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The role helps ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant operation of equipment and production processes.
3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity. We gain new insight from diverse thinking, and take risks on new ideas. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matter.
A PICS Engineer is typically responsible for designing, maintaining, improving, and supporting process, instrumentation, control, and systems-related activities in a manufacturing or industrial environment. The role helps ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant operation of equipment and production processes.
Main responsibilities
Design, implement, and improve control systems for manufacturing processes
Support process automation, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, or related control platforms
Troubleshoot equipment, control logic, sensors, and system integration issues
Partner with manufacturing, maintenance, quality, EHS, and operations teams to resolve technical problems
Lead or support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and system migrations
Develop and maintain engineering documentation, control narratives, specifications, and standard operating procedures
Analyze process performance and identify opportunities to improve uptime, yield, quality, and cost
Support root cause investigations and corrective actions for process or equipment failures
Help ensure compliance with safety, quality, cybersecurity, and regulatory requirements
Provide technical training and guidance to operators, technicians, and other engineers
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field
3~5 yrs of PI&CS related hands-on working experience
Experience in manufacturing, process engineering, automation, instrumentation, or controls systems
Technical skills
PLC programming, process controls, instrumentation, data analysis, troubleshooting, automation systems, engineering documentation
Systems knowledge
Familiarity with DCS, SCADA, HMI, MES, historian systems, and industrial networks
Others
Problem solving Strong analytical and root cause analysis capability
Communication Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, quality, and leadership
Project work Experience managing small to medium capital or improvement projects
Compliance Understanding of EHS, quality systems, change management, and regulated manufacturing environments if applicable
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Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.
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