Engineer - Controls System

Energy Transfer LP; Nederland (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Transfer Partners is seeking a Controls Engineer to provide day-to-day support of site DCS and PLC control systems and to backstop maintenance and capital projects, including commissioning and start-up of new facilities.

You will configure, install, and maintain DCS systems, HMIs, historians, and PLCs; work with maintenance to ensure operational reliability; and lead APC/MPC projects from design through startup while aligning with IEC 61511 safety practices.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering from an accredited university with 3–6 years of industry experience.
• 3+ years DCS programming, troubleshooting, and maintenance experience preferred.
• DeltaV DCS/SIS, APC and MPC programming experience highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support of the site DCS and PLC control systems.
• Support maintenance and capital projects including commissioning and start-up.
• Configure, install, and maintain DCS systems, historian, HMIs and PLCs.
• Coordinate with maintenance to ensure operational reliability.
• Lead APC and MPC project execution from design through startup.
• Oversee SIS upgrades and documentation per IEC 61511.

Skills

DCS programming

DCS troubleshooting

Process control networks

APC/MPC projects

HMI configuration

PLC programming

Excellent communication

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

DeltaV DCS

DeltaV SIS

Rockwell PLCs

SAP

Job description

Description - External

Energy Transfer Partners is a master limited partnership that owns and operates one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. In total, the Company owns and operates approximately 62,500 miles of natural gas, crude oil, refined products, and natural gas liquids pipelines, terminals, and acquisition and marketing assets which are used to facilitate the purchase and sale of crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and refined products.

Primary Responsibilities

The Controls Engineer will provide day-to-day support of the site DCS and PLC control systems and process control network. The position will also support maintenance and capital projects including oversight, commissioning, and start-up of new facilities.

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the community in which we operate.
• Configure, install, and maintain DCS systems, third party historian, HMI's and PLCs. This includes operational reports generated by the DCS.
• Work with maintenance and operations on a daily basis to ensure operational reliability of the site.
• Work directly with the process engineering team to assist in the execution, configuration, programming, testing, and commissioning of APC and MPC projects from design through startup.
• Assist in SIS system recommendations, upgrades, and modifications. Lead the project execution in implementation, logic development, testing, commissioning, and documentation in accordance with IEC 61511.
• Monitor the facility's DCS operations and performance, provide technical support and troubleshooting and facilitate the development of programs for improvement.
• Oversee the field construction, verification of proper installation, performance of loop checks and the oversight of final commissioning of DCS/PLC equipment associated with maintenance or capital projects.
• Define spare parts and preventative maintenance requirements for DCS and related components.
• Assist in developing, executing, and maintaining a backup and recovery plan with all the necessary items in the event of a major failure.
• Communicate and maintain proper documentation related to the DCS system status, changes, and coordinate/conduct personnel training for such related items as necessary.
• Conduct failure mode analyses to identify units posing excessive failure risks and support proposed changes in design.
• Recommend, maintain, and engineer modifications to system hardware and software. Participate in system selection and management.
• Keep current on all equipment modifications, software revisions, and future direction of the process control industry.
• Ensure Process Safety and Risk Management objectives are practiced daily through participation in Management of Change, Process Hazards Analysis, LOPA, and Pre-Startup Safety Review responsibilities.
• Oversee management of plant process control network including servers, firewalls, switches, routers, work stations, etc. Ensure that corporate IT policies and guidelines are followed.

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• BS degree in Engineering from accredited university with 3 - 6 years industry experience including 3 or more years DCS programming, troubleshooting and maintaining DCS equipment experience highly desired, preferably DeltaV DCS, DeltaV SIS, APC programming, and MPC programming.
• Knowledgeable of process control network topology and maintenance requirements.
• The individual must be detail-oriented with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills and be willing to learn.
• High proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Experience working with the Windows operating system and system administration.
• The individual must possess excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a team.

Preferred Skills or Experience

• Experience with DeltaV DCS, DeltaV SIS systems, and Rockwell PLCs.
• Familiar with SAP.