Sr Principal Consultant Engineer

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The RoleCoupling deep manufacturing and business process knowledge with an understanding of process, automation and control issues, the AspenTech professional services organization is distinctively qualified to help customers transform their business. With over 25 years of exclusive service to the process industries, we help over 1200 companies find significant economic benefits through the strategic application of automation and IT solutions. Our worldwide services organization has centuries of cumulative process industry experience spanning: oil and gas, petroleum, chemicals, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals and consumer products.
This position will require expertise in Refinery, Olefins, Polymer or Spec Chem process industry, also spanning into Pulp&Paper or Metal&Mines. This position is for a qualified engineer to join our team in the UK (Reading or home based). For the proper candidate other locations in Europe may be discussed.

Your Impact

• Review process flow diagrams and P&IDs and understand process operation. Lead process discussions, providing an effective process knowledge transfer to junior engineers.
• Being able to identify and properly articulate the best strategy to address the business control problem and being able to design control strategies on some processes.
• Lead effectively in designing testing and commissioning APC applications and able to independently execute all phases of a control project (pre-test, plant test, analysis, commission), leading a team of 1-2 engineers working on the project.
• Understand concepts of closed loop control (computer, DCS, PID control, DMC3 tuning concept) and assist in controller interface database and configuration.
• Understand process issues and how they impact multivariable control design
• Being able to implement complex calculations for effective data analysis.
• Set up and execute controller simulation for large scope problems.
• Discuss with customers and act as a technical lead engineer on various scale projects.

What You'll Need

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or equivalent experience in the field. MS or PhD will be preferred.
• 12+ years’ experience in the field of Multivariable Process Control and Optimization.
• Demonstrable communication and coaching skills.
• Demonstrable soft skills in managing customers and being able to cooperate with Project Managers.
• Competence in some process units in Refining or Olefins or Polymer processes. Proven experience in an Operating Company or in an APC Consulting Company will be a definite plus.
• Understand concepts of data collection and be able to manipulate data files and collections lists accurately.  As well as understand concepts of “transformation” and be able to transform variables for data analysis.
• Understand the concepts of multivariable identification and be able to proficiently execute data analysis for large scope problems.
• Deep knowledge of the concepts of multivariable control, concepts of linear programming and LP cost calculations.
• Deep knowledge of concepts of closed loop control (computer, DCS, PID control, MVC tuning concept).
• Able and willing to travel at least 50% of time since the job includes testing and commissioning activities at client sites. No Visa limitation for travelling around most Countries.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Proficient in Aspen on-line and off-line tools.
• Exposure and ability to work with AspenTech APC products will be an advantage.
• Fluency in any other language will be a plus.