Senior Process Controls Engineer (ED)

Location

North America | Canada

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Job Description and Qualifications

Senior Process Controls Engineer

Air Products Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Products and Chemicals Inc., has manufacturing and distribution operations in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta. Air Products core industrial gas business provides atmospheric and process gases serving a variety of customers in 50+ countries, including refining, chemical, gasification, metals, electronics, manufacturing, food and beverage, welding, and healthcare.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD), a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases, has an immediate opening for a Process Controls Engineer in the general Edmonton area . We offer flexible remote/onsite work accommodations. Travel is within driving distance predominately to our facilities in the Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan area.

Reimagine What’s Possible

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse, and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Process Control Engineers work closely with our operating facilities as the authorities in DCS and PLC automation system design and support. They provide mentorship on instrumentation and control devices, to keep our plants operating safely and providing product to our customers. The individual will work closely with regional process controls engineers, plant process engineers, area managers, site supervisors and operating staff.

They will work on industrial process control systems in support of capital projects, standard processes, plant production initiatives and reliability improvement efforts.

Responsibilities:

The primary role of this position:

• Support control system troubleshooting and upset investigations.
• Identifies, complete, and supports improvement projects related to the DCS & SIS systems.
• Responsible for the long-term planning and support of the control systems under their care with respect to programming, preventive maintenance, and migration.
• Implements changes to the control logic, HMI, database, documentation of these changes.
• Aligns with local I&E technicians, providing support and be involved with instrument related fixing.
• Contribute to the improvement and optimization of existing assets, addressing instrumentation and automation system obsolescence issues.
• Meet organizational goals for safety. Drives improvements in plant reliability, cyber security, cost reduction initiatives.

Qualifications:

• BS degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• 3+ years of experience in process automation systems and/or instrumentation engineering.
• OR
• Associate degree or equivalent military training and a minimum of 10 years of controls systems experience.

Desired Skills:

• Valid Professional Engineer (PE) designation from APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta) preferred not required.
• Hands-on knowledge of control systems (DCS/PLC).
• General knowledge of field instrumentation, including valves and transmitters.
• Proficiency with concepts related to level, temperature, pressure, and flow measurement.
• Fundamental understanding of computer networks.
• General knowledge of Cyber Security implementation as relates to Industrial Control Systems.
• General knowledge of Safety Instrumented Systems as applicable to Mechanical Integrity.
• Process knowledge relating to HyCO plant operations.

Continue building your technical career by applying today at Air Products.

Air Products offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays/vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans!

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview, or are currently employed by Air Products, will be contacted.

Due to Canadian Immigration regulations, we are only able to consider applications from Canadian citizens or other individuals legally entitled to work in Canada.

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