Description
The Senior Advanced Process Control (APC) Engineer serves as a site technical authority for APC applications, providing technical leadership for the development, implementation, sustainment, and lifecycle management of APC solutions.
The role develops and implements the Norco site APC strategy to improve throughput and yield, energy efficiency, reliability, operational stability, and overall margin performance.
The Senior APC Engineer identifies, prioritizes, and documents APC improvement opportunities and leads execution from concept through realized and sustained business value.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the site APC and PACE technical authority and focal point for APC strategy, performance, technical assurance, and lifecycle management
- Develop, maintain, and implement the site APC strategy, aligning priorities with Production, Asset Operations, Asset Optimization, Process Engineering, and PACO objective
- Develop and improve proactive technical monitoring for existing APC applications to maintain and improve controller uptime, utilization, and conformance
- Be accountable and responsible for APC issue resolution, including troubleshooting application performance and coordinating internal, off-site, and external support resources
- Develop a comprehensive support strategy for APC controllers that uses available site, enterprise, vendor, and specialist support resources effectively
- Identify, document, prioritize, and lead APC improvement opportunities across the site, including resource allocation
- Lead development and implementation of APC solutions that increase throughput and yield, reduce product giveaway and energy consumption, improve reliability and operational stability, and maximize sustained margin capture
- Monitor controller performance and conformance, identify performance gaps, and drive continuous improvement
- Collaborate with Control Systems Engineers to improve base-layer and complex control performance where those controls are foundational to APC effectiveness
- Engage Production Teams and Process Engineering to ensure APC actions align with operating objectives, unit constraints, optimization plans, and safe operating limits
- Mentor APC Engineers and Control Systems Engineers in PACE controller development, improvement, troubleshooting, and maintenance
- Provide APC technical assurance and support for management of change, projects, turnarounds, and other site work processes as applicable
- Communicate APC performance, risks, priorities, and realized benefits to stakeholders
Requirements:
- Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, or another relevant engineering discipline
- Minimum 8 years of experience in industrial process control and/or dynamic matrix control
- Demonstrated APC experience, including application development, commissioning, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and sustainment; PACE experience a plus
- Demonstrated knowledge of base-layer control, complex control, and manufacturing operations
- Ability to identify and translate operating and economic opportunities into practical APC solutions and sustained business value
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide site-wide technical leadership
What we offer:
- The base salary range for this position is $149,000 - $223,000 per year
- Insurance coverage options, including medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
- Participation in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan
- Paid leave, including up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave