Sr Engineer I, Advanced Process Control (APC), Billings Refinery

Phillips 66; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 141,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

VCIP bonus

8% 401k match

Pension (Cash Balance)

Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

Well-being programs

Job summary

Phillips 66 is seeking a Senior Engineer I, Advanced Process Control (APC) to optimize refining processes with Honeywell Forge APC. You will guide APC strategies, model development, and cross-functional collaboration to enhance unit performance, reliability, and margin.

You will mentor less experienced APC engineers while expanding expertise in emerging APC tech and best practices. This role requires travel up to 5% and readiness for occasional on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of combined experience in process engineering, process control, and/or APC in refining, petrochemical, or related industry.
• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, tuning, and optimization of APC apps to improve unit stability, throughput, and yields.
• Monitor APC performance and KPIs; diagnose issues and drive troubleshooting with process teams.
• Develop and maintain APC models and control strategies meeting safety and regulatory standards.
• Design control strategies and equipment specs for projects; define instrumentation requirements for APC.
• Create and maintain APC documentation, standards, and training for operators and staff; lead MOC and audits.

Skills

APC expertise

Process engineering

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Honeywell Forge APC

Emerson DeltaV DCS

Job description

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

As a Sr Engineer I, Advanced Process Control (APC), you will help optimize complex refining processes through innovative control solutions. You will join a collaborative Process Engineering team that partners closely with various teams to safely maximize unit performance, reliability, and margin. In this role, you will work independently and provide guidance on APC strategies that keep our refinery running safely, efficiently, and competitively.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design, implementation, tuning, and optimization of advanced process control (APC) applications to improve refinery unit stability, throughput, and yields, using Honeywell Forge APC and related tools.
• Monitor APC performance and key performance indicators, diagnose issues, and drive troubleshooting and corrective actions in partnership with process engineering, operations, and process control teams.
• Develop and maintain APC models and control strategies, including dynamic process models and gasoline blending models, ensuring solutions meet safety, reliability, and regulatory standards.
• Design and refine process control strategies and equipment specifications for capital and expense projects, defining instrumentation and control strategy requirements related to APC.
• Create and maintain APC documentation, standards, safe work practices, and training materials for operators and technical staff; lead Management of Change (MOC) and periodic audits for APC applications.
• Analyze process and APC data to identify improvement opportunities, recommend new technical developments, and quantify benefits in terms of energy use, margin, and reliability.
• Lead or contribute to small and medium APC projects from concept through startup, coordinating with multi-functional teams and vendors to deliver on scope, schedule, and cost.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced APC and process engineers while continuously building your own expertise in emerging APC technologies and best practices.

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 5 or more years of combined experience in process engineering/design, process control, and/or advanced process control in refining, petrochemical, manufacturing, or a related industry
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with the following:
  • Travel up to 5% of the time
  • Occasional on-call duties
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet in height
  • Work around chemicals, including acids and bases
  • Work around hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat
  • Work outside in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (such as steel-toe shoes, ear and eye protection)
  • Maintain face daily so that a respirator/face mask can seal properly (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• 7 or more years of combined experience in process engineering/design, process control, and/or advanced process control in refining, petrochemical, manufacturing, or a related industry
• Experience with one or more refinery processes (e.g., crude/vacuum distillation, reforming, hydrotreating, alkylation, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, sulfur plant)
• Experience in process design and modeling, especially dynamic modeling
• Knowledge and experience with process control techniques, including basic and advanced control design
• APC implementation and/or maintenance experience using Honeywell’s Forge APC or equivalent multivariable control technology
• Experience with the Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS) platform
• Experience leading small or medium process control or APC projects from design through startup
• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Strong commitment to safe work practices and ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across disciplines and mentor less experienced engineers
• Demonstrated desire to learn, strengthen and build skills, and keep up with APC technology, industry standards, and codes

Compensation Range

This position has a base salary range of $141,300 - $172,000.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Billings Refinery is located in Billings, Montana. Its facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. The refinery processes a mixture of Canadian heavy, high-sulfur crude oil delivered by pipeline, and domestic crude oil delivered by truck. With the startup of a new vacuum distillation unit in 2017, the refinery has 100 percent heavy crude processing capability. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels and petroleum coke. Finished petroleum products are distributed by pipeline, rail car and truck. Pipelines transport most of the refined products to markets in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Washington.

Benefits

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards. Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer