What are the responsibilities and job description for the Distributed Control System Engineer position at NES Fircroft?
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, electrical, or control systems engineering or related discipline.
- Five years of experience in a controls engineer-related role onsite within the chemical manufacturing industry.
- Previous experience with processing hazardous chemicals in a process management safety (PSM) regulated facility preferred.
- Must have three or more years of control systems programming experience, proficiency in Honeywell Experion PKS and Honeywell Safety Manager required.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as the main resource and bridge the gap between chemical manufacturing processes and hardware onsite, tune control loops, manage programming and implementation of safety systems.
- Perform quality assurance on existing chemical manufacturing processes for assets onsite.
- Diagnose and resolve system faults, hardware failures, and software bugs for the asset.
- Maintain Honeywell Experion distributed control system (DCS) and safety systems, mitigate risk for the organization, monitor and address DCS alarms, propose safe and strategic solutions to resolve issues.
- Reduce process variability to improve product yield and optimize processes.
- Drive process control and suitable software innovation in collaboration and keep leadership abreast of new developments and innovation related to process control engineering.
- Evaluate efficiency and recommend suitable software solutions to automate manufacturing processes that drive plant performance and production improvements.
- Collaborate closely with process operators onsite assigned to the DCS board to ensure control strategy aligns with real-world plant conditions and operational goals.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and all safety regulations, document processes and prepare progress reports.
- Comply with all environmental, health and safety related best practices, policies, and procedures, including process safety management (PSM).
- Diligently adhere to and fulfill all Responsible Care® requirements, demonstrate a steadfast commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and ethical practices in all aspects of your position within the organization.
- Perform other systems engineering related duties as assigned.