Automation & Proc Ctrl Eng Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve PLC/HMI/SCADA and instrumentation issues to minimize downtime and quality impact.
• Own control system reliability practices: backups, version control, testing, commissioning, and recovery.
• Ensure all changes follow site MOC requirements with proper risk assessment, testing, and documentation.
• Deliver A&PC improvements and support capital projects (scope, specs, vendor management, FAT/SAT, commissioning, handover).
• Maintain and improve site standards (naming conventions, HMI standards) and support training for operations and maintenance teams.
• Administer and enhance the data historian, ensuring data quality and tag management.
• Administer Alarm Management Systems.
• Serve as the Electrical Safety Professional (ESP) and coordinate electrical safety improvements per Qnity EHS Standard S31G.
• Develop and share electrical safety metrics; participate in incident and near-miss investigations.
• Support projects to ensure electrical systems are designed with hazard-minimizing engineering solutions.
• Develop, review, and maintain electrical designs for plant modifications and capital projects.
• Lead electrical risk assessments, isolation plans, and incident investigations.
• Ensure electrical documentation remains accurate and reflects as-built conditions.
• Support electrical asset lifecycle management, including obsolescence planning and upgrade strategies.

What You’ll Do

• Improve equipment uptime by diagnosing and permanently resolving automation faults.
• Reduce operational risk through robust testing and Management of Change practices.
• Lead upgrades that enhance safety, quality, yield, reliability, and productivity.
• Support and learn process controls mechanical and chemical systems.