Engineer, Process Control (SHARQ Company)

at  SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corp

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Job Purpose:
Professional to successfully support industrial distributed control system projects by applying product knowledge and implementation methodology while creating configurations, documents and custom programming elements.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze process control performance in weekly basis, and implement the required gap closure actions to maximize plant optimization and stability.
• Monitor the performance of plants yield, selectivity & TMR and implement the required improvement actions.
• Report process control performance of APC, RTO, AMS & CLPM to PMT in weekly basis along with required recommendations.
• Attend the weekly POM meeting to address the concerns related to process control performance.
• Support PMT in improving process control performance and inform of changes to existing control schemes if necessary.
• Evaluate APC / PID controllers performance, and implement the required corrective actions (e.g. tuning, model re-training, etc…) to improve the control benefits and stability.
• Optimize industrial processes for increased profitability, while ensuring that products meet precise specifications and government regulations for the product and/or waste emissions.
• Effective participation in Alarm rationalization & assessment meetings to improve plant alarm management performance.
• Maintain stable operations by stabilizing the performance of APC and basic regulatory process control loops.
• Prepare MOC packages for the changes related to process control and logic design modifications.
• Raise and manage CAPEX / MOC required for process control improvement.
• Analyze, identify and implement the optimization opportunities related to process control and automation.
• Annual APC/RTO benefit assessment & re-validation to be conducted.
• Achieve SABIC Maturity level for APC, AMS and CLPM performance.
• Support plant during TAM & major shutdowns.
• Train “Run and Maintain” teams in process control fundamentals required to drive performance improvements.
• Train young control engineers and monitor their progress, and act as mentor engineer to develop them and validate their progress on continuous basis.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree on chemical engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the relevant field.

Job Capabilities & Competencies

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, procedures and legislative process.
• Excellent communication skills and experience applying technology through teamwork.
• Excellent communication skills, personal rapport and motivation are required to effectively coach internal staff and work with outside groups and agencies engaged in process safety.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and MS PowerPoint.

We are proud to be a diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to a culture of respect and inclusion

• Monitor and analyze process control performance in weekly basis, and implement the required gap closure actions to maximize plant optimization and stability.
• Monitor the performance of plants yield, selectivity & TMR and implement the required improvement actions.
• Report process control performance of APC, RTO, AMS & CLPM to PMT in weekly basis along with required recommendations.
• Attend the weekly POM meeting to address the concerns related to process control performance.
• Support PMT in improving process control performance and inform of changes to existing control schemes if necessary.
• Evaluate APC / PID controllers performance, and implement the required corrective actions (e.g. tuning, model re-training, etc…) to improve the control benefits and stability.
• Optimize industrial processes for increased profitability, while ensuring that products meet precise specifications and government regulations for the product and/or waste emissions.
• Effective participation in Alarm rationalization & assessment meetings to improve plant alarm management performance.
• Maintain stable operations by stabilizing the performance of APC and basic regulatory process control loops.
• Prepare MOC packages for the changes related to process control and logic design modifications.
• Raise and manage CAPEX / MOC required for process control improvement.
• Analyze, identify and implement the optimization opportunities related to process control and automation.
• Annual APC/RTO benefit assessment & re-validation to be conducted.
• Achieve SABIC Maturity level for APC, AMS and CLPM performance.
• Support plant during TAM & major shutdowns.
• Train “Run and Maintain” teams in process control fundamentals required to drive performance improvements.
• Train young control engineers and monitor their progress, and act as mentor engineer to develop them and validate their progress on continuous basis