Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day maintenance, troubleshooting and programming of current process control. Operations includes batch and continuous processes along with supporting utilities and ancillary facilities. The site operates on several types of automation platforms from legacy (Allen Bradley, Foxboro and Modicon) to state of the art (Emerson DeltaV)
- Direct and support E&I Technicians and Mechanics during equipment installation and troubleshooting scenarios.
- Act as Subject Matter Expert for Control System Improvement Projects including platform migrations at the plant and potentially other sites.
- Understand process control issues and develop solutions to enhance process with operations and process engineering
- Provide after-hours call-in duty as needed.
- Collaborate with production and maintenance staff to ensure plant operations are smooth and reliable
- Travel associated with this position would be ≤5%.
- Provide input on small projects, large capital expenditures, safety assessments, automation standards, and alarm management
- Maintenance of OT Servers and OT switches, updating patches and anti-virus
- Communication protocol knowledge/understanding (OPC DA/UA, Modbus/Modbus+, Serial RS 232/485, TCP/RTU, Prosoft)
- OS migrations experience
- Self-motivator who takes ownership and eagerly tackles large challenges.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably in Electrical, Controls, or other related engineering field.
Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment or with an integrator is preferred.
- Practical/ applied experience with continuous/ batch programming, automation system process control technologies (DCS, PLC, SCADA, OPC, DA, APC, RTO, etc.)
- Experience with Emerson, Rockwell, and Foxboro products is a plus
- Knowledge of S88, ISA84, and ISA18.2 is also a plus
- Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations
Qualification Criteria:
- Be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.
- Have a valid driver’s license with no restrictions
- Possess excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills
- Possess good organizations skills
- Be an effective team player and interact well with others
- Effectively and efficiently establish priorities and accomplish multiple tasks simultaneously
- Must pass background check, physical, and drug screen
Why Synthomer?
We are ambitious!
We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we’re recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.
We believe in high challenge, high support!
We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.
We personalize our approach to development!
At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.
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What We Do
Synthomer is a business-to-business speciality chemicals producer. We create value for all our stakeholders by applying our expertise and innovation capabilities to provide high-performance water-based polymers and ingredients to a wide range of blue-chip customers in multiple attractive end markets.
Synthomer are headquartered and stock listed in the UK. We have more than 30 operational sites across Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia including four innovation centres of excellence. The Company employs around 4,200 entrepreneurial, highly skilled employees with the expertise and experience to drive our success worldwide.
