Advanced Process Control Engineer

2 months ago

Calgary, Alberta, Canada Plains Full time

About Plains

Plains is a leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation, storage, processing, and marketing solutions for crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Our company operates strategically-located facilities for crude oil and NGL storage, separates NGL from natural gas, and fractionates NGL into pure liquid petroleum gas (LPG) products, including propane and butane.

Our Mission

Fueled by our strong leadership team and a dedicated employee base, combined with our expertise in marketing, logistics, and our asset base, Plains is well-positioned to provide our customers with flexible, value-added services now and in the future.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly-motivated individual who enjoys working as part of a team in a dynamic and entrepreneurial work environment. As an Advanced Process Control (APC) Engineer, you will act as the APC subject matter expert (SME) for all business units, responsible for the full APC project lifecycle, identifying and quantifying APC opportunities, leading and managing the execution of APC projects, and overseeing the post-implementation phase of APC projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify and quantify opportunities for APC at Plains' fractionation and gas processing facilities, liaising with Plains' Commercial and Energy Management teams to quantify potential benefits.
  • Lead, manage, and implement APC projects through the full project lifecycle.
  • Monitor, report on, and optimize performance of newly implemented APC controllers as well as existing controllers implemented in Honeywell Forge APC and AspenTech DMC3 systems.
  • Design and implement APC KPIs.
  • Plan and execute hardware and software upgrades to existing APC systems in coordination with facility controls specialists.
  • Design and install additional instrumentation, where required, for APC implementations in coordination with Operations and small project teams.
  • Review opportunities for inclusion of APC in capital expansion projects and work with expansion project teams to coordinate implementations.
  • Review, troubleshoot, and optimize basic process control strategies for existing facilities and expansion projects.
  • Support the field with tuning of challenging basic process control system (BPCS) control loops at process plants using Honeywell Experion and Allen-Bradley Logix control systems.
  • Review and approve controls-related MOCs.
  • Use process history data and field testing to identify problems with field instrumentation and final control elements and recommend solutions.
  • Develop and deliver APC, control loop tuning, and other process control-related training for operations and engineering teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering and Canadian P.Eng. status (or immediate eligibility to attain status) with a minimum of 2 years' APC experience and a minimum 3 years' experience in plant operations or process control engineering.
  • Experience with Honeywell Forge or AspenTech DMC3 required.
  • Experience in data analysis, benefit assessment, justification, and budgeting for APC projects.
  • Experience with process control strategy design, configuration, commissioning, and start-up on DCS and PLC platforms.
  • Experience operating oil and gas facilities or working in operational support roles.
  • Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Able to travel to Canadian field locations (up to 30%) for major configuration changes, loop tuning, project commissioning, etc.
  • Flexible and adaptable to a heavy workload and changing work priorities, including multiple projects with short turnaround times.
  • Valid driver's license with a clean abstract.
  • Cleared criminal history (background) and satisfactory reference checks.

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