APC & Digitalization Chief Process Engineer

Summary:

Develop model Predictive Control applications to ensure reliable and profitable production in Refinery and Petrochemical processes. Monitor the most efficient operation of these applications and make necessary adjustments. Designing soft sensors, logics, screens in DCS and automation systems and updating them according to the needs. Designing, installing, and developing "Product Pool Optimization", "Real-time Optimization" and "Dynamic Optimization" (Pool Optimization, RTO, DO) applications for the most efficient operation.

Responsibilities:

• Calculate the benefits and profitability of APC and Automation projects and report regularly. 
• Identify and implement efficient and reliable basic level control strategies. Support the relevant teams by determining control strategy in engineering studies.
• Monitor basic level control performance and making improvements. Establish basic level control monitoring software and manage its lifecycle.
• Collaborate with the relevant units to create flow compensation tags to be used in reports such as Product Account and Data Reconciliation (PAR), mass balances and refinery shift report in DCS and ensuring that the tags are created in DCS.
• Provide system support for operator training simulation (OTS).  Ensure that the dynamic model and control systems are up to date and the system is available.
• Determine alarm management strategies. Support alarm management activities and manage the life cycles of alarm KPI Reporting software.
• Determine the needs required to realize the applications within the scope of its duties and responsibilities. 
• Monitor and report process control and alarm management metrics and KPIs for profitable, reliable, and sustainable operations. 
• Monitor technological and sectoral innovations and changes related to APC and Automation in line with the requirements of legal legislation and international standards; to ensure that they are monitored and to develop improvement suggestions for unit activities.

Requirements:

• Proficiency in automation and control concepts (e.g., PID Controller, control loop tuning, different process types: self-regulated/integrator; process modeling: 1st order, 2nd order, dead time)
• Minimum 2 years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering discipline (required). Ideally Chemical Engineering.
• Microsoft Office knowledge
• Fluent English language skill

Application Instruction:

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Application closing date: 30.05.2024