Controls Engineering Supervisor

Description

SUMMARY: The Controls Engineering Supervisor serves as the process control expert and lead for the refinery DCS, SIS platforms, and Operational Technology (OT), overseeing the day-to-day operations of the process control team. This role combines technical leadership with supervisory responsibilities, ensuring that assigned engineers provide exceptional support to the operations and maintenance groups. The supervisor manages capital projects from front-end loading to commissioning and ensures that implemented process control solutions and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) designs are reliable, consistent, and meet Seaboard Energy standards and best practices.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES including the following:

• Lead, mentor, and supervise a team of Controls Engineers, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure high technical standards.
• Maintain and update existing automated systems
• Provide troubleshooting support to I&E group for PID loop tuning and data analysis.
• Provide production support and troubleshooting for changes to equipment configuration and production automation systems.
• Oversee the development of small, medium, and large capital project development activities and coordinates process control and SIS vendor activities for multiple assigned projects
• Responsible for interfacing between project team and site process control personnel for all assigned projects
• Ensure Participation in project PSM activities; MOC, PHA/HAZOP/LOPA, What If, Alarm Rationalization, etc.
• Participate and lead in project process controls FAT, IFAT, SAT and HMI development
• Responsible for delivering process control narrative documentation, creating DCS and SIS I/O assignment and P&
• Coordinate with panel shops to implement designs
• Supervise the development, submission, approval and execution of control panel checkout, unwitnessed and witnessed factory acceptance tests
• Interface with customer representatives to develop and present the overall control system such that it meets the requirements of project contract documents and overall system functionality
• Responsible for the review and approval of SIS documentation (SRS, C&E, testing documents, drawings, etc.) to ensure MPC documentation standards and site practices are being followed and for completing the SIS Functional Safety Assessment (FSA) per ISA 84 requirements for modified or new SIS
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for documenting and communicating site best practices for the DCS and SIS platforms
• Provide production support and troubleshooting for changes to equipment configuration and production automation systems.
• Any other duties as necessarily assigned by management

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 5 years of experience with the IEC
  61511 and ISA 84 SIS standard
• 5+ years' experience as a Controls Engineer performing design, programming, and startup tasks.

• 5+ years’ experience programming Allen-Bradley Logix platform PLC's and Studio
  5000
• 5+ years’ experience with SCADA/HMI software development specifically with Factory Talk View SE for Distributed Applications and Historian

• Strong networking/computer skills, literacy, & proficiency are expected.
• Must possess excellent oral, written, & digital communication skills.
• Must be able to easily interact with other staff & assist in communications with vendors, operations, engineers, & contractors.
• Must possess effective organizational skills for productive tasks and time management that results in effective and efficient work.
• Must regularly undertake self-development (learning) activities to stay technically sharp.

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with fieldbus systems including, Modbus, Foundation Fieldbus, Hart and Ethernet/IP
• Experience with OSIsoft Pi Historian and Pi Vision
• Experience with Schneider Motor Control software including SoMove and Easergy
• Experience with Rockwell Plant Pax PLC code

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Lift 50 lbs occasionally. Must be able to move from place to place to all areas of production. Must be able to wear all safety and production related equipment. The duties of this job require a person to stoop, bend, work from knees, climb ladders and work in high areas up to 130 feet, work in dark…