Automation Specialist

Job Details

California Resources Corporation is a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company and the largest oil and natural gas producer in California. We operate our world-class resource base exclusively within the State of California, applying complementary and integrated infrastructure to gather, process and market our production. Using advanced technology, CRC’s workforce focuses on safely and responsibly supplying affordable energy for California by Californians. The Automation Systems team is hiring an Automation Specialist. Expected pay range is $105K - $140K annually. This is a non-exempt position. Your actual level and base salary, however, will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

- Support the operations and automation teams

- Function as an HMI programmer and system integrator.

- Assist in optimizing production by designing, integrating, implementing, and configuring process control solutions, including:

- HMI Systems

- SCADA systems

- OPC Servers and communication

- Historians and Databases

- PC networking technology

- This job utilizes a knowledge of HMI/Scada programing to build and support our current HMI systems for control and surveillance.

- Daily job duties include detailed design generation, documentation, implementation, system integration, system testing, troubleshooting, and on-site startup

- Work closely with and receive technical direction from process and design engineers as well as operations personnel

- Work well with others while focusing on project execution and daily maintenance activities

- Promote the utilization of the automated control systems and develop and drive the implementation of the strategic automation plans to improve the overall system safety, environmental performance and reliability

- Recommend, maintain, and implement modifications to system hardware and software to enhance and improve process control systems

- Direct troubleshooting efforts of the HMI and SCADA systems, as well as monitoring operating status, and program changes

- Assist in coordinating and conducting, training of automation and operations personnel

- Complete other assigned duties as needed to support operations

Qualifications

Required qualifications

- Must have a High School Diploma or GED

- Minimum of 10 years Control systems (PLC) or HMI/SCADA experience in the oil, gas, or chemical industry.

- Experience with HMI systems (Ignition, Iconics, Wonderware, Siemens)

- Experience with data historians like Aveva Pi

- Working knowledge of communication protocols and networking protocols such as OPC, MQTT, Ethernet IP, Modbus RTU / TCP.

- Ability to understand and implement Design Requirements, Detailed Design Specifications, Control Narratives and Software Test Plans

- Must have a valid driver’s license & a clean DMV record

- Must be willing to work overtime when required to minimize production loss

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with alarm management and rationalization a plus

- Experience with other Oil and Gas well control systems (XSPOC, LOWIS)