Process Controls Engineer (Chemical)

Location: Theodore, Alabama, United States; field and office work at the facility

Company

hirify.global Phenol operates industrial chemical manufacturing facilities with a focus on safe, reliable, and efficient production.

What you will do

• Design, simulate, implement, test, maintain, and document reliable DCS, PLC, emergency shutdown, data historian, and alarm management systems.
• Develop preventive maintenance, inspection, backup, cybersecurity, and safety interlock testing plans for automation systems.
• Analyze process and system data to identify failures, upsets, quality issues, and opportunities to improve safety, stability, efficiency, and reliability.
• Develop control strategies, loop tuning, process variable calculations, alarm configurations, interlocks, advanced control algorithms, and control sequences.
• Coordinate automation maintenance, testing, projects, turnaround activities, contractors, consultants, and cross-functional support without interrupting operations.
• Provide technical support, training, reporting, audit preparation, and management-of-change support for plant personnel and engineering initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least 5 years of industrial experience, or an associate technical degree and at least 10 years of industrial electrical, instrumentation, and process controls experience.
• Expertise in control theory, including PID, advanced control strategies, model predictive control, adaptive control, and statistical process control.
• Experience with instrumentation, DCS, PLCs, HMIs, safety instrumented systems, alarm management, data historians, and industrial communications.
• Ability to configure and troubleshoot Emerson RS3, Emerson DeltaV, Honeywell Experion, Honeywell FSC, HIMA, Allen Bradley PLCs, Siemens controllers, OSI PI, Modbus, and Profibus systems.
• Knowledge of chemical process simulation, industrial networks, automation programming and scripting, smart instrumentation, databases, SAP, SQL, P&IDs, loop sheets, and single-line diagrams.
• Ability to work in field and office environments, including climbing ladders, working at elevated heights and on energized systems, and supporting after-hours call-ins when required.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, health, environmental performance, honesty, and integrity are emphasized.
• Work includes collaboration with operations, maintenance, engineering, production, laboratory, and ES&H departments.
• Ongoing education is expected to maintain certifications and stay current with automation technologies, regulations, and industry standards.
• The role offers significant autonomy in system design, optimization, troubleshooting, maintenance planning, and technical decision-making.
• Work supports continuous improvement, smart manufacturing initiatives, and the safe and reliable operation of the facility.