DCS Engineer

Full Time
Lakeside, VA
$74,753 - $135,066 a year
Posted
Job description

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership and technical support for ensuring that all the control applications used in the plant are fully aligned with the manufacturing strategies. This support encompasses all BPCS and advanced applications
  • Support all operators and other resources in manufacturing to make full use of them, that is, that Distributed Control System applications are exploited to the extent that the technology allows and plant production, economic results, and operational goals are optimal and remain optimal over time.
  • Support capital project process from development of Automation scope and cost estimates for funding approval through to management of resources during project execution and commissioning.
  • Planning and implementation of short-term and long-term work activities for Process Variability Reduction (PVR) activities and for optimization of production processes through use of process control technology.
  • Preparation and use of appropriate processes, systems and applications for identification of variability and for achieving variability reduction in all plant operational areas.
  • Use of appropriate processes, systems and applications for optimization of production in all plant operational areas through use of process control technology.
  • Use of standard practices for process control performance and variability reduction (Standard Manufacturing Practices, etc.)
  • Planning and execution of short-term and long-term activities required to effectively use advanced control applications in the manufacturing plants - includes hands-on work on selection, design, configuration, performance measurement, upgrades, troubleshooting and optimization.
  • Use of standards for the process control matters under his/her responsibility.
  • Supply of technical support for the technologies under her/his responsibility.
  • Support of daily activities that involve PVR and advanced applications across the plant.
  • Design, use, update, and maintenance of technical documentation required for all PVR and advanced control applications.
  • Participation in team building, complying with team principles, norms and expectations and keeping personal skill base up-to-date.

Qualifications

asic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering or related field
  • 2+ years’ experience of chemical manufacturing processes, and process troubleshooting.

2+ years’ experience of Distributed Control System experience

  • Command of process control theory and practice: process dynamics, transfer function models, dynamic simulation, control algorithm selection, loop tuning, time series analysis, variability determination and reduction of variability through use of control.
  • Experience with Experion and/or Foxboro IA/EVO BPCS
  • Knowledge of human factors in automation
  • Leadership skills
  • Planning and problem solving
  • Communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to integrate well across multiple disciplines

Additional Qualifications:

  • 5+ years experience Distributer Control Systems knowledge (DCS, networking, etc.) desired
  • 5+ years’ experience of chemical manufacturing processes, and process troubleshooting desired
  • Maintenance, administration and maintenance of manufacturing computer systems (DCS, HMI, Network devices, etc.)
  • Knowledge of Honeywell Control Performance Monitor application
  • Knowledge of Honeywell DynAMo Alarm Management applications
  • Knowledge of Honeywell Profit Suite and Aspen DMC3 APC applications
  • Knowledge of Honeywell Uniformance PHD and Uniformance Process Studio applications
  • Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $74,753.43 - $135,065.89 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift

Work Location: On the road

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