Advanced Process Control Engineer

Company

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

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Advanced Process Control Engineer

$142,860 - $178,570 (commensurate with experience)

Alvin, Texas

The Olefins & Polymers USA division of INEOS is one of the largest producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America. From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou and the Battleground Manufacturing Complex, it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $4B.

The Chocolate Bayou Site is located in southeastern Texas about 40 miles south of Houston and consists of two olefins units that produce approximately 4bn pounds/year of ethylene, 2 polypropylene units that produce approximately 1B pounds/year of polypropylene, and the light ends storage & transfer facilities at stratton ridge.

This APC Engineer role is part of the Process Control and Operational Technology (OT) group reporting to the Technology Manager for the site. The Advanced Process Control Engineer is responsible for providing process control expertise and support to the olefins and polypropylene processes at the Chocolate Bayou site. The incumbent will be involved in the development, implementation and troubleshooting of (advanced) process control applications across the site.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Troubleshooting and support of existing APC applications using DMC (Aspen Tech) and Process Perfecter (Pavilion/Rockwell)
• Develop and implement new APC applications
• Provide advanced process control documentation and training to operations and technical staff

The position will also participate in the evaluation and development phases of process control support projects such as alarm management, control loop monitoring and new control technologies.

• Demonstrates Safety Leadership through the promotion of the INEOS 20 Safety Principles.
• Strive to improve the safety and environmental performance of the units.
• Maintain and continuously improve current DMC applications in both Olefins units and Pavilion application in both PP units (this includes activities such as control loop tuning, model identification through plant step tests, DMC tuning).
• Issue monthly report with Key Performance Indicators (KPI) of current DMC applications.
• Interface with Operations personnel to ensure their needs are being met.
• Ensure proper documentation and operator training.
• Coordinate with OT group the DMC/Pavilion server maintenance (backup, security patches, etc.) to ensure high reliability of the APC applications.
• Identify possible new APC applications to improve operations. Estimate cost and benefits of each of them in collaboration with operation personnel.
• Stays abreast of industry best practices in area of specialty.
• Being aware of developments in process control and APC capability and identifying new improvement opportunities for the site.
• Support alarm management and basic loop tuning in collaboration with operations and process control engineers.

• Undergraduate degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering or related field
• Advanced degree in a related field preferred.
• The individual will have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in chemical, refining or industrial manufacturing and/or capital projects with prior responsibility for and familiarity with DCS functions and applications and preferably with previous APC experience.

• Creating a culture that drives incident-free operations
• Experience and knowledge of chemical/maintenance operations and regulation.
• Experience and knowledge of process control methods and techniques.
• Experience and knowledge of APC methods and techniques and preferably with DMC (Aspentech) and/or Process Perfecter (Pavilion)
• Experience and knowledge of DCS infrastructure. Honeywell training and experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated cost saving initiatives and overall equipment life cycle cost management.
• Knowledge of safety and quality management systems
• Skills in data handling,…