What are the responsibilities and job description for the Control Systems Specialist position at GRAPEVINE OPERATING COMPANY LLC?
Job Summary:
The Control Systems Specialist supports day-to-day operations for Central Valley Renewable Fuels (CVRF) ensuring control systems are reliable, efficient, and operating as expected. This role collaborates closely with Operations, Maintenance, the Technical Services engineering team, control equipment suppliers, and the capital project team.
Essential Functions:
- Support existing CVRF Honeywell DCS & PLC network to maintain safe and reliable operations until project completion and startup
- Provide troubleshooting, maintenance, and optimization of control systems, including DCS, SIS, and PLCs.
- Analyze and resolve operational problems related to control systems.
- Assist with alarm rationalization and address alarm bad actors.
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure proper instrumentation, electrical systems, and network configurations are integrated into the controls infrastructure.
- Perform upgrades, configuration changes, and tuning of control systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and efficiency.
- Assist in maintaining technical documentation such as cause and effect tables, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), and control system logic diagrams
- Participate in control system design, specification, testing, and commissioning for new projects and system upgrades
- Troubleshoot and resolve network and IT-related issues within the process control network (PCN)
- Ensure compliance with all safety and operational protocols, particularly with respect to safety instrumentation systems
- Ensuring process control documentation is up to date, and MOC’s are approved and closed out timely
- Responsible for continuous improvement of the base layer control system performance through process control structured monitoring, addressing bad actors with respect to controller uptime, compliance, interventions, and demand rate.
- Work with site engineers and staff from other disciplines to evaluate requirements and develop new concepts that could add value to the commercial applications
- Transfer controls design knowledge to operations by providing the tools, training, information and other essential skills to the Plant Engineers
- Assess the health and day-to-day operations of the facility (i.e., checking control systems, alarms, errors, and malfunctions; improving performance, optimizing control schemes to ensure that associated commercial and safety requirements are met)
- Provide suggestions, strategies, and recommendations for improved production rates, efficiencies, yields, and cost reduction initiatives
- Configure and optimize graphical user interfaces, including console environments, PLC HMIs, and Ignition graphics, to ensure intuitive operation, system visibility, and effective alarm management.
- Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project and operation
- Provide after-hours support when appropriate – emergency call out
- Perform related tasks as assigned
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Proven ability in defining, implementing, and maintaining a process control system
- Proven ability to solve problems creatively and seeing projects through the full life cycle
- Solid troubleshooting skills, especially in control and automation systems, including Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).
- General understanding of refinery operations, process automation, and related technologies.
- Familiarity with Windows PCs and servers, IP networking, and virtualization.
- Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, cause and effect tables, and other refinery documentation.
- Excellent technical and analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and, at times, stressful environment
Education and Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in refining, petrochemical, or renewable fuels production facilities is preferred
- Associates degree is required. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field is preferred.
- Experience working with Honeywell DCS and Allen Bradley PLC is strongly preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift 40 pounds at times
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer system.
- Ability to perform repetitive movements over long periods of time
- Must be able to climb ladders and or stairs on tanks, vessels, and structures; work around/near equipment containing high pressures and temperatures and various chemicals.
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Grapevine Operating Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Salary : $38 - $55