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Automation & Process Control Engineer

DuPont
DuPont Salary
Wilmington, DE Full Time
POSTED ON 12/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/28/2026
Automation & Process Control Engineer Job Type ExperiencedPostal Code 60481 Wilmington, IllinoisJob Id 246626WLocation Wilmington, Illinois, United States of AmericaCategory ManufacturingPosted On - 12/19/2025 At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. Why Join Us | DuPont Careers Automation & Process Control Engineer is responsible for managing overall area instrumentation, process control systems, and Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) to ensure business needs are met through the appropriate application of systems engineering and maintenance in a chemical facility. Acts as primary resource for all existing automation and Distributed Control System (DCS) equipment and initiatives. Responsibilities: · Support DuPont Core Value initiatives including Safety, Environmental, Process Safety Management (PSM), Ethics and Respectful Workplace. · Provides leadership in automation and process control to ensure 24/7 plant operations are properly configured and supported. · Ensure that field devices, instrumentation systems, communication networks, and interfaces are working properly. · Lead and support projects (cost and capital) involving the application of Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) and any other process control technologies. · Manage and improve the Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) to ensure compliance with corporate standards. · Keep track of engineering changes and update necessary documents utilizing the Management of Change (MOC) process. · Process Automation Engineers devise, build up, mount and keep an eye on instrumentation and control systems that sense, quantify and run functioning processes. · Develops adequate basic data for CapEx projects and offers resourcing support in commissioning, decommissioning, start-up, and shut down of projects. Qualifications: · Bachelor's degree, Engineering discipline required · A minimum of 3+ years of manufacturing or related experience required · Line of business experience preferred · Process Safety Management (High Hazard Process/Low Hazard Operation) experience preferred Other preferred qualifications: · Experience with Rockwell (CompactLogix, ControlLogix, and SLC500), Siemens PCS7/Step7, and FANUC robots preferred · Experience with developing basic data, project execution, equipment start-up, and commissioning · Six Sigma / Green Belt certified #LI-JS1 Join our Talent Community to stay connected with us! DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit our Accessibility Page for Contact Information. DuPont offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package. To learn more visit the Compensation and Benefits page. The Pay range for this role is $75,600.00 - $118,800.00 Annual How Base Pay is Determined: DuPont has job leveling frameworks that help organize roles based on progressive levels of responsibility, proficiency and qualifications. Each role has an associated pay range (or an established pay rate for some roles) based on the competitive market in each country where we operate. Each individual’s pay is based on a variety of factors, including their role and the associated pay range for that role, their geographic location (i.e., country, state, metropolitan area), as well as their skills, experience, education and certifications, and performance.

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