Process Control Engineer
Everyone at Olin contributes to our Winning Model. We empower our employees to make a difference at work, home and in their communities. We celebrate and reward our diverse and innovative workforce that defines our future and contributes through leadership, engagement and productivity.
Join our winning team as a Process Control Engineer in Oyster Creek, Texas. Additional locations may include Freeport, Texas. In your role as a Process Control Engineer, you will be fully immersed in helping the plant to achieve its business objectives through application of support and solutions in Process Automation and related expertise areas while also maintaining strong functional alignment to the global business PA network. The primary focus includes asset utilization and reliability improvements, compliance initiatives, process troubleshooting and turnaround support, capital and maintenance projects, process optimization, and more.
Process Control Engineer Essential Job Functions:
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize plant operations to drive process and product improvements while maintaining a strong safety and environmental compliance focus and minimizing plant downtime caused by process automation system failures
- Detect causes of deviations in quality, capacity, yield, and energy consumption; provide technical training to less experienced engineers or operators
- Provide care and troubleshooting of process automation systems and their associated networks and interfaces
- Identify and manage Preventative Maintenance tasks and health checks for the systems supported
- Complete project work including system installation, configuration, design, and development
- Closely interact with the Global Process Automation Technology Leader to ensure that all process control activities (hard- and software) within the production area are in accordance with global and business MET standards; if necessary, initiate/lead appropriate training for plant operations staff
- Develop and follow through for Service Requests to resolve issues; work directly with process control vendors as needed for escalation support
- Report all significant system incidents, failures, and outages; participate in and lead Root Cause Investigations and implement corrective actions
Process Control Engineer Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree* in Engineering; Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science discipline preferred
- 2+ years process controls experience preferred, including hands-on field programming and instrumentation experience in an industrial environment
- Chemical manufacturing experience preferred
- Prior experience programming in DeltaV preferred
- Demonstrated leadership, planning, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to work with diverse work groups, including operations, engineering, and other functions to meet the team's and plant's objectives of increasing asset utilization and implementing MET
- Ability to coordinate and implement several process control development projects simultaneously
- Must possess a valid US Driver's License
Who We Are
Since 1892, Olin Corporation has steadily grown to become the industry leader in both chemicals manufacturing and ammunition. The three divisions of Olin Corporation, Olin Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls, Olin Epoxy and Winchester, employ approximately 8,000 global team members in more than 20 countries with customers in nearly 100 countries around the globe.
*Degree must be from a school that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education of the U.S. Department of Education or equivalent program from an international university.
Olin does not provide any form of sponsorship. We will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J or TN or who need sponsorship now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Olin is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.