Control System Engineer

Dsj Global - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

We are seeking a Control System Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a DCS/PLC Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the design, commissioning, and operations of control systems and associated process control networks. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and drive continuous improvement across our sites.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Control Systems team to ensure operational readiness of sites.
• Proactively manage the controls production environment, implementing preventative actions to avoid business-impacting incidents.
• Implement logic changes to enhance plant reliability and minimize plant trips, ensuring changes are controlled and risk-assessed.
• Coach operations and technical personnel on control strategies and concepts.
• Develop process control algorithms and prototypes, implementing them effectively.
• Organize, design, and execute the development, implementation, and maintenance of Basic Process Control and Process Optimization.
• Devise a multi-year strategy to standardize control systems across multiple sites.
• Establish and manage goals, reporting needs, key performance indicators, and dashboards for control system health.
• Provide remote support for customer sites, ensuring prompt resolution of control system performance issues.
• Collaborate with automation vendors to specify, design, and commission new and upgraded control and SIS systems.
• Drive continuous improvement in control system infrastructure, including project activities to renew and evolve DCS platforms.
• Develop business-level solutions for process historians to eliminate data silos and optimize data flows.
• Oversee the reliability and maintenance of DCS/SIS hardware and software.
• Develop systems to maintain backups of critical systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Chemical, Automation, or Instrumentation preferred).
• 8-10 years of experience in controls engineering preferred.
• Desired skill sets: FactoryTalk (software), Rockwell/Allen Bradley PLCs (hardware), networking, and Wonderware.

Nice-to-haves

• Canary Historian
• DeltaV
• ABB
• Siemens
• AMS
• OSI PI
• Aspen
• SCADA
• SIS
• Instrumentation specification.
• Ability to learn quickly and stay updated with current technology.
• Metrics-based approach, with familiarity in Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Physically capable of bending, stooping, and climbing for facility surveys.

Benefits

• Up to 20% travel may be required, along with other job-specific requirements.