What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Control Engineer position at Movement Search & Delivery?
Process Control Engineer
- Must have at least three years DCS experience.
- Solutions oriented.
- BS in Chemical Engineering
- OSI Pi (Process Book, Pi DataLink, System Explorer, Pi Batch, SMT, etc.) required.
Essential Duties:
- Perform programming and troubleshooting of assigned DCS/Systems as needed.
- Propose modifications to DCS/Systems equipment that improve plant performance, safety, or reliability, and reduce costs.
- Develop scope and design of DCS/Systems capital projects and oversee engineering commissioning and startup, assuring on-time completion.
- Support the Digital Transformation initiative by proposing projects, developing scope and risk/benefit analysis, and performing cost and ROI estimates.
- Perform regular system health monitoring checks, including server and workstation hardware integrity, fault LED’s, communications integrity, available memory, time sync, cabinet internals (dust removal), monitor display quality, etc.
- Work with unit process engineers and DCS Manager to develop and maintain DCS interlock lists, DCS training manuals, sequence flowcharts, and How-To documents.
- Assist units in maintenance of DCS/Systems and assist in hardware and software changes as necessary.
- Monitor and address DCS alarms, update alarm surveys, propose fixes, and work with unit engineers to execute action items.
- Develop and maintain a Master Alarm Data Base for all units in accordance with the ISA 18.2 Alarm Management standard.
- Keep up to date in training for system software updates and revisions, and revise training manuals as necessary.
- Monitor DCS system alarms (including Windows event logs) and system performance, and work with system TAC to resolve issues quickly to maintain system reliability.
- Assist DCS/Systems Manager in configuring and maintaining the Pi system, adding/modifying tags and users, adding notifications, troubleshooting issues with Pi, and monitoring system health.
- Review event summaries and monitor logs for DCS manual interventions, and assist unit process engineers in developing DCS solutions to eliminate the interventions if needed.
- Provide DCS training for engineers and board operators.
- Review and audit DCS MOC’s for accuracy, assist engineers in simulations, and double check programming changes.
- Assist the DCS manager in the development of OT cybersecurity policies, procedures, training, and training logs.
- Monitor antivirus scans for unwanted files or potential intrusions, and perform audits of USB ports and GPO enforcement.
- Apply operating system security patch updates and antivirus software definition file updates in a timely manner.
- Perform regular system backups (or monitor automated backups), including trends, event summaries, batch data, and hard drive images, and become proficient in restoring related files as needed.
- Develop and maintain KPI’s, dashboards, statistics, and other metrics to keep DCS Manager informed on DCS system health and performance.
- Meet with DCS Manager weekly and issue progress reports monthly.
