Plant Controls Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the site subject matter expert (SME) for DCS, PI (OSIsoft/Aveva), and plant control systems, ensuring system reliability, availability, and cybersecurity.
• Design, implement, and optimize process control strategies to support safety, quality, production, and cost objectives.
• Lead complex DCS configuration, logic development, tuning, and troubleshooting activities across operating units.
• Support and lead DCS upgrades, system retrofits, re-instrumentation efforts, and obsolescence management.
• Provide technical support for DCS/Control System related capital projects, including scope definition, control philosophy development, FAT/SAT execution, commissioning, and startup support.
• Own and support Management of Change (MOC) activities related to control systems, serving as technical reviewer and approver.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce control systems engineering standards, documentation, and best practices.
• Conduct system audits, support disaster recovery planning, manage spare parts strategies, and maintain long-term system health plans.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering to translate process requirements into robust control solutions and support process optimization initiatives.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and technical staff.
• Lead or support root cause investigations, PSM activities, and PHAs related to control system performance or incidents.
• Communicate technical concepts and project status effectively to plant leadership and senior management.