Senior Process Automation & Controls Engineer

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Allentown (Lehigh County)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision

401k with match

Paid Vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Backup Child and Adult Care

Adoption assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Life Insurance

Legal Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Many more benefits

Job summary

Air Products, the world-leading industrial gases company, seeks a Senior Process Controls Engineer at its Global Headquarters in Allentown, PA. You will be the expert for DCS/PLC automation design, process instrumentation, and control systems to keep plants safe and delivering product across North and South America.

Requires a BS in Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and 12+ years in process automation, plus 25–40% travel (mostly US).

Qualifications

Experience in process automation systems and instrumentation.
Hands-on knowledge of automation systems, control panels, and field instrumentation.
Experience providing technical leadership and training as a role model and mentor to others.
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; everything from Process Instrumentation, to DCS and PLC control logic, to Engineering and Operator Control Stations.
Safely implementing improvement projects with multi-disciplinary teams, and supporting maintenance outages for routine PM tasks, productivity modifications, or obsolete equipment upgrades.
Supporting the improvement and optimization of existing assets, addressing instrumentation and process control system obsolescence challenges, and meeting organizational goals for safety, operational cost, and performance.
Developing and supporting strategic long range planning for safety, reliability, productivity and obsolescence activities across our fleet of facilities.