Automation and Process Control Engineer

The Chemours Company•New Johnsonville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Chemours is a chemistry company focused on creating essential chemistry for a colorful, capable, and cleaner world. They develop market-leading products with high performance, sustainability, and safety, used in applications like clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing, AI, climate-friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings. Chemours is seeking an Automation and Process Control Engineer to join their New Johnsonville Process Control team in New Johnsonville, TN. This on-site position provides technical leadership and support for the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the site's automation and process control infrastructure. The role involves championing and implementing system capability improvements to meet customer needs and enhance business competitiveness, working closely with leadership, R&D, manufacturing resources, operators, and mechanics. The engineer will provide instrumentation and process control assistance for manufacturing areas, covering Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Process Data Historians, and various IT interfaces. Key responsibilities include identifying, scoping, and leading minor and medium capital improvement automation projects, and guiding the management of DCS, Safety Interlock System (SIS), PLC hardware, networks, configuration, graphics, documentation, simulator, backups, procedures, and training for stable and efficient process control.

Requirements

BS in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering field.
10+ years of experience designing and implementing process control strategies aligned with industry best practices.
2+ years of hands-on experience configuring, supporting, and maintaining DCS and/or PLC systems.
1+ years of experience working in a Chemical/Industrial Manufacturing and/or related engineering environment.
Ability and willingness to relocate to be within a reasonable commuting distance of the New Johnsonville, TN site, and report onsite regularly according to the work schedule.

Nice To Haves

Experience with support of a safety system.
Experience with Honeywell DCS systems preferred.
Experience designing and implementing process control strategies following standard and industry best practices.
Ability to identify continuous improvement opportunities.
Experience leading control system projects using site management of change (MOC) processes.
Process Safety Management (High Hazard Process/Low Hazard Operation) experience.
Knowledgeable with Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Layer Of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Safety Interlock System (SIS), or Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements.

Responsibilities

Designs and commission control systems by configuring & developing DCS & PLC software.
Automates and manages existing automation of process functions.
Develops DCS graphics that enable efficient control room operator response and knowledge of the process operation.
Provides control systems input into project development and design schedules.
Ensures that the DCS and SIS software management is adequate and applied to achieve the area's goals, verify control configuration changes.
Provides programming support and commission new instrumentation, basic administration of DCS and PLC systems including monitoring and upkeep of applications.
Performs and coordinates the DCS and SIS system monitoring, system file backups, spare parts inventory, data collection, and analysis.
Acts as a resource for operations and maintenance on procedures, training and standards.
Serves as a contact for DCS and SIS related systems, historians, simulators and networks.
Coaches teams and individuals on DCS and SIS related tasks and activities.
Participates in and leads DCS and SIS related reviews and projects as required.
Conducts and documents or participates in investigations of DCS and SIS incidents and ensures follow-up actions are completed to prevent recurrences.
Performs job in way that supports site vision of becoming an empowered organization.
Assists in developing and achieving control system goals and ensures tasks are completed.
Be part of a team that provides support, as needed, to control systems across the site for 24 hours per day/7 days a week operations.