Process Controls Engineer; Automation - Atlanta, GA

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

• Collaborate with site personnel and key technical resources to provide process control engineering services.
• Define, plan, lead and execute key non-capital and capital assignments.
• Provide insights and expertise from analysis of batch and continuous process operating data, hands‑on troubleshooting, and interaction with operations, maintenance, engineering, or R&D personnel.
• Develop disciplined work practices for configuration of logic and graphical interfaces.
• Support automated systems, configure interfaces, ensure compliance with standard practices, write and perform verification/validation protocols.
• Assist with the development and management of the lifecycle for process control system hardware and software.
• Assist IT/OT team with infrastructure services.
• Participate in incident response, review and root cause analysis.
• Participate in management of change.
• Collaborate with internal and external engineering or operating personnel to prepare preliminary or detailed project packages for funding submission or construction.
• Select preferred equipment or contract services through bid analysis.
• Provide peer review.
• Provide subject matter expertise across multiple technology platforms for base process control systems and functional safety (Rockwell, Honeywell, and Emerson).
• Lead commissioning and start‑up of automated systems for batch and continuous operations.
• Build capability in self and in others through assigned work and training.
• Optimize batch recipes and operation sequences to support productivity initiatives.
• Ensure successful delivery of process control project assignments.
• Complete regular status reporting and work prioritization.

• Engineering Science degree or equivalent education or training and 5 years experience in Chemical Process Industries as a process control engineer.
• Strong working knowledge of industrial automation networks and communication protocols and demonstrated application of batch recipe design and implementation.
• Strong working knowledge of power distribution and instrumentation used in the chemical process industry.
• Demonstrated success in design and application of automated procedures and visualization of process data for both operators of equipment and leaders in manufacturing, maintenance and engineering.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Aveva PI.
• Knowledge of current Microsoft tools, including database structures and SharePoint.
• Knowledge of SAP.
• Willing to travel between 35-40%.

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.