Our client is an International Chemical Manufacturing company that produces chemical products such as functional resins, foam resin, and synthetic fibers.

Process Control Engineer

• Must have at least three years DCS experience.
• Solutions oriented.
• BS in Chemical Engineering.
• OSI Pi (Process Book, Pi DataLink, System Explorer, Pi Batch, SMT, etc.) required.

Essential Duties:

• Perform programming and troubleshooting of assigned DCS/Systems as needed.
• Propose modifications to DCS/Systems equipment that improve plant performance, safety, or reliability, and reduce costs.
• Develop scope and design of DCS/Systems capital projects and oversee engineering commissioning and startup, assuring on-time completion.
• Support the Digital Transformation initiative by proposing projects, developing scope and risk/benefit analysis, and performing cost and ROI estimates.
• Perform regular system health monitoring checks, including server and workstation hardware integrity, fault LED’s, communications integrity, available memory, time sync, cabinet internals (dust removal), monitor display quality, etc.
• Work with unit process engineers and DCS Manager to develop and maintain DCS interlock lists, DCS training manuals, sequence flowcharts, and How-To documents.
• Assist units in maintenance of DCS/Systems and assist in hardware and software changes as necessary.
• Monitor and address DCS alarms, update alarm surveys, propose fixes, and work with unit engineers to execute action items.
• Develop and maintain a Master Alarm Data Base for all units in accordance with the ISA 18.2 Alarm Management standard.
• Keep up to date in training for system software updates and revisions, and revise training manuals as necessary.
• Monitor DCS system alarms (including Windows event logs) and system performance, and work with system TAC to resolve issues quickly to maintain system reliability.
• Assist DCS/Systems Manager in configuring and maintaining the Pi system, adding/modifying tags and users, adding notifications, troubleshooting issues with Pi, and monitoring system health.
• Review event summaries and monitor logs for DCS manual interventions, and assist unit process engineers in developing DCS solutions to eliminate the interventions if needed.
• Provide DCS training for engineers and board operators.
• Review and audit DCS MOC’s for accuracy, assist engineers in simulations, and double check programming changes.
• Assist the DCS manager in the development of OT cybersecurity policies, procedures, training, and training logs.
• Monitor antivirus scans for unwanted files or potential intrusions, and perform audits of USB ports and GPO enforcement.
• Apply operating system security patch updates and antivirus software definition file updates in a timely manner.
• Perform regular system backups (or monitor automated backups), including trends, event summaries, batch data, and hard drive images, and become proficient in restoring related files as needed.
• Develop and maintain KPI’s, dashboards, statistics, and other metrics to keep DCS Manager informed on DCS system health and performance.
• Meet with DCS Manager weekly and issue progress reports monthly.