Process Controls Engineer/Specialist

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Purpose/Introduction

Chevron Phillips Chemical is seeking a Process Controls Engineer/Specialist to join the Research and Technology team at the Research and Technology Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.  The Process Controls Engineer/Specialist is responsible for managing the DCS architecture, control procedures, and documentation of system standards. The Process Controls Engineer/Specialist works with pilot plant personnel and lab personnel to improve existing control systems and develop new systems.   This role provides the opportunity to share technical knowledge, working in a collaborative environment for technical solutions.  #HPCP

 

Responsibilities

• Promotes team safety goals
• Troubleshoots control related issues that impact operations
• Reviews and manages the documentation of system standards, control procedures, and DCS architecture, and complex control schemes 
• Supports capital and/or expense projects with developing the controls/DCS scope of work.
• Develops new control applications using emerging technologies
• Manages process control projects and provides control designs
• Provides instructions for training on control subjects 
• Participates in hazard analysis studies, corrective action implementation, and on-going alarm management activities

Responsibilities (continued)

• Drives continuous improvement efforts
• Participates in Management of Change (MOC) process
• Designs and implements DCS software and hardware changes on control systems
• Acts as a technical consultant to contract engineering firms and plant staff for equipment and control system changes
• Works with the IT/ICS group on cybersecurity initiatives 
• Sets up data collection to the DeltaV historian and sitewide PI historian
• Coordinates Alarm Management with Operations
• Coordinates with Operations and EHS on the design, maintenance, and testing of the IPS system

Required Qualifications

• BS degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering with at least 3 years of experience in manufacturing or research processes OR an Associate Degree in Instrumentation or Process Technology with at least 10 years of manufacturing or research process experience
• Experience in regulatory control scheme design and implementation
• Proficient in reading and understanding design documents such as P&IDs, instrument loop drawings, and schematics
• Ability to work well with others to accomplish objectives
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DeltaV
• Loop Tuning experience
• Experience working within a PSM facility
• Familiar with virtual systems
• Familiar with Operations Technology (OT)

 

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