Process Controls Engineer - DCS/PLC Automation Expert

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k matching

Paid vacation

Job summary

Air Products, a world‑leading industrial gases company, seeks a Process Controls Engineer for our Global Headquarters in Allentown, PA. You will design and support DCS/PLC automation, process instrumentation, and control devices to keep plants safe and productive across North and South America.

Qualified candidates hold a BS in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering with 3+ years in process automation; travel 20%–40% and on‑call rotation are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in process automation systems and instrumentation.
• Hands‑on knowledge of automation systems, control panels, and field instrumentation.
• Strong communication skills for investigating, troubleshooting, and presenting technical information to other engineering teams and site operations teams.
• This role is a Safety Sensitive position.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting urgent and immediate operational needs for remote facilities; from Process Instrumentation to DCS and PLC logic and Operator Control Stations.
• Safely implementing improvement projects with multi‑disciplinary teams and supporting maintenance outages.
• Supporting the improvement and optimization of assets, addressing obsolescence challenges and meeting safety and performance goals.

Skills

Process automation

Control panels

Field instrumentation

Strong communication

Safety sensitive

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Air Products, a world‑leading industrial gases company, seeks a Process Controls Engineer for our Global Headquarters in Allentown, PA. You will design and support DCS/PLC automation, process instrumentation, and control devices to keep plants safe and productive across North and South America.

Qualified candidates hold a BS in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering with 3+ years in process automation; travel 20%–40% and on‑call rotation are required.