Advanced Control & Automation Engineer, Denver or Houston Midstream

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The Advanced Control and Automation (AC&A) Engineer will be responsible for identifying, prioritizing and executing and supporting APC application for multiple gas processing facilities. In addition, the position will help strengthen the Advanced Process Controls Network for Phillips 66 Midstream by developing and using best practices and training the site operators on how to utilize the Advanced Control and Optimization applications. Located in Houston, Texas, this position will report to the Manager – Operations Technology, Automation and Systems within the Midstream Center of Excellence organization. 

 

Responsibilities May Include:

• Partnering with the process engineering and sites operations to identify, develop and execute APC applications
• Responsible for day-to-day maintenance, and benefit sustainment for APC applications at multiple Gas Processing facilities
• Providing consulting services, including training, operations on improving their advanced applications and ensure high utilization
• Developing and implementing best practice standards for increased long-term effectiveness of the APC, multiunit optimization applications and inferential predictor applications
• Traveling to the sites as needed to implement and maintain APC applications
• Assisting in preparing and issuing quarterly and annual progress reports including key performance metrics
• Maintaining, supporting and troubleshooting interface with base process control systems
• Providing consulting services to operations and engineering teams on improving operations and reliability
• Vetting software updates from vendors and assisting sites with software upgrades
• Participating in APC and process control peer reviews as needed

• Helping in the discovery, selection and implementation of new technologies and practices for Advanced Control and Optimization

 

Required Qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license
• 5 or more years of experience in the field of multivariable process control and optimization
• Demonstrated process knowledge in the Natural Gas Cryogenic process
• Experience working with Distributed Control Systems
• Willing and able to travel up to 35% of the time
• Willing and able to be on call
• Willing and able to work extended hours, chich may include evenings, weekends, and holidays

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Chemical Engineering
• Gas Processing knowledge with strong understanding of process units, interactions among process units and business drivers
• Knowledge/experience with process control techniques including basic and advanced control design and tuning on major refinery process units
• Knowledge/experience with leading APC and Optimization software such as Aspen DMC+/DMC3, Honeywell Profit Suite, Aspen GDOT, Schneider Electric ROMEO, and other similar software
• Experience with communications interfaces between APC technology and Distributed Control Systems such AS Schneider Electric Foxboro, Emerson Delta V, Honeywell Experion or similar
• Knowledge/experience with new machine learning tools used for data analytics and process control such as Python and R
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as work as a part of a team
• Trust and respect – must be able to develop and maintain trust within Phillips 66 and with technical partners
• Strong commitment to safe work practices
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills 

 

Midstream

The Phillips 66 Midstream business is a safe, reliable, and trusted provider for the movement, storage, gathering, and processing of liquid or gas energy via pipelines or terminals. We are an industry leader in logistics and operate or manage more than 70,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil from oil fields to refineries and finished products from refineries to storage terminals. We operate 39 terminals that supply finished products to consumer gas stations, as well as crude oil and NGL storage terminals and NGL fractionation facilities. Our capabilities include extensive natural gas gathering and processing operations, enhancing our wellhead-to-market strategy. We also provide the connectivity between the various Phillips 66 business units.

 

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