Process Control System Specialist

Portfolio Business: CP Kelco 

CP Kelco is a leading producer of specialty ingredients which are added to improve texture, consistency, and stability in food, pharmaceutical and industrial products. Our products are derived from renewable raw materials found in nature for use in jam, fruit and milk drinks, confectionery products as well as industrial applications. We work across the whole value chain from natural raw materials to customers’ end products. CP Kelco is part of the JM Huber Corporation, one of the largest privately held, family owned companies in the United States.  With approximately $3 billion in sales and 4,000 employees worldwide, we have a combined material presence in more than 20 countries.

Position Summary

The Process Control Systems Specialist, as part of the Project Engineering department at the CP Kelco Okmulgee facility, will interface with a diverse team of personnel such as manufacturing plant operations and technical/engineering (Safety, Instrumentation, manufacturing process experts, applications engineers, etc.), to maintain a variety of process control systems including Emerson Delta V, Allen Bradley PLC, GE Fanuc and Windows based workstations and servers. 

Experience of at least 3 years in a professional setting maintaining a process control system or a Windows based network of workstations and/or servers is a minimum requirement to be considered for this position.

 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Confers with operators, supervisors and engineers to elicit known requirements of the business and suggests previously unconsidered improvements for evaluation.
• Meets with engineering team to define and implement process control and instrumentation projects.
• Provide technical and operational expertise for the day-to-day support of the process control systems and infrastructure
• Interface with vendors and area personnel to assist in purchasing and deployment of solutions.
• Interface with outside consultants, engineering, company process control specialists, and area personnel to coordinate development and deployment of custom solutions.
• Troubleshoot control systems hardware and software failures for Delta V and Microsoft systems
• Participate in projects to replace servers, develop new networks, and improve control system sustainability

Specialized/Technical Knowledge or Required Skills

• Applicant must be a self-starter with excellent troubleshooting skills required to be on call to provide plant support during off hours and weekends. Project startup and optimization experience required.

• A working knowledge of OPC, and Pi data historian.

• Knowledge and demonstrated ability to use and troubleshoot at least one of the following areas of process control and associated computing systems: Allen Bradley PLCs, Delta V DCS, OSI PI, Microsoft Windows Servers (2016, 2018, 10), VMware/virtual machines, TCP/IP-based network switches and routers (e.g. Cisco or equivalent).

Physical Requirements

Key Competencies

Summary

Education

Associates in Computer Science or Electronics

Total Rewards

J.M. Huber Corporation complies with all local/state regulations requiring salary range transparency.

Any offered salary is determined based on relevant factors such as an applicant's skills, performance, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience,