Senior Process Automation Engineer

Senior Process Automation Engineer Job Profile:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Process Automation Engineer to supervise, coordinate, provide direction, and advanced problem solving for existing automation systems. This position offers a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority, all opinions are valued, and people are empowered to grow in their careers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct or supervise others on moderate to complex issues including mentoring and developing junior Engineers.
• Review and improve performance of discrete, continuous, and advanced control equipment and software, and identify opportunities to implement process optimization through automation.
• Regularly review and improve alarm management systems (alarm rationalization).
• Participate and represent process automation in HAZOP and other safety and reliability processes and studies.
• Identify and troubleshoot specialized, analytical, and advanced sensors.
• Keep track of Process Automation equipment obsolescence and develop plans to replace equipment prior to it becoming obsolete.
• Implement Process Automation solutions through delegation of work.
• Review and comment on project proposals and verify the quality of project work.
• Work with Expert or APC systems to optimize plants.
• Review and improve performance of PCS communication and the plant historian.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline and five (5) years of related experience in Engineering relevant to Process Automation or related field, including three (3) years of experience with Advanced Sensors and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs); OR
• Master's degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline and three (3) years of related experience in Engineering relevant to Process Automation or related field, including three (3) years of experience with Advanced Sensors and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous supervision experience
• Electrical Journeyman Training
• PLC or DCS manufacturer's training or certification
• Experience in Plant Information or some other database storage and retrieval system
• Understanding of science behind comminution, flotation, exothermic reactions, and other processes used in mining and mineral beneficiation and processing