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Flint Hills Resources · 21 hours ago

DCS Technician

Corpus Christi, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

4+ years exp

Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company operating oil refineries and chemical plants across North America. They are seeking a DCS Technician to leverage their expertise in DCS applications, collaborating with various engineering teams to ensure optimal site operations and reliability.

AgricultureBiofuelChemicalEnergyManufacturingOil and Gas

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Assist instrument and analyzer techs and electricians with troubleshooting unexpected data to or from or within the DCS

Collaborate with DCS console operators to make operability improvements, including DCS graphics modification and alarm management and rationalization

Collaborate with process control engineers in the development, implementation, and improvement of DCS-based advanced control strategies, including state-based control, transition automation, and model predictive control; implement configuration for supervisory controls capabilities

Collaborate with project engineers to guide project scopes that economically meet expected business outcomes

Collaborate with project designers, from reserving system IO and performing field walk-downs to providing the guidance necessary for their development of complete and error-free IFC project design packages

Implement DCS vendor hot-fixes and security updates; upgrade DCS system hardware and software without interrupting the process

Proactively frame-up and recommend improvements to DCS installed equipment to meet potential future needs of customers and users

Collaborate with instrument techs and DCS console operators in the commissioning of new or modified DCS configuration and enabling HART communications for smart field devices

Collaborate with peers at other FHR sites, sharing what you know and learning from them

Collaborate with IT engineers in the network design, hardware selection, commissioning, monitoring, and troubleshooting of outside-of-the-DCS network communication

Troubleshoot OPC, Modbus, and ethernet interfaces with foreign-to-DCS devices

Support remote logins to the DCS

Troubleshoot unexpected “loss of data” events with process and environmental engineers

Proactively monitor the health of DCS hardware

Available for on-call rotation

Qualification

DCS experienceEmerson DeltaVIndustrial automation systemsModbus protocolsHART communicationsP&IDs understandingTroubleshooting skillsProject design skillsCollaboration skills

Required

4 + years of experience with DCS or PLC service, support, and/or configuration experience in a chemical plant or refinery or similar

Expertise using industrial plant automation/control systems hardware (including servers, workstations, switches) and software in automation and process control applications

A working knowledge of communications protocols such as Modbus RTU/TCP, Ethernet I/P, OPC UA/DA, and HART in industrial control system applications

Good understanding of the engineering documents associated with DCS and process control digital equipment installations and projects such as electrical drawings, loop drawings, P&IDs, and Cause and Effect tables