Process Performance Engineer

Description

Summary : The ASU Process Performance Engineer plays a pivotal role in the realm of Advanced Process Control (APC) by not only designing innovative solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of the organization but also overseeing their effective implementation.

This multifaceted position requires a deep understanding of both the technical aspects of APC technologies and air separation operation and the practical considerations of project execution.

During the design phase, the engineer conducts thorough analyses of existing processes to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement, ultimately crafting solutions that enhance operational performance.

Identify Improvement Opportunities : Utilize air separation process expertise to identify and recommend opportunities where APC applications can enhance process efficiency, operational consistency, and the performance of the base process control layer.

Evaluate Impact : Analyze the potential impact of proposed APC applications on overall process performance.

Scope and Cost Estimation : Assist in developing detailed project scopes, cost estimates, and economic benefit analyses for APC projects.

Identify Critical Activities : Identify and outline critical activities required for project success and collaborate across functions to support project requirements.

Define and Maintain Schedule : Help define and maintain project schedules and budgets, ensuring alignment with project goals.

Oversee Key Activities : Monitor critical activities related to regulatory loop tuning, step testing, identification of key variables, model definition, and model implementation.

Coordinate with Experts : Collaborate with local and international experts to ensure that APC implementation is aligned with Quality-APC (Q-APC) expectations and standards.

Knowledge Sharing : Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices among team members and stakeholders.

Conduct Weekly Meetings : Organize and conduct weekly review meetings with key project team members to track progress and address any emerging challenges or opportunities.

Seamless Closeout of Projects : Ensure a seamless closeout of open projects by maintaining accurate project documentation and ensuring it is subject to review by relevant stakeholders.

Documentation Maintenance : Keep all documentation organized and accessible for future reference and compliance audits.

Are you a MATCH? Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, or similar engineering field or equivalent work experience

Minimum 4 years of process industry experience working with air separation units (work as process or controls engineer preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with APC software and deployment desired (Yokogawa PACE is desirable)

Knowledge of regulatory control tuning desired

Recruiter : Laura Brewer / / 832-954-4791

We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Your differences enhance our performance At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic.

We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.