Process Control Engineer
About The Position
The Process Control Engineer supports the design, maintenance, and optimization of automated manufacturing systems, focusing on safety, quality, cost efficiency, and process reliability. The role applies engineering principles and technical knowledge to troubleshoot control systems, support system improvements, maintain reliability, and assist with the safe implementation of control system changes. The engineer maintains process control systems, plant historian, networks, and related components; provides rotating 24x7 on-call support; troubleshoots control system and equipment issues; and supports system upgrades, maintenance, backups, and reliability improvements. The role also supports equipment safety assessments, applies relevant safety standards, reviews designs and project documentation, and assists with equipment design, installation, commissioning, and implementation. The position designs, implements, programs, enhances, and supports DCS, PLC, and other process control systems. It develops and maintains applications, interfaces, historian integrations, and process improvements; administers process control networks; and tests, troubleshoots, and validates system implementations and changes. The engineer applies engineering standards, supports technical documentation and capital projects, shares knowledge, and collaborates with engineering, operations, maintenance, and other technical teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical or instrumentation engineering or a related technical field.
- Less than 2 years of relevant experience, including internships.
- Ability to understand, troubleshoot, and resolve complex industrial control systems and equipment issues.
- Knowledge of DCS, PLC, HMI, process historian, industrial networks, and control system architecture.
- Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements and ability to manage or support PSM programs.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Maintain the integrity, reliability, and performance of process control systems, plant historian, networks, and related components.
- Provide rotating 24x7 on-call support for control system hardware, software, instrumentation, and network issues.
- Troubleshoot control system processors, I/O subsystems, HMIs, loops, graphics, field instruments, valves, motors, and network infrastructure.
- Manage historian configurations and data collection parameters to support system performance and data availability.
- Support system upgrades, maintenance activities, backups, and reliability improvements.
- Support equipment safety assessments and risk reduction initiatives.
- Apply applicable safety standards, including Safety Category, Safety Integrity Level (SIL), and Performance Level (PL).
- Review equipment designs and project documentation for alignment with established safety requirements.
- Identify and resolve control system and equipment safety concerns to support safe equipment operation.
- Support equipment design, installation, commissioning, and implementation activities.
- Design, implement, program, enhance, and support DCS, PLC, and other process control systems in accordance with established standards.
- Develop and maintain control system applications, interfaces, historian integrations, and process improvements.
- Support control system upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives to improve reliability and performance.
- Administer process control networks, including security, backups, data protection, firewalls, servers, and software updates.
- Test, troubleshoot, and validate control system implementations, interfaces, version changes, and system functionality.
- Apply established engineering standards and procedures to control system design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Support documentation of control system configurations, technical procedures, system changes, and maintenance activities.
- Support capital projects through technical implementation, commissioning, testing, and validation activities.
- Support training and knowledge-sharing related to control systems, equipment, and operating procedures.
- Collaborate with engineering, operations, maintenance, and other technical teams to resolve issues and implement improvements.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits generally begin after 30 days.
- Paid time off, including vacation days, personal days, and company holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
