Senior APC Engineer

Shell; Louisiana; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Shell in Louisiana, serving Norco Refining and Chemical Production, seeks a Senior APC Engineer to lead site-wide APC strategy, performance, and lifecycle management. You will drive improvements, mentor engineers, and coordinate cross-functional teams to maximize throughput, yield, and energy efficiency.

The role focuses on APC applications development, troubleshooting, monitoring, and sustained value delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in industrial process control and/or dynamic matrix control.
• Demonstrated APC experience, including application development, commissioning, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and sustainment; PACE experience a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of base-layer control, complex control, and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to identify and translate operating and economic opportunities into practical APC solutions and sustained business value.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide site-wide technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide site-wide technical leadership and day-to-day assurance for APC applications.
• Serve as site APC and PACE technical authority for strategy, performance, and lifecycle management.
• Develop and implement the site APC strategy aligned with production and asset objectives.
• Develop proactive technical monitoring to improve controller uptime and conformance.
• Lead APC improvement opportunities and drive continuous performance gains.
• Collaborate with Control Systems Engineers to improve base-layer and complex control performance.
• Mentor APC Engineers and Control Systems Engineers in PACE development and maintenance.
• Communicate APC performance, risks, and realized benefits to stakeholders.

Skills

APC experience

Mentor engineers

Process control

Opportunity identification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

PACE

APC applications

Job description

• The primary role of the Senior APC Engineer is to provide site-wide technical leadership and day-to-day assurance for APC applications supporting Norco Refining and Chemical Production. Main responsibilities include:
• Serve as the site APC and PACE technical authority and focal point for APC strategy, performance, technical assurance, and lifecycle management
• Develop, maintain, and implement the site APC strategy, aligning priorities with Production, Asset Operations, Asset Optimization, Process Engineering, and PACO objective
• Develop and improve proactive technical monitoring for existing APC applications to maintain and improve controller uptime, utilization, and conformance
• Be accountable and responsible for APC issue resolution, including troubleshooting application performance and coordinating internal, off-site, and external support resources
• Develop a comprehensive support strategy for APC controllers that uses available site, enterprise, vendor, and specialist support resources effectively.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and lead APC improvement opportunities across the site, including resource allocation
• Lead development and implementation of APC solutions that increase throughput and yield, reduce product giveaway and energy consumption, improve reliability and operational stability, and maximize sustained margin capture
• Monitor controller performance and conformance, identify performance gaps, and drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate with Control Systems Engineers to improve base-layer and complex control performance where those controls are foundational to APC effectiveness
• Engage Production Teams and Process Engineering to ensure APC actions align with operating objectives, unit constraints, optimization plans, and safe operating limits
• Mentor APC Engineers and Control Systems Engineers in PACE controller development, improvement, troubleshooting, and maintenance
• Provide APC technical assurance and support for management of change, projects, turnarounds, and other site work processes as applicable
• Communicate APC performance, risks, priorities, and realized benefits to stakeholders
• The Senior APC Engineer is expected to have effective use of company tools and work processes including:
• ESP (Ensure Safe Production): Participate in alarm and process-control performance activities where APC performance interfaces with safe, stable unit operation
• MOC (Management of Change): Apply the process to APC and associated control changes and provide technical evaluation for PACO-related changes.
• EPD and applicable engineering work processes: Use approved processes to develop, assure, implement, document, and sustain APC applications and improvements
• Performance monitoring and opportunity tracking: Maintain visibility of controller uptime, conformance, improvement opportunities, execution status, and business benefits
• Process Control Domain security: Follow site requirements for secure development, support, access, and maintenance of APC and PACE applications
• What you bring
• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, or another relevant engineering discipline
• Minimum 8 years of experience in industrial process control and/or dynamic matrix control
• Demonstrated APC experience, including application development, commissioning, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and sustainment; PACE experience a plus
• Demonstrated knowledge of base-layer control, complex control, and manufacturing operations
• Ability to identify and translate operating and economic opportunities into practical APC solutions and sustained business value
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide site-wide technical leadership
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Additional Information

Louisiana, United States of AmericaJob Family Group:Discipline EngineeringWorker Type:RegularPosting Start Date:October 29, 2026Business Unit:Downstream and RenewablesExperience Level:Experienced ProfessionalsJob Description:What's the roleThe Senior Advanced Process Control (APC) Engineer serves as a site technical authority for APC applications, providing technical leadership for the development, implementation, sustainment, and lifecycle management of APC solutions. The role develops and implements the Norco site APC strategy to improve throughput and yield, energy efficiency, reliability, operational stability, and overall margin performance.The Senior APC Engineer identifies, prioritizes, and documents APC improvement opportunities and leads execution from concept through realized and sustained business value. This is a working technical leadership position with strategic responsibilities and accountability for APC application performance, uptime, conformance, and continuous improvement. For clarity, the APC platform that Norco utilizes is Shell PACE, which is considered the same as Dynamic Matrix Control, or Model Predictive Control.

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