Industrial OT Data & Automation Engineer

Flint Hills Resources; Houston, Katy, The Woodlands (TX, TX, TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

INVISTA's Global Operations Technology Team seeks an Operations System Engineer to develop and support data and technology solutions for its global manufacturing network. You will leverage OT data, analytics platforms, and automation to improve decision making, equipment reliability, and business performance, working closely with process control teams.

The role requires collaboration across sites, periodic travel about 10%, and a flexible hybrid work model with more time in office or facility

Qualifications

• Experience with OT software platforms such as AVEVA PI, HighByte, KepWare.
• Experience with modern communication protocols (MQTT, REST, OPC UA, APIs).
• Reading and modifying SQL queries; programming in PowerShell or C#.
• Ability to diagnose OT challenges, identify root causes, implement fixes, and communicate RCA results.
• Willingness to participate in rotating on-call schedule and travel ~10%.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support data/technology solutions to enable operational excellence.
• Build OT data pipelines and integrate industrial IoT data into analytics platforms.
• Collaborate with site and capability teams to meet business needs.
• Support process monitoring, predictive maintenance, and asset health programs.
• Apply OT/IT cybersecurity practices across systems and provide OT infrastructure support.
• Utilize AI-enabled tools to enhance engineering, analysis, and troubleshooting.

Skills

MQTT

REST

OPC UA

APIs

SQL

PowerShell

C#

Root cause analysis

On-call travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related technical field

Tools

AVEVA PI

HighByte

KepWare

Seeq

Snowflake

Power BI

VMware

Hyper-V

Nutanix

Kubernetes

Experion PKS

DeltaV

ABB Infi90

ABB 800xA

Job description

INVISTA's Global Operations Technology Team seeks an Operations System Engineer to develop and support data and technology solutions for its global manufacturing network. You will leverage OT data, analytics platforms, and automation to improve decision making, equipment reliability, and business performance, working closely with process control teams.

The role requires collaboration across sites, periodic travel about 10%, and a flexible hybrid work model with more time in office or facility