporate all major applications, architecture and integration components and ensure alignment with YASREF's ultimate business objectives. Develop and execute the MES (Manufacturing Execution Strategy) / IRIS development in alignment with OME and organizational goals and industry advancement.
8. Develop new control scheme designs, develop required calculations, and prepare software packages. In association with IT, select a Service Integrator, who is able to combine industry knowledge with technical and integration skills and capable of teaming up with specific software vendors.
9. Lead troubleshooting, investigation, and root cause analyses of control systems application problems.
10. Oversee integration of systems with ERP, PLM (Product Life cycle management) and other related systems are well integrated and ensure seamless data flow and real-time insights. Define a clear set of key performance indicators (KPI) as well as standardized reporting structures, data models and integration guidelines.
11. Collect all needed data for IRIS development. Provide Database Management System (DBMS) and inhouse developed information systems to form a bridge between the Integrated Refinery Information System (IRIS) and the Distributed Control System (DCS).
12. Unite business controls, production controls and process controls integrate in real time to create actual workflow and flow of information. Develop a robust, scalable and easy-to-maintain system in alliance with IT, that supports real-time decision making and perform various analysis.
13. Incorporate all major applications, architecture and integration components and ensure alignment with YASREF's ultimate business objectives. Improve operati