Senior Process Control Engineer

Smurfit Westrock; Florida; Presencial; USD 85.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Process Control Engineer to design, implement, and support DCS/PLC/HMI systems for our manufacturing processes. You will work with operations, maintenance, and engineering to meet production goals and ensure safety alignment across systems.

The role requires a B.S. degree in Chemical or Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 2 years industrial PLC/HMI experience (or 10+ years without a degree). Strong teamwork and problem solving are essential.

Formación

• Bachelor degree required in engineering; DCS/PLC and HMI experience preferred.
• 2 years industrial experience with degree, or 10+ years without degree in PLC/HMI.
• Experience with safety and process control standards preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Design, implement, and support DCS/PLC/HMI systems and migrations.
• Perform backups, troubleshoot networks, and maintain hardware.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
• Communicate clearly and be on-call to support production needs.
• Read P&ID loop sheets and electrical drawings.

Conocimientos

PLC programming

HMI development

Process control systems

Electrical engineering knowledge

Educación

B.S. Degree in Chemical or Electrical Engineering

Herramientas

Allen-Bradley

Rockwell PLC

OSISoft

PanelView

Descripción del empleo

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Career Opportunity (job Summary)

Maintains the control system infrastructure, Designs or assists with the design of process control logic and may coordinate system implementation. Performs analysis of hardware and software used in production process.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

• Responsible in providing design, implementation, and support for existing and new Process Control systems. This includes Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s), as well as custom control applications used to meet manufacturing needs and production goals.
• Responsible for system backups, network troubleshooting, and computer hardware maintenance.
• Required to communicate and work with various operational, environmental, maintenance and engineering levels in a team environment yet be self-motivated and accomplish individual goals.
• Ability to communicate in both oral and written form. Must have the skills necessary to perform project scope definitions and manage a wide variety of technical projects. Must be willing to be on-call to support production needs.
• Develop and execute migration plans for legacy controls platforms.
• Ability to evaluate processes and equipment operation; plan and manage process improvement projects.
• Ability to read and understand P&ID’s loop sheets, and electrical drawings

Safety

• EE adheres to all mill safety rules, participates in or may lead safety programs and meetings with the goal of improving safety at the mill. Supports the mill safety program by doing the following:
• Demonstrates active caring for co-workers
• Learns all job related Safe Operating Procedures
• Performs duties/tasks in a safe manner
• Encourages safe work habits of co-workers
• Maintains a clean & orderly workplace
• Inspects tools/work area
• Participates in safety meetings and Safety Training
• Reports all near misses and unsafe conditions
• Suggest methods for improving the process
• Reports all injuries immediately

What You Need To Succeed

• B.S. Degree in Chemical or Electrical Engineering is preferred, other engineering or computer science degree acceptable with adequate DCS/PLC and HMI application experience. Other technical degrees and /or certificates may be acceptable, depending on skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Minimum of two years of industrial experience (with degree), or 10 years plus of industrial experience in PLC and HMI applications would be required if non-degreed.

Competencies

• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage change
• Conflict Resolution
• Proficient computer skills
• Self-starter
• Excellent communications (written / verbal)

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Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.