Seaboard Corporation
Controls Engineer
Seaboard Corporation, Hugoton, KS
Job Description
SUMMARY: The Controls Engineer serves as the process control expert and lead for the refinery DCS and SIS platforms, providing support to the operations and maintenance groups. This position manages assigned capital projects from front end loading to commissioning and ensures implemented process control solutions and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) designs are reliable, consistent, and meet Seaboard Energy standards and best practices.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES including the following:
REQUIREMENTS:
NORMAL WORK SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday, working hours to be determined. Occasionally extended hours or changes in schedule will be required as special circumstances arise.
WHY JOIN SEABOARD ENERGY?
ABOUT SEABOARD ENERGY
As a Seaboard Corporation company, we work collaboratively with the other Seaboard companies to promote sustainable energy projects, including but not limited to, the production of biodiesel and renewable diesel
SUMMARY: The Controls Engineer serves as the process control expert and lead for the refinery DCS and SIS platforms, providing support to the operations and maintenance groups. This position manages assigned capital projects from front end loading to commissioning and ensures implemented process control solutions and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) designs are reliable, consistent, and meet Seaboard Energy standards and best practices.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES including the following:
- Participates in small, medium, and large capital project development activities and coordinates process control and SIS vendor activities for multiple assigned projects
- Responsible for interfacing between project team and site process control personnel for all assigned projects
- Participate in project PSM activities; MOC, PHA/HAZOP/LOPA, What if, Alarm Rationalization, etc
- Participate in project process controls FAT, IFAT, SAT and HMI development
- Responsible for delivering process control narrative documentation, assigning DCS and SIS I/O points
- I/O assignment and connection/loop drawings
- Single line/three-line drawings
- Coordinate with our panel shop to implement designs
- Develop, submit, obtain approval and execute control panel checkout, unwitnessed and witnessed factory acceptance tests
- Interface with customer representative(s) to develop and present the overall control system such that it meets the requirements of project contract documents and overall system functionality
- Responsible for the review and approval of SIS documentation (SRS, C E, testing documents, drawings, etc.) to ensure MPC documentation standards and GBR site practices are being followed and for completing the SIS Functional Safety Assessment (FSA) per ISA 84 requirements for modified or new SIS
- GBR Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for documenting and communicating site best practices for the DCS and SIS platforms
- Provide troubleshooting support to I E group for loop tuning and data analysis.
- Provide production support and troubleshooting for changes to equipment configuration and production automation systems.
- Any other duties as necessarily assigned by management
REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to apply mathematical applications to practical situations
- Minimum 2 years of experience with the IEC61511 and ISA 84 SIS standard
- Minimum 7 years of process control plant experience (Emerson Ovation, ABB Infi90, Rockwell control Logix system , DeltaV DCS, DeltaV SIS, Triconex, or HIMA)
- Proficient in the design and programming of Rockwell Automation PLC/visualization platforms (ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and MicroLogix)
- Minimum 5 year of process control systems and instrumentation project engineering experience.
NORMAL WORK SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday, working hours to be determined. Occasionally extended hours or changes in schedule will be required as special circumstances arise.
WHY JOIN SEABOARD ENERGY?
- Traditional benefits include:competitive pay, affordable medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage, retirement savings plans for full-time and active employees, flexible spending accounts, life/AD D insurance, family life insurance and employee assistance program.
- Other benefits:career training and advancement, discounted pork products, employee referral bonuses, wellness programs, annual family events and discount programs.
ABOUT SEABOARD ENERGY
As a Seaboard Corporation company, we work collaboratively with the other Seaboard companies to promote sustainable energy projects, including but not limited to, the production of biodiesel and renewable diesel