DCS Administrator

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount, MN, is hiring a DCS Administrator to support and enhance its Emerson DeltaV distributed control system assets.

About the role

In this role, you will own the day-to-day health, maintenance, and continuous improvement of DeltaV systems while providing reliable support to internal customers. You will also serve as a critical front-line connection between console operators and the DCS team, helping ensure control system knowledge, issues, and improvements are clearly understood and effectively addressed.

Our Team

We are a collaborative team of principled entrepreneurs who develop, deliver, and maintain high quality DCS solutions through customer focused, transparent, and disciplined execution. Our work champions the foundational and transformational impact of our technology with an innovative, human-centered focus. By improving our customers’ capabilities and performance and creating products that people value, we drive our site towards a better state.

Responsibilities

• Partner with console operators to ensure process control applications deliver sustained value and high up time
• Own and demonstrate SME knowledge of tactical system-level DCS duties including user management, I/O assignment and sparing, database maintenance, version control, and overall system hygiene
• Partner with instrument and analyzer capabilities to commission and TS&D instrumentation, including use of Emerson AMS software
• Design, configure, test, and deploy simple to medium complexity control schemes in DeltaV to rapidly address tactical needs
• Train and support console operators on fundamentals of DeltaV DCS functionality including DeltaV graphics (e.g. displays, faceplates, detail displays) and basic control theory (e.g. PID, configuration parameters, advanced regulatory control)
• Work closely within the DCS and Digital teams to support and improve control solutions
• Collaborate across Flint Hills Resources sites and Koch companies through knowledge networks and technical forums
• Serve as a technical resource to mentor and elevate team and site capabilities

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in process controls, automation, or industrial systems
• Troubleshooting, analyzing, and problem-solving experience in a manufacturing environment

Qualifications

What will put you ahead:

• Programming and troubleshooting process control schemes in Emerson DeltaV DCS platform
• Experience in administration of DCS platforms including version control, system version upgrades, device management
• Experience with Emerson AMS
• Customer focused experience directly supporting console operators
• Experience in designing and providing technical training to end users, especially operations organizations

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Pay

For this role, we anticipate paying $120,000 - 160,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes:

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance
• May also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

About Us

As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000+ miles of pipeline – delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better.