Process Controls Engineer

Koch Industries - Beatrice, NE

Full-time - Entry Level

Beatrice, NE

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

About the position

Koch Ag & Energy Services is seeking a Process Controls Engineer to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of its fertilizer plant in Beatrice, Nebraska. This role focuses on enhancing process control performance through collaboration with plant staff and other engineers, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and optimizing control systems to align with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and improve plant's process control and safety system performance.
• Identify process control optimization opportunities and advanced control opportunities that align with Koch's business goals for our operating plants.
• Ensure Functional Safety requirements are followed, and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) performance meets design specifications.
• Maintain Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), control narratives, instrument and valve data sheets and other process safety information as it pertains to process controls.
• Work with Operators to review control performance, troubleshoot issues and lead technical investigations related to process controls.
• Access and inspect instrumentation and control equipment in the field as needed.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers and Field Technicians to troubleshoot instrumentation, control problems and plant performance issues.
• Develop implementation plans to drive control performance improvements.
• Collaborate with project engineering, plant operations and maintenance, reliability and other capabilities on larger projects and initiatives.
• Comply with all site and fleet requirements on stewardship and personnel safety.

Requirements

• Familiarity with Process Control Engineering concepts and equipment.
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, etc.) or 1 or more years of relevant industry or military experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience implementing regulatory control schemes and DCS configuration.
• Experience with safety instrumented systems and functional safety.
• Experience troubleshooting, revising, and optimizing existing control schemes.
• Loop tuning and control loop performance improvement experience.
• Experience in the fertilizer industry with Manufacturing processes, or experience in refining and major petrochemical operations.

Benefits

• Bonus eligible
• Relocation options available
• Flexible schedule options
• Automatic 401K company contribution along with competitive match program