Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
Internship Augusta (Richmond)
Job description
Solvay is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
SPECIALTY POLYMERS belongs to Solvay, a global multi-specialty chemical company with more than 27,000 employees, committed to developing innovative solutions for key societal challenges. With more than 1500 products and over 2 billion EU sales, Specialty Polymers, a core Solvay Global Business Unit (GBU), offers the widest range of high-performance polymers in the world. A portfolio that enables our customers to create advanced customized solutions that extend the limits of metal replacement in a wide range of areas from sustainable mobility, to hyperconnectivity and advanced consumer devices to batteries, electrification and efficient energy production, and many more. JOIN US When our science and innovation blends with your energy and passion, Solvay Specialty Polymers becomes the perfect fit to start your career. Join one of the world’s leading chemical companies in which vast international opportunities, motivating benefits and a fulfilling environment are waiting for you.
Job Overview and Responsibilities:
The Instrumentation/Controls Engineer works in a team-based environment and is responsible for:
•Promoting the utilization of instrumentation and automation technology to increase the overall equipment effectiveness, increase production unit performance, reduce maintenance activities and lower overall total maintenance costs.
•Assisting the maintenance technicians and production with troubleshooting and diagnostics.
•Working with maintenance personnel and departmental resources to develop, design and ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
•Developing a life cycle asset management program for the site instrumentation and field mounted control elements.
•Working with the process control engineers, process engineers and production team members to identify and implement new instrumentation and control strategies to increase product yields, reduce energy usage and optimize the value of products.
•Coaching and mentoring operations and technical personnel on the concepts and use of various forms of instrumentation technology.
•Generating and championing new Industrial Automation instrumentation improvement projects which enhance unit operation, effectiveness, quality or operability.
•Working with the DCS engineers to maintain the control system hardware.
Education and Experience:
•B.S. in Electrical or Chemical Engineering. Candidates with other degrees who have demonstrated a strong background in application and implementation of process field instrumentation in an industrial manufacturing environment will be considered.
•At least four (4) years minimum experience in an industrial manufacturing environment in either chemical or refining processes working in support of l&E maintenance activities while serving as a subject matter expert in application, implementation, and troubleshooting field instrumentation.
•Highly motivated, self-directed and able to function in a team-based environment.
•Ability to work well with other departments (internal and external), especially the unit maintenance and operations team members.
•Dedication and ability to be a safety champion
Skills:
The candidate should be knowledgeable and experienced in at least three (3) of the following:
•Specification of industrial instrumentation to measure pressure, temperature, flow and density.
•Specification of valves and final control elements used in a chemical manufacturing environment.
•Design and development of loop sheets, equipment control wiring diagrams, and motor control circuitry.
•Programmable Logic Controller design, implementation and troubleshooting.
•Defining and selecting appropriate instrumentation and valve materials of construction for chemical compatibility.