Senior Process Control Engineer
 Flint Hills | |
life insurance, parental leave
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 United States, Texas, Corpus Christi | |
 Dec 03, 2024 | |
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Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas is looking for a Process Control Engineer to join the team! At Flint Hills Resources (FHR), we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo and find new ways to create value. We are applying a team-based approach to our Optimization and Process Control Capability, where we are advantaged to apply new technologies, modernize our work processes, and innovate. Process Control is a key component for ensuring our refinery runs optimized, at constraints, defect-free, automatically. Flint Hills Resources is a different kind of company. With over 130,000 employees, we are one of the world's largest privately owned companies. We have a 9/80 flexible work schedule, a culture of teamwork and collaboration, and a compensation philosophy that is based on the value you create. Come realize your full potential and join our team! Our Team As a team, we are developing a full range of process control solutions to improve the profitability of the refinery - from advanced regulatory and DCS-based model predictive control controls to traditional Advanced Process Control (APC), Procedure Automation (PA) and Real-Time Optimization (RTO). As a Senior Process Control Engineer, you will play a key role in implementing this vision, focused mainly on the DCS-based controls and PA applications. We recognize the value of experience and expertise. As such, the salary for this position will be commensurate with the candidate's years of experience and demonstrated skills. What You Will Do * Identify and implement regulatory controls including PIDs, cascades, and feedforwards, as well as DCS based model predictive controls, that align with our business vision * Work collaboratively with Operations and other Process Control Capability team members to ensure that process control applications are functioning as designed, delivering real benefits and running with high uptimes * Improve operator efficiency through innovative process control design * Provide process control support, including tuning and troubleshooting * Develop and sustain Procedure Automation applications * Act as a technical mentor and subject matter expert in process control * Provide key process control input to capital projects * Collaborate with other process control, automation, and innovation resources throughout FHR and Koch Industries via knowledge networks and conferences Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * 10+ years Process Control experience in refining or petrochemicals * Depth of knowledge in process troubleshooting, plant stability, and tuning * Depth of knowledge in a modern DCS platform * Experience with designing and troubleshooting basic and advanced regulatory controls * Experience with designing and maintaining sequence automation applications * Experience with applying Alarm Rationalization concepts of ISA 18.2 What Will Put You Ahead * 20+ years Process Control experience in refining or petrochemicals * Depth of knowledge in Emerson DeltaV * Experience with templatizing controls for broad organizational impact * Experience mentoring fellow process control engineers * Experience creating business network level applications to solve process control problems At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy [1] here. Who We Are At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [2] business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click [3] here for additional information. References Visible links 1. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 2. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 3. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf | |