Controls Engineer

Company: Ecovyst
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: November 16, 2023

Job Description:

We are currently in search of a Controls Engineer at our Kansas City, KS location.The Controls Engineer will provide support to plant operation in daily control problems, as well as continuous process improvements.Responsibilities:

• Process control system design and maintenance to include PLC, MCC's and VFD's
• Process instrumentation including mass flow meters, continuous and discrete level transmitters, pressure transducers and temperature--transducers.
• Set up mew Factory Talk directories; create new displays and other supporting HMI development--activities.
• Define and troubleshoot networks that span multiple subnets of VLAN's.--
• Work in and around 480 V MCC including motor systems that are VFD Controls
• Manage small to mid-size controls project to maintain schedule and--budget.
• Directly supervises the site's instrument technicians. This includes evaluating job scopes and assigning--work.
• Actively participate in plant wide--HSE, quality and productivity initiatives
• Train employees on HS&E topics and--motivate hourly technicians to develop ownership--skills.Requirements
  • Proven work history of 8 years in a process environment
  • PLC programming abilities, including Allen Bradley's control logix, SLC and PLC5--platforms.
  • HMI development abilities, including Rockwell Automation software, Factory Talk, RS View and other products integrated with Allen Bradley
  • Proven critical thinker, problem solver and--self-starter.
  • 4-year-degree from an ABET accredited program in Electrical Engineering or similar or equivalent combination of education and proven work history.--

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