Company:

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

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Job title: Process Control Engineer

Location:Alvin, Texas

Salary Range: $83,907 - $120,088 Commensurate with Relevant Job Experience

Organizational Context and Job Purpose

The Olefins & Polymers USA division of INEOS is one of the largest producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America. From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou and the Battleground Manufacturing Complex, it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $4b.

The Chocolate Bayou Site is located in Southeastern Texas about 40 miles South of Houston and consists of two Olefins units that produce approximately 4bn pounds/year of ethylene, 2 Polypropylene units that produce approximately 1bn pounds/ year of polypropylene, and the Light Ends storage & transfer facilities at Stratton Ridge.

The Chocolate Bayou site has an immediate opening for a highly motivated and skilled Process Control Engineer. This position will provide technical leadership in pursuit of INEOS and site goals by working to support the Olefins C3 operations group and resource team at the Chocolate Bayou Olefins units.

How the Role Fits In

The process control engineer will be responsible to support day-to-day operation of the Distributed Control System (DCS) to optimize and enable safe operation of the assets. This position is a member of the C3 Resource Team in support of both Olefins 1 and Olefins 2, with a focus on Olefins 1. In this responsibility the process control engineer will interface with a multidiscipline team in order to support control applications and technologies in the C3’s area.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

The position is accountable for understanding and putting into practice the INEOS 20 Principles. Additionally, this position has a special responsibility to cascade the understanding of these principles throughout their work group.

Provide day-to-day process control support for both Olefins units with a focus on Olefins 1 (C3 area); which includes preparation and support for unit shutdowns, turnarounds, and start-ups.
- Troubleshoot process, process alarm, DCS and process control network issues
- Root Cause Failure Analysis
- Regulatory and advanced control loop tuning
- Control strategy improvement
- Daily process performance monitoring (e.g. quality, energy, stability, reliability, etc.)
- Daily DCS and process control network performance monitoring (e.g. PCN, OPC, etc.)
Provide a leadership role in developing and improving process control applications and optimization technology
- Identify and champion ways to create value
- Lead implementation of process control improvement projects
Provide guidance for prioritization of DCS projects
Support Capital projects as the process control representative
- I/O assignment and redundancy
- Control philosophy development, design, documentation and implementation
- Support the definition, development and configuration of the process control strategy for projects in the C3’s area
Ensure acquisition and sharing of process control best practices among operating areas in CBW
Participate in process control network troubleshooting and design
Provide process control support for the PSM process
- Participate in HAZOPs and LOPA studies as needed
- Alarm reduction efforts; participate in documentation and rationalization efforts and implement results through the MOC process
- Understand and provide ownership of Alarm management system
- Participate in the MOC process including leading appropriate MOCs
- Participate in pre-startup safety reviews and lead appropriate PSSRs
- Serve as a resource for Safety Instrumented Systems
- Participate as a team member and lead incident investigations
Lead process control strategy to maintain the Process Safety, SHE Compliance, Alarm Management, and Quality systems for the assets.
Participate in site-wide coverage of DCS issues as necessary.
Identify and champion ways to create value.
- Assess emerging technologies of interest, both within and beyond area of specialization
- Provide analysis of industry trends and vendor capabilities
- Assess emerging trends and their potential value to the C3’s area
- Identify gaps and challenges to achieving reduced operating cost, and overall business optimization

Education and Experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required. The ideal candidate will have experience in the application of Honeywell DCS control technology, will have experience in Olefins, petrochemicals manufacturing processes or similar processes, and will have experience with other multivariable control technologies.

More generally, viable candidates will have a technical degree, will have some specialization in advanced process control, and will have at least five (5) years’ experience supporting unit operations in the field of olefins, polyolefins, or similar process industries.

Key skills and competencies are:

Achievement motivated, striving for a standard of excellence
Client-service oriented, focusing efforts on discovering and meeting needs of internal clients
Expertise in one or more of the following specialties:
- Advanced and multivariable process control
- Real-time optimization
- Honeywell DCS control technology
- Alarm management and operator support systems
- Real-time material balance and yield accounting applications
Impact and influence, able to persuade others to a particular course of action
Teamwork, shares accountability for team results and utilizes interpersonal skills to improve team performance
Analytical and conceptual thinking, able to understand both the details and the underlying systemic issues in order to plan and implement creative and effective solutions to business challenges
Innovative and information seeking, monitors internal and industry trends to identify new opportunities
Listens well
Organizes work effectively and uses available resources
Anticipate problems and adjusts accordingly
Demonstrated ability to manage progress and deliver multiple and competing priorities.

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.