Process Control Engineer
About the role
INEOS is a global chemical company with 28 businesses and 148 sites in 26 countries. The 300‑acre INEOS Battleground Manufacturing Complex (BMC) was originally built in 1956 and is located on the Houston ship channel east of Houston, Texas. The site comprises seven polyethylene lines, one polypropylene line, a 20 MW Cogen facility, and a state‑of‑the‑art polyolefin technical center that supports research and development, technical services, and quality assurance. In 2017 a new world‑scale bimodal polyethylene unit was brought online to manufacture high‑density polyethylene. The Process Control Engineer will provide technical expertise in support of INEOS and site objectives by working with the operations and resource team at the BMC Polyethylene and Utilities areas. This role is responsible for supporting day‑to‑day operation of the Distributed Control System (DCS) to optimize and enable safe operation of the assets, and is a member of the BMC Process Control Team, interfacing with a multidisciplinary team to support control applications and technologies in the Polyethylene area. Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health, and environmental performance; on our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates Safety Leadership through the promotion of the INEOS 20 Safety Principles.
- Provide day‑to‑day process control support for the operation unit which includes:
- Troubleshoot process, process alarm, DCS and process control network issues
- Preparation and support for unit shutdowns, turnarounds, and start‑ups
- Root Cause Failure Analysis
- Regulatory and advanced control loop tuning
- Control strategy improvement
- Daily process performance monitoring (e.g., quality, environmental, energy