DCS & SIS Automation Engineer (Hybrid, 50% Travel)

Orica

Centennial (CO)

Hybrid

USD 90,000 - 110,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

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401(k) match

Paid time off

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Job summary

Orica in Centennial, CO is seeking a Control Systems Technologist to support 15 plants across the US and Canada. This hybrid role combines hands-on automation work with engineering collaboration to improve plant reliability and safety.

You will work with DCS, SIS, instrumentation, historians, and manufacturing technologies, lead safety-related reviews, and drive continuous improvement across North America while partnering with global teams.

Qualifications

3+ years of experience in industrial automation or process control.
Experience with DCS, PLCs, HMI/SCADA or SIS.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving in manufacturing.
Ability to communicate with technical and operational stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Serve as a subject matter expert for DCS, SIS, and industrial instrumentation systems.
Support functional safety programs and act as the Manufacturing Centre Responsible Engineer for SIS.
Ensure Safety Instrumented Systems meet SIL requirements through testing, verification, and monitoring.
Lead technical reviews of Management of Change (MOC) proposals relating to control and safety systems.
Provide technical support for production, maintenance, projects, analytics, supply chain, and operations teams.
Develop and maintain control system documentation, control philosophies, trip logic, loop drawings, and DCS programming.
Support plant historian systems, data integrity, and backup strategies.
Partner with site and project teams to identify reliability improvements and automation opportunities.
Collaborate with global experts to standardize best practices and advance automation capabilities.