Process Control Engineer​/Specialist

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Flint Hills Resources (Koch) is seeking a Process Control Engineer/Specialist to join our Corpus Christi refinery team. In this role, you will design and implement process control strategies that optimize refinery performance, improve reliability, and enhance operator effectiveness. You will have the opportunity to contribute to and lead high‑impact solutions that drive measurable business value.

At Flint Hills Resources, we are entrepreneurs. We openly challenge the status quo and find new ways to create value. Process control plays a critical role in ensuring our refinery runs optimized, at constraints, defect‑free, and automatically.

As a Process Control Engineer/Specialist, you will play a key role in advancing this capability, with a primary focus on DCS‑based controls, automation, and system optimization.

We recognize the value of experience and expertise. As such, the salary for this position will be commensurate with the candidate's years of experience and demonstrated skills.

• Design, implement, and optimize regulatory control strategies (PID, cascade, feed forward) and DCS‑based model predictive controls
• Identify and execute opportunities to improve unit performance, reliability, and constraint management
• Partner with Operations to ensure process control applications deliver sustained value and high uptime
• Troubleshoot complex process control and plant stability issues to improve overall performance
• Develop and scale Procedure Automation applications to enhance operator efficiency and consistency
• Provide ongoing support, tuning, and optimization for process control systems
• Contribute to capital projects by providing process control expertise and technical input
• Collaborate across Koch companies through knowledge networks and technical forums
• Serve as a technical resource and, based on experience, mentor and elevate team capability

• Experience in process control within refining, petrochemical, or similar industrial environments
• Engineering degree or equivalent process control/automation experience
• Knowledge of process troubleshooting, plant stability, and control tuning

• Significant experience applying process control in complex refining or petrochemical systems
• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing advanced regulatory or model predictive controls
• Experience with Procedure Automation or sequencing applications
• Experience with Emerson DeltaV or similar DCS platforms
• Demonstrated ability to identify and drive opportunities that improve operational or business performance
• Experience mentoring or developing other engineers
• Knowledge of ISA 18.2 alarm management concepts
• Experience with coding, analytics, or data tools (e.g., Python)

This role is subject to the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) rule and requires the successful candidate to obtain a TWIC identification badge, allowing for un‑escorted access to the facility within a specific time period.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please  for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information , aqui, or tu).