Control Systems Engineer​/Technologist; Centennial

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Date: 26 Aug 2026

Location: Centennial, CO, US, 80112

Company: Orica

This is an opportunity for an automation professional who enjoys solving complex technical problems, improving plant reliability, and influencing the future of industrial control systems. You'll work with Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), instrumentation, historian platforms, and manufacturing technologies while partnering with engineering teams across North America and globally.

Whether you're troubleshooting critical production systems, leading improvements in functional safety, or supporting major capital projects, your work will have a direct impact on operational performance and safety.

If you're passionate about industrial automation, process control, and continuous improvement, we'd like to hear from you.

Work on Complex, High-Impact Systems

You’ll be responsible for supporting and improving automation systems across a network of manufacturing facilities, giving you exposure to a wide variety of control architecture, technologies, and operational challenges.

Expand Your Technical Expertise

Collaborate with automation, engineering, asset management, and functional safety experts across North America and globally. Participate in Orica's DCS Engineering Community of Practice to share best practices and drive innovation.

Make a Difference

At Orica, safety and reliability are at the core of everything we do. You'll play a critical role in maintaining and improving systems that help ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable operations.

• Serve as a subject matter expert for DCS, SIS, and industrial instrumentation systems.
• Support functional safety programs and act as the Manufacturing Centre Responsible Engineer for SIS.
• Ensure Safety Instrumented Systems meet defined SIL requirements through testing, verification, and ongoing performance monitoring.
• Lead technical reviews of Management of Change (MOC) proposals relating to control and safety systems.
• Provide technical support for production, maintenance, projects, analytics, supply chain, and operational teams.
• Develop and maintain control system documentation, control philosophies, trip logic, loop drawings, and DCS programming.
• Support plant historian systems, data integrity, and backup strategies.
• Partner with site and project teams to identify reliability improvements and automation opportunities.
• Collaborate with global experts to standardize best practices and advance automation capabilities across the business.

• 3+ years of experience supporting industrial automation, process control, or instrumentation systems.
• Experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS), PLCs, HMI/SCADA systems, or Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in a manufacturing or process industry environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and operational stakeholders.

• Experience supporting chemical, mining, manufacturing, energy, industrial process, or heavy industrial operations.
• Knowledge of functional safety principles, SIL verification, and SIS lifecycle management.
• Experience with industrial networking, historians, and process instrumentation.
• Understanding of Management of Change (MOC) processes and engineering standards.
• Individual contributor with no direct reports
• Must be open to reporting to the Centennial office at least three days a week
• Ability to travel up to 50% throughout the US and Canada

As part of a truly global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career paths and support the development of your knowledge and skills.

You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and be able to thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite…