Senior Process Control Engineer

Orion Partner Plus are delighted to have been retained by a global leader in providing cutting-edge chemistry programs, drilling technology, artificial lift solutions, and automation technologies for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. We have a current opportunity for a Senior Process Control Engineer on a permanent basis based in Freeport, Texas.

What You Will Do:

• Works independently and with process engineers on control strategy improvements and batch programing for new product introductions.
• Assists with troubleshooting production problems related to DCS and batch programing.
• Determines root cause of problems in process control, human machine interface or hardware. Then working with stakeholders to effectively resolve the problems.
• Leads Management of Change activities for modifications to the process.
• Coordinates preventative maintenance tasks with production engineer and support groups.
• Coaches operators on control strategies and assisting in training efforts for DCS and HMI changes.
• Develops simulations to test code and operator interface graphics.
• Assists with the design and implementation of new hardware and software packages to improve safety, production, and quality of the Freeport Plant.
• Assists in project start-up and commissioning by performing initial checkout of new process control items (for example: loop checks, controller tuning, alarm validation, interlock validation, etc.).
• Maintains plant's data historian servers (OSl Pl Historian, PI Vision, PI Asset Frame). (Add/delete tags, maintains server, troubleshoot lost data, etc.)
• Familiarize with best practices in process automation and controls system to implement standards across the plants.
• Assist plant project engineers during design, implementation, testing and startup projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Electrical Engineering
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in configuration of DCS in manufacturing is required.
• Prior experience in configuration and troubleshooting of DeltaV.
• 3 years minimum of experience with batch programing
• Must be willing to perform in an on-call environment, including weekends and holidays.
• Demonstrated skill in electronic hardware and software troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of process control fundamentals, including PID loops, process dynamics, and control strategies.
• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols (e.g., OPC, Modbus) and fieldbus systems (e.g., Foundation Fieldbus).
• Immigration sponsorship not offered for this role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Some experience preferred in chemical manufacturing environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot and correct any issues with PLCs and PI systems.
• Prior experience with Allen Bradley Motor starter, DeltaV Live.
• Prior experience with DCS migration and startup.
• Prior experience in batch programing or sequential function chart

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.