Senior Process Controls Engineer – DCS/PLC Automation

Air Products; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k with company match

Paid Vacation

Parental leave

Backup Child and Adult Care

Adoption assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Life Insurance AD&D

Job summary

Air Products is seeking a Senior Process Controls Engineer to join our team in Allentown, PA or LaPorte, TX. The role involves DCS/PLC automation, instrumentation, and 24/7/365 on-call support across North and South America with 25%-40% travel.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with operations teams to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering is preferred but not required if experience is strong.
• 12+ years of relevant work experience in process automation systems and/or instrumentation engineering may substitute for a degree.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting urgent and immediate operational needs for remote facilities; from Process Instrumentation to DCS and PLC control logic.
• 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 safety, cost, and performance goals.
• Developing and supporting long-range planning for safety, reliability, productivity and obsolescence across our fleet of facilities.

Skills

Process automation systems

Instrumentation

Leadership/mentoring

Strong communication

Safety-sensitive

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

DCS systems

PLC systems

Process instrumentation

Job description

Air Products is seeking a Senior Process Controls Engineer to join our team in Allentown, PA or LaPorte, TX. The role involves DCS/PLC automation, instrumentation, and 24/7/365 on-call support across North and South America with 25%-40% travel.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with operations teams to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant performance.