Senior Corporate Process Control and Instrument Lead

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.   

 

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders.  Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.  

 

This is a position in the rapidly developing Nitrogen Real-time Operations Center (“NROC”) in Loveland, CO – a centralized group of technical subject matter experts using advanced technologies to assist production facilities address complex, high-value opportunities and improve operational performance. 

 

Reporting to the Sr Director, Operational Integrity, the NROC Process control and instrument lead is responsible for remote monitoring of Nutrien’s 10 Nitrogen facilities. This person will collaborate with other technical experts and site personnel to develop strategies for improving plant safety, reliability, and profitability through improved process control. 

 

This position is located in Loveland, Colorado and is not eligible for remote work.

 

What you will do:  

• Develop and execute a value-driven, real-time monitoring and optimization program for process control that includes but not limited to control strategies, alarm management, instrumentation, analyzers, final control elements, as well as PLCs and DCS systems in general, for 10 Nitrogen facilities across North America and Trinidad. 

 

• Improve the safety, reliability and increase production of Nutrien’s 13 ammonia plants, 8 urea plants, 6 nitric acid plants, and downstream units by improving the above aspects of process control.  

 

• Work closely with site personnel to identify process control improvement opportunities that start with basic control improvements (controller performance of PID loops, instrumentations, control valve and analyzers, etc.) and include further improvements such as advanced automation and advance processes control (APC).   

 

• Work with analytics and other technology professionals to evaluate, implement, and optimize advanced monitoring algorithms to ensure quality monitoring programmonitoring of all critical process control aspects. 

 

• Develop systems to identify potential problems or reliability issues within process control before they result in a plant failure resulting in lost production.  

 

• Drive standardization / digitization of control documentation on control systems, loop drawing, control narratives, cause-effect drawings, etc. at all Nitrogen facilities. 

 

• Work closely with other technical professionals to provide support to local teams for troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. 

 

• Evaluating the performance of control systems and making recommendations for improvements 

 

• Keeping up to date with the latest advancements in process control technology and industry trends 

 

• Monitor critical motors using current signature analysis and partial discharge monitoring 

 

• Monitor protective electrical relay health, relay trips and power quality.  

 

What you will bring: 

 

• Chemical or Electrical Engineering degree, or other related designation 

 

• 5-10  years of experience in world scale nitrogen fertilizer facility or chemical / refinery facilities 

 

• Background with instrumentation and control with hands-on experience in controller tuning, control strategy design, implementation, and troubleshooting. 

 

• Experience with ammonia, hydrogen, ethylene, and/or methanol plants is preferred