Location
Pasadena, TX | United States
Job description
We are seeking an Automation Engineer to join our team in Pasadena, TX. If this sounds like you, please read on!
- Title: Automation Engineer (open to junior - senior candidates)
- Location : Onsite in Pasadena, TX
- Salary: Depends on education/experience but ranges from $130k - $150k+
- Skills: Honeywell TD3-- OR Experion OR Emerson DeltaV systems OR DCS experience required
You will provide control system support for the continuous manufacture of quality high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and specialty fluids at a high rate of production and minimum cost, consistent with high standards of quality, safety, housekeeping, and good employee relations.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform complex work assignments requiring considerable technical expertise
- Contribute to continuous improvement by offering suggestions for long-term solutions to minimize costs, improve reliability, and improve loss control performance
- Position is in a chemical processing facility and requires overtime to meet plant needs, including alternative shifts as needed to meet facility needs
- Complete all assigned training by deadline
- Understand and follow all lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) and other health, safety, and environmental requirements necessary to achieve plant loss control objectives. This includes the use of loss control software for loss control reporting and communication to management of potentially hazardous conditions or practices.
Operational Responsibilities
- Designs, implements, and maintains all process automation systems on site.
- Independently troubleshoot and solve control issues
- Stay current on new technology and identify new applications to implement.
- Develop new routines and methods to implement new technology
- Develop business case for new technology
- Manage projects that affect APC/DCS applications developed by outside resources
- Develop and modify operator interfaces as needed
- Plan and execute testing as needed
- Train operations staff on new technology and new applications
- Lead the start-up, commissioning and tuning of new applications
- Gathers, selects, analyzes, and interprets data to understand the impact of changes on the Advanced Process Control (APC) system, distributive control systems (DCS) and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), specifically the potentials for domino effect problems, loss of view, loss of control, incorrect logic, and the interconnected nature of the system
- Assist contract DCS programmers, as needed, for larger projects
- This position is the site automation engineer for both Emerson and Honeywell Distributive Control Systems
Maintenance Responsibilities
- Maintain DCS, ESD, SIS, and PLC systems
- Perform hardware and software updates for automation systems while on-line
- Install, set-up, upgrade, and edit program logic control (PLC) statements without bringing system down
- Set-up new equipment and change how equipment is viewed on the DCS
- Investigate, repair, and provide preventative maintenance on plant APC, DCS, SIS, and PLC hardware and software
- Guide instrument technicians and electricians in the field to identify equipment malfunctions
- Partner with engineers to program alarms and operational limits
- Partner with capital support for new APC and DCS installations
- Interpret and follow our guidelines for industrial control system security
- Build various density, pressure, temperature, flow, auto/manual, valve position trends
- Maintain documentation, instructions, and procedures
- Participate in functional acceptance testing of APC and DCS applications
- Manage vendor testing to ensure operating to Company specifications
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering (other engineering/technical degrees will be considered depending on experience).
- 5 or more years manufacturing experience in instrumentation or IT
- 2 or more years Advanced Process Control experience
- 2 or more years’ experience with Honeywell TDC300 and Experion or Emerson DeltaV systems
- Computer proficient: Windows 10, Server 2016, MS Office, SAP
Benefits - Stable and growing company
- Growth Opportunity
- Competitive compensation & Benefits
In Conclusion
Please APPLY FIRST, then provide the following to get the ball rolling:
- Email me your updated resume
- Salary requirements (a range preferably)
- Interview availability this week and next week, for initial screening, time zones included
My email is [email protected]
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred Skills
Emerson
DeltaV
Honeywell TD3--
Job tags
Salary
$130k - $155k
