Control Systems Specialist

Control Systems Specialist

The Control Systems Specialists are embedded resources that monitor process automation Operations Technology (OT) systems and infrastructure, provide troubleshooting expertise, and implement enhancements as required by production, maintenance and engineering personnel. The Company’s ServiceNow application provides work tickets to track and record the services supplied by these resources. This is a 1 year contract. 14x14 Rotation – 12-hour days.

Responsibilities

- Undertaking a daily service PM to sense, identify, and respond to system health parameters with a goal of maintaining availability and reliability of the process and process systems

- Performing proactive monitoring using The Company’s developed Standard Work Process

- Understanding the Emerson DeltaV, Allen Bradly ControlLogix, and Siemens S-7 logic and control module organization to facilitate fast, accurate support

- Providing day-to-day technical support on process control and PLC systems and process control related tasks

- Demonstrate knowledge and troubleshooting of industrial control system networking equipment including switches and firewalls

- Demonstrate knowledge and troubleshooting of 3 party systems such as Electrical Heat Trace monitoring, Continuous Emission Monitoring systems etc.

- Forcing and bypassing process systems as required following the established MOC process

- Implementing small process control logic changes which may include I/O, regulatory control, SIS, and Sequence/batch

- Building or troubleshooting process graphics

- Continuously evaluating the existing process control systems for reliability of control and effectiveness

- Identifying opportunities where process control applications will improve process reliability, efficiency, and operational consistency

- Installing and maintaining DD files to map critical smart instrument parameters into the DCS system

- Configuring, testing, and troubleshooting, DeviceNet, OPC, and other SCADA connectivity protocols

- Configuring SCADAPack and other RTU modules and associated modems to provide SCADA communication

- Providing documentation and training support to the I&C and Maintenance personnel

- Reviewing, verifying, or providing engineered documents and manuals for work orders to assist technicians to determine if devices and DCS/AMS have the correct values and parameters

- Helping technicians troubleshoot work orders to determine if repairs can be completed from the Asset Management Station due to electronics failures

- Supporting site projects to install/migrate/upgrade control systems

Requirements

- Requires both Level One and Level Two DeltaV Implementation training certificates

- Minimum of 5 years of working experience in similar role(s)

- Prior programming experience with PLCs and/or SCADA systems is required

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $120.00-$140.00 per hour

Application question(s):

- Do you have both Level One and Level Two DeltaV Implementation training certificates?

- Do you have programming experience with PLCs and/or SCADA systems?

Experience:

- control systems: 5 years (required)

Work Location: In person