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LyondellBasell is a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary MoReTec recycling technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come. LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. We're addressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.
Come Join an Inclusive Team
The Control Systems Engineer has the responsibility for supporting and improving the Basic Regulatory, Advanced Process Control (APC) and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) applications, as well as identifying and implementing new control applications to improve plant throughput, profitability, stability, reliability, and safety. This position generates a broad range of challenges that require routine interaction with other work groups to ensure maximum value is derived from the control systems.
A Day in the Life
Develop APC opportunities and assess benefits to be prioritized into a five (5) year APC plan
Conceive, justify, design, and commission new APC applications and inferential qualities
Maintain existing APC applications
Perform audits of controller benefits
Define and support DCS regulatory control strategies
Provide technical consultation, formal and informal training, and development of documentation, standards, and procedures in relation to their role
Act in a support or team role for a variety of projects
Provide technical consulting and direction to the Process Control Specialists and less experienced Process Control Engineers
Drives management of change for control applications
Provide after-hours process control systems & SIS system support as part of an on-call rotation
You Bring This Value
Bachelor of Science Engineering degree, preferably in chemical engineering
Minimum of six (6) years of industry experience in the petrochemical industry
The individual should understand process engineering theory and control theory fundamentals and the ability to model and control petrochemical processes
This position requires a commitment to learn and understand the development and application of a wide variety of advanced regulatory control strategies, APC applications including multi-variable and model predictive control, development of inferential qualities, and Real-Time Optimization (RTO) applications
Demonstrated experience with Advanced Process Control in chemical and/or refining facilities is highly preferred
Candidates must have excellent leadership, ethics, teamwork, and communication skills with a results-oriented commitment. The ability to manage multiple and changing priorities is essential
This position requires negotiating skills and the ability to resolve conflict across departmental lines to achieve objectives
Key Applications include Aspen DMCPlus, Emerson DeltaV DCS and SIS, Honeywell Experion, Triconex.
Competencies
Drive Innovation
Technical Skills
Grow Capabilities
Promote Inclusion
Motivational Fit
Build Partnerships
Deliver Results
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LyondellBasell is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The US EEO is the Law poster is available here.
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