Senior Advanced Process Control Engineer
Company: INEOS Aromatics
Location: Naperville
Posted on: August 2, 2022
Job Description:
INEOS AromaticsVisit YouTube to watch a short introduction to
INEOS Aromatics.INEOS Aromatics is a global chemical manufacturing
company that produces products the polyester industry uses to make
many of the things we use in our daily lives, such as clothes,
carpets, furniture, automotive parts and food packaging.We employ
1,300 employees in sites in the United States, United Kingdom,
Mainland China, Belgium, Indonesia and Taiwan, with annual sales of
$4 billion. Our diverse team of engineers, scientists and business
professionals is dedicated to discovering solutions to some of the
world's biggest challenges. For example, learn more about the
potentially game-changing plastic recycling technology, Infinia, we
are developing in Illinois.We care about how we deliver these
essential products to the world. Our business has been proud to
lead the global polyester industry towards a more sustainable
future for some time. Above everything, the safety, reliability and
excellence of our operations is fundamental to what we do. We are
looking for people who share our passion for excellence,
collaboration and innovation. In return for your excellent skills
and abilities, we offer a competitive benefits package including:
health, dental & vision insurance, 401K match (up to 9%), STD/LTD,
paid dependent care days, Life Insurance/Accidental Death and
Dismemberment, 9 paid holidays, 2 personal days and paid
vacation.INEOS Aromatics is part of INEOS, formed in 1998 and
already one of the world's most successful companies, with an
annual turnover of over $60 billion and 25,000 employees - over
5,000 of them in the US. INEOS is also one of the safest
manufacturing companies in the world, nothing is more important to
us.Job Title:Senior Advanced Process Control EngineerRole
synopsis:The role of the Senior Advanced Process Control Engineer
is to apply deep process control expertise to Turn-Arounds, capital
projects and licensing during design and implementation; and to
design implement and optimize advanced process control
installations.The purpose of this role is to improve and sustain
process safety and availability of INEOS Aromatics sites and to
deliver license design commitments. This requires a blend of deep
expertise in the areas of complex controls, automated sequence,
process interlock logic and safety instrumented systems, regular
interface with site engineers, rigorous change management as well
as relationship management with stakeholders, vendors, and 3rd
party consultants. Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Technical Leadershipo Provide HSSE leadership and process
control insight for Root Cause and Failure Analysis (RCFA), Process
Hazard Analysis (PHA), Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) reviews,
Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), and in Functional Safety
Assessments (FSAs).o Lead Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and Safety
Instrumented System (SIS) design reviews and site assurance.o Work
with site process control and instrumentation engineers and vendors
to design controls, instrumentation, and DCS infrastructure.o
Provide optimization engineering support and coordination of
maintenance activities for deployed advance process control
systems.o Demonstrate capability to influence without direct
authority.o Work effectively with partners and contractors in
pursuit of efforts on the projects and assets they support.o
Identify, document, and share successful process control practices
between manufacturing sites and drive continuous improvement in
process safety and availability.
- Expertise process control, advance process control, and
instrumentationo Self-motivated process control and advanced
process control practitioner.o The work includes engineering
design, maintenance, trouble-shooting, performance analysis and
delivery of improvement initiatives - for applications control
loops and automation (basic, regulatory, supervisory, and advanced
and optimization), within the Distributed Control System (DCS)
software platform, interfacing application layers, and/or Operator
Interface displays.o Implement and sustain base and advanced
control, including multi-variable constraint control,
model-predictive control, and optimization applications in a
manufacturing context.o Provide advice and assistance to plants in
all aspects of modern control system design and operation, advanced
control and regulatory process controls, operator interfaces, and
alarm management.o Provide process control, automation, and safety
instrumented system expertise during all project stages from design
through commissioning for new unit designs, existing site revamps,
and license projects. Own the process control aspects of the
licensing manual.
- Communications and Relationshipso Collaborate with internal and
external technical experts.o As Process Controls Champion, grow
site process control capability and enable utilization of control
schemeso Develop networks with other process control, advance
process control and SIS experts across INEOS Aromatics, INEOS Group
and industry.o Manages key relationships with digital suppliers and
vendors to provide and maintain fit-for purpose technical
solutions. Skills & Knowledge Required: Education/Experience:
- A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
/Process Automation / Process Control and Instrumentation or
equivalent.
- 10 plus years of refining, petrochemical, or manufacturing
Process Control engineering experience.
- Experience with DCS/automation systems and control application
engineering.
- Strong understanding of system integration and modern DCS/SIS
architecture. Technical Skills:
- Process Control experience including participation in control
strategy development/implementation, control system
modification/upgrade, and safety systems.
- Experience in managing engineering projects involving multiple
software packages from different vendors is a desirable
- Understanding of chemical engineering principles: Heat and
Material Balances; Temperature, Pressure, Flow and Analyzer
Sensors/Measurements.
- Understanding of unit operations (e.g. Distillation and other
towers), reaction engineering, and equipment (Pumps, Compressors,
Heat Exchangers, Furnaces/Fired-Heaters, Reactors).
- Experience in basic and advanced Process Control Application
Technology, including:
- Familiarity with DCS software and hardware platforms from major
vendors (Honeywell, Yokogawa, Emerson, etc.) or equivalent,
- Understanding of the fundamental principles of process dynamics
and feedback control within a petrochemical plant with continuous
and batch operations,
- Ability to design, build, troubleshoot and tune base regulatory
control loops and automated sequences as well as advanced control
applications within the DCS and as separate applications,
- Able to design, build and modify operator console graphics,
displays Control Strategy, Sequence programming and Interlock
within the DCS.
- High understanding of related support crafts in engineering and
maintenance teams (systems, instruments, analyzers, etc.) to enable
working on solutions as a team. Behavioral Skills:
- Safety champion
- People management skills (leadership, networking and
influencing)
- Strong bias for action to identify potential problems and
co-ordinate their resolution before they become an issue
- Ability to communicate technical matters (upward, lateral, and
downward) and build strong collaborative work relationships with
all levels of the business.
- Ability to manage work priorities to deliver safe, reliable,
competitive operating performance in a demanding work
environment,
- Experience building capability and managing change at
manufacturing sites and within technical teams.Legal Disclaimer:If
you are selected for a position in the United States, your
employment will be contingent upon submission to and successful
completion of a post-offer/pre-placement drug test (and alcohol
screening/medical examination if required by the role) as well as
pre-placement verification of the information and qualifications
provided during the selection process. Safety remains and always
will be our number one priority in INEOS. Our US locations now
require all new hires to provide one of the following as a
condition of employment:
- Proof of Covid-19 vaccination, or
- Willingness to obtain the vaccine before hire date (under this
option, proof of vaccination is a condition to any offer of
employment and must be provided prior to commencement of
employment), or
- Validation of your religious or medical exemptionINEOS is an
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, religion,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age,
disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of
discrimination.
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