Process Controls Engineer
About The Position
Tidal Vision is seeking a Process Controls Engineer to improve the performance, reliability, and safety of its chemical processing and manufacturing operations. This hands-on role evaluates process behavior and recommends improvements to instrumentation, equipment arrangements, and control strategies. The engineer works closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and the automation team to optimize existing processes and support new equipment and plant expansions. The automation team leads PLC/SCADA programming and control-system architecture. The role requires hands-on work in manufacturing environments and travel to support multiple facilities. Occasional work outside normal business hours may be necessary for commissioning and critical troubleshooting. Tidal Vision describes its mission as creating positive and systemic impact for critical industries that sustain life. The company emphasizes innovation, direct and open communication, responsibility, freedom, collaboration, and employee growth and development. The role is full-time and exempt, based in Bellingham, Washington.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent education and relevant practical experience.
- At least 5 years of process controls or process engineering experience in chemical processing or a comparable process industry.
- Experience with batch processing, dosing, mixing, heating and cooling, or comparable process operations.
- Strong understanding of process dynamics, PID control, instrumentation, control valves, pumps, and fluid handling.
- Ability to interpret and develop P&IDs and translate process requirements into practical equipment and control recommendations.
- Demonstrated experience diagnosing process problems and implementing measurable improvements in an operating plant.
- Working knowledge of PLC/DCS systems, alarms, interlocks, and process safety practices.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Allen-Bradley control systems, Ignition SCADA, and historian analysis.
- Experience with pH control and advanced control strategies, including cascade, ratio, and feedforward control.
- Participation in HAZOP/LOPA reviews and commissioning of new processes or facilities.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate manufacturing processes to improve throughput, yield, product consistency, chemical consumption, energy use, reliability, and safety.
- Evaluate instrumentation selection and placement, control valve sizing, pumps, and piping arrangements using appropriate sizing and process calculations.
- Develop and refine control strategies for dosing, mixing, heating, cooling, and batch operations in collaboration with the automation team.
- Analyze historian data, troubleshoot process variability, and tune control loops to improve stability and performance.
- Develop and review P&IDs, control narratives, operating limits, and requirements for alarms, sequences, and interlocks.
- Participate in process safety reviews and management of change with Engineering, Operations, and EHS.
- Support commissioning, performance testing, and operator training, and verify that changes deliver measurable improvements.
- Work with the automation team, which leads PLC/SCADA programming and control-system architecture.
- Travel to support multiple facilities; occasional work outside normal business hours may be needed for commissioning and critical troubleshooting.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Optional FSA/HSA.
- 401(k) with 6% employer match.
- Life and AD&D insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- 21.67 days of paid time off plus 10 holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
