Process Controls Engineer – Advanced Control & Automation

Indorama Ventures: Indovinya; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

WellHub / TotalPass

Life insurance

And other exclusive benefits

Job summary

Indorama Ventures is seeking a Process Control Engineer to support unit operations by maintaining and enhancing process control assets. You will develop, tune, and optimize control strategies, and provide support for PLCs, automation systems and safety instruments to ensure safe and efficient production.

The ideal candidate has a BS in engineering, 5+ years in petrochemical/ refining settings, and experience with SAP, DCS (Foxboro DeltaV), and PLCs (Triconex/GE).

Qualifications

• BS in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of process/controls/operations engineering in petrochemical or refining.
• Proficient with SAP, Internet, Email and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with DCS systems such as Foxboro IA or Emerson DeltaV preferred.
• Experience with PLCs (Triconex or GE Fanuc/Mark V/VII preferred).
• Experience with PHA and LOPA studies; control network management preferred.
• Control application experience, continuous controls, batch experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for control applications in assigned processing units.
• Develop, modify, and tune control strategies for continued operation.
• Provide basic control assistance and Advanced Control for multi-variable controllers.
• Develop new control strategies for projects or products.
• Monitor unit operation and assist process engineering to meet production, quality, and energy goals.
• Provide technical support to design, installation and maintenance of PLCs, automation systems and SIFs.
• Facilitate MOC, participate in PHA/IPL studies and incident investigations.
• Lead alarm management activities and rationalize alarm settings to KPI targets.
• Develop graphics and train operators on control strategies.
• Collaborate with project engineers on FAT tests and offsite activities.
• Ensure compliance with safety, GMP, health, environment and responsible care standards.

Skills

Process control engineering

DCS system expertise

PLC programming

Control strategy development

SAP proficiency

Alarms and KPI optimization

Team collaboration

Education

BS Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Foxboro IA (Invensys)

Emerson DeltaV

Triconex

GE Fanuc / Mark V/VII

Job description

Indorama Ventures is seeking a Process Control Engineer to support unit operations by maintaining and enhancing process control assets. You will develop, tune, and optimize control strategies, and provide support for PLCs, automation systems and safety instruments to ensure safe and efficient production.

The ideal candidate has a BS in engineering, 5+ years in petrochemical/ refining settings, and experience with SAP, DCS (Foxboro DeltaV), and PLCs (Triconex/GE).