Process Controls Engineer — DCS/PLC & Instrumentation

airproducts; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision from day 1

401k with company match

Paid vacation, holidays & sick time

Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)

Back-up child and adult care

Adoption assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Life Insurance (AD&D)

Identity theft protection

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, is hiring a Process Controls Engineer for our Global Headquarters in Allentown, PA. You will be the expert in DCS/PLC automation and instrumentation to keep plants operating safely and efficiently, supporting facilities across North and South America.

The role involves troubleshooting, implementing improvements with cross-functional teams, and ensuring safety, cost, and performance goals while traveling as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• 3+ years of work experience in process automation or instrumentation is required.
• Willingness to travel 20–40%, primarily US and Canada.
• On-call rotation and valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot urgent operational needs for remote facilities covering instrumentation, DCS/PLC control logic, and operator interfaces.
• Safely implement improvement projects with multi-disciplinary teams and support maintenance outages.
• Contribute to optimization of existing assets and address obsolescence in instrumentation and process control.

Skills

Process automation

Instrumentation

Communication

Safety sensitive

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

DCS/PLC systems

Job description

Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, is hiring a Process Controls Engineer for our Global Headquarters in Allentown, PA. You will be the expert in DCS/PLC automation and instrumentation to keep plants operating safely and efficiently, supporting facilities across North and South America.

The role involves troubleshooting, implementing improvements with cross-functional teams, and ensuring safety, cost, and performance goals while traveling as needed.