Process Automation Engineer – DCS & Continuous Operations
You join an independent, innovation-driven engineering firm that delivers 24/7 production stability for Fortune-500 manufacturers—yet keeps a lean, collaborative culture. Your mandate: translate process know-how into scalable DCS architectures that push throughput, shrink downtime, and exceed ISA-18.2 alarm benchmarks. Remote work is possible; periodic on-site commissioning travel (≤ 20 %) keeps you close to the field realities.
Responsibilities
- Configure, test, and deploy DCS platforms—Emerson DeltaV, Honeywell Experion, Siemens PCS 7—within greenfield and retrofit projects.
- Develop and document control narratives, cause-and-effect matrices, and operator graphics that bring reactors, distillation columns, and utility systems under tight control.
- Tune advanced regulatory loops; implement model-predictive or AspenTech APC layers to drive yield and energy efficiency.
- Curate alarm philosophy, perform rationalization workshops, and program dynamic alarm shelving to cut nuisance rates by 60 %+.
- Lead Safety Instrumented System (SIS) design reviews; verify SIL calculations, proof-test intervals, and voting logic meet IEC 61511.
- Produce and maintain P&IDs, loop sheets, I/O lists, and instrument data sheets; specify pressure, flow, level, and temperature devices for harsh-service environments.
- Mentor junior controls engineers; create reusable code libraries that trim future project hours by double digits.
- Collaborate with operations and IT–OT cybersecurity teams to harden networks, apply least-privilege access, and deploy redundant controllers for 99.95 % availability.
Your Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s or higher in Chemical, Electrical, or Control Engineering.
- 5+ years configuring DeltaV, Experion, or PCS 7 in continuous-process industries.
- Solid grasp of process control theory, PID tuning, and feedforward-ratio strategies.
- Proven record reducing alarm floods, implementing ISA TR18.2 methodologies, and authoring MOC documentation.
- Proficiency interpreting PFDs/P&IDs and selecting smart transmitters, control valves, and analyzers (HART, Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus).
- Working knowledge of SIS lifecycle, LOPA studies, and cause-and-effect diagrams.
- Fluency with AspenTech, AutoCAD P&ID, and version-controlled code repositories (Git or equivalent).
- Strong communication skills—able to explain loop tuning to operators and SIL verification to executives.
- US work authorization required.
Why This Opportunity
– Influence multi-million-dollar capital projects from design to startup.
– Access a peer network of seasoned control specialists and a budget for DeltaV and ISA certifications.
– Flexible remote schedule, modern toolset, and a culture that prizes experimentation…yet never compromises on safety.