Controls Engineer (Process)

Controls Engineer (Process)

Communicating with project team to refine project scope and requirements.

• Defining software/hardware architecture requirements.
• Developing detailed functional design specifications.
• Configuring DCS, OPC, PLC, and SCADA components.
• Reviewing control panel wiring diagrams.
• Perform factory acceptance testing of hardware and software.
• Assist with the development of the project P&ID’s and operating procedures/training manuals.
• Participate in the hazard review process and other safety evaluations (SIL and Fault Tree Experience a plus).
• Commissioning the complete control system.
• Plant commissioning support, piping and flowsheet checking, performance tests, troubleshooting validation, and plant start-up which includes travel to domestic and international locations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. Chemical Engineering. Other engineering majors considered with applicable experience (Chem a plus, other degrees OK).
• Desired experience would be in new plant engineering with an emphasis on plant operations, startups, and safety.
• Experience in air separation, specialty gases, or petrochemical industries is a plus.
• Substantial recent working experience with Siemens PCS7 System. Experience with ET200SP HA hardware, and Profinet is a plus.
• Experience with Emerson Delta V, Rockwell Automation, Yokogawa, ABB, or Honeywell is a plus.
• Skilled in DCS, PLC, and HMI programming - a key.
• Experience interfacing various control systems to OPC Server applications and communication to other control systems via OPC. Knowledge of general purpose OPC Server applications from Matrikon or OSI PI is desirable.
• Experience integrating control systems with MES, Data Historians, ERP, and other data systems.
• Experience with FDA Validation is a plus.
• Has had primary responsibility for delivering plant control systems on time.
• Working knowledge of electrical design and panel design.
• Working knowledge of process instrumentation and instrument application.
• Has specified and ordered control system components.
• Travel may be required, both domestic and international, including trips to plant sites and equipment fabricators (Estimated at 0-15%/year).