We count on you for: • Promoting the utilization of regulatory and advanced controls schemes to increase the automation of the unit to improve quality, production capacity, and reduce manual intervention. • Developing and documenting new strategies to troubleshoot instrumentation, diagnose operational interruptions, and maximize overall equipment effectiveness. • Working with unit operation team and process engineers to identify and implement new ways to increase product yields, reduce energy usage, and optimize the value of byproducts. • Coaching operations and other technical personnel on the concepts and use of control strategies. • Generating new control strategies or instrument utilization projects which improve unit operations. • Working in a team environment with other Process Control Engineers to maintain the overall site control system hardware and software. • Using Plant Dynamic Simulation tools to model existing process and develop new APC strategies. • Process control algorithm development, prototyping and implementation. • Classical control theory (Laplace, State Space, Bode, Robustness Linear identification). • Classical signal processing theory (Fourier, FFT, filtering algorithm design) • Regression and modeling (LS, PLS, PCA) • PID tuning and implementation. • Organize, design and carry out the development, implementation and maintenance of Advanced/Basic Control and Process Optimization. This in order to promote the production of quantities and qualities of desired product at the lowest cost in accordance with applicable safety and environmental Solvay group state of the art procedures and Corporate Values.
You will bring: • Technical degree - Computer Science, Engineering • 5 years of experience working as a Process Control Engineer with experience in a Distributive Control Systems (i.e. APACs, Delta V, or Siemens PCS7). • Ability to write and maintain various scripting languages and develop S88 compliant batch programs is desirable. • Experience in the continuous process simulation development and associated studies in order to test control strategies. • DCS configuration and control skill level with developing configuration and programming for new processes and control strategies.