Process Controls Manager

About the Role

Providing automation, instrumentation and controls engineering capabilities and experience to the Manufacturing facilities of PS-Vestolit, including generating qualification protocols and maintaining the validated state of systems and processes, providing support with respect to the automation and instrumentation and control systems for process, utility and production systems. Supporting automation impacting projects with large and/or complex scope. Driving strategic initiatives to optimize manufacturing processes across PS-Vestolit sites, driving efficiency, reducing cycle time, and improving reliability through best-practice identification, process control, deployment of new technologies including digital engineering tools, Industry 4.0/IIoT, AI, cloud solutions and others.

The role of Process Control Manager is to establish PS-Vestolit’s organizational competency related to technology enablement with the objective of achieving tangible operations improvements, which translates into business benefits: e.g., OEE improvement, cycle time reduction, enabling bottom-up real time information flow from plants. This role will work closely with the Global Operations VP, PS-Vestolit Plant Managers and Control Systems Engineers at the sites, to create an overall technology strategy that aligns with business objectives and priorities to improve business value.

Responsibilities

• Identify initiatives to implement innovative technology which provide digital capabilities and tools to create a data driven decision making culture.
• Build and support operation of digital dashboards based on real-time plant/manufacturing data, including an Alarm Management System.
• Support the PS-Vestolit automation strategy for the facilities, ensuring alignment with global standards and local manufacturing needs.
• Help establish the baseline for data quality as the foundation upon which we can build digital innovation solutions.
• Partner with IT/OT and Operations stakeholders to ensure data integrity and compliance across all automated platforms.

Requirements

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT or related engineering or scientific discipline.
• Desirable: Master´s studies in Process Control or equivalent.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience involved in the design, implementation, and/or support of control systems, preferably in the chemical industry, with emphasis in process control, advanced proficiency in DCS, PLC, HMI, SCADA architecture, Industry 4.0/IIoT, manufacturing dashboards.
• Extensive leadership experience in chemical plants automation.

Skills

• Professional with knowledge and skills in requirements gathering, design, configuration, integration, and implementation of automation solutions for the manufacturing industry including PLC / DCS systems, field bus technology, HMI packages and panels, OPC, SCADA systems and historians in both continuous and batch automation applications, and knowledge of field instrumentation.
• Ability to drive operational efficiencies through process optimization analytics like predictive quality, predictive throughput, predictive energy efficiency, and autonomous automation technology, freeing people (operators, engineers, maintenance, etc.) to focus on solving problems.
• Knowledge of all components of holistic digital architecture and Process Control systems.
• Understanding and working knowledge of Big Data/Analytics, AI/ML, and emerging technology trends.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
• 401(k)-retirement savings plan.
• Paid company holidays, vacation time, sick time, and parental leave.
• Short- and long-term disability leave.
• Employee assistance program.