Job Code |
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ENEI-3427-02 |
Job Title |
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Senior Advanced Process Control (APC) Engineer |
Department |
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Instrumentation & Controls |
Role Definition |
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Roles at this level are Technical subject matter experts. They work individually in solving complex technical issues and act as guide / mentors to others in their field of expertise.
At this role - their technical expertise is critical in maintaining the competitiveness of the organisation.
Most of the times, there are few replacements in the organisation and the market for such experts. |
Key Role & Responsibility |
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Subject matter expertise
- Develop new concepts and execution plans to provide technologically advanced and cost effective solutions specific to the subject
- Develop new procedures, standards, work instructions to be used across entities
'Proposal & Project Execution
- Analyse contract and examine relevant scope and interfaces
- Early identification of risks and implement mitigations
- Participate in budget and execution schedule review
- Estimate cost and concept for proposals
- Deliver quality deliverable and control budget and schedule
- Develop cost effective, quality and HSE related concepts and solutions
- Review critical calculations, specifications, concepts and approve project deliverables
Interface Management & Alignment
- Co-ordinate with other EN disciplines and functions, vendors, sub-contractors, clients, PMC and entities
- Co-ordinate and supervise quality of the the team and external partners
Development & Continuous Improvement
- Contribute towards organizational quality, training and improvement initiatives and implementation in the projects, proposals
- Participate as auditee during internal and external process and technical audits and accountable for closure of audit, implementation of preventive and corrective actions
- Conduct technical meetings with the department for know-how backflow and lessons learnt
Additional Tasks
- Support to the DH, entities with review, audit for all the projects and to build the overall competency on the particular subject |
Additional Responsibility
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Subject Matter Expert recognised within the company and across the entities and / or in industry
Must have executed many complex projects as EQR for the particular subject and must have seen complete life cycle
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Education qualification & Experience |
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1. Bachelor of Instrumentation / Electronics Engineering with 15+ years or Diploma in Instrumentation or Electronics Engineering with 20+ years of experience 2. Site experience will be an added advantage |
Technical Knowledge |
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• Master’s or Bachelors degree in chemical engineering, electrical engineering or computer science
• More than 10 years of experience with advanced process control of continuous process plants
• Experience with design implementation and tuning of Model Predictive Control (MPC), Real Time Optimizers (RTO) advanced regulatory control (ratio, feed-forward, cascade), static and dynamic process models.
• Experience with AspenTech DMCplus/DMC3, Honeywell Profit Controller or Capstone MACS controller is a plus
• Thorough understanding of P&IDs, heat & mass balances, as well as the following unit operations: distillation columns, compressors, turbines, adsorbers, heat exchangers, cracking furnaces, Steam Methane Reformers, Air Separation Plants is desirable.
• Experience with the commissioning of process plants
• Familiarity with higher level programming languages such as C++, python, VBA, matlab
• Exposure to Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) concepts and techniques.
• Basic understanding of control system functions, IT network architectures and communication protocols such as OPC, modbus |
Preferred SkillSet |
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• Fast learner with intrinsic motivation
• Ability to perform and organize work in an unstructured environment
• Drive to explore new ways
• Ability to maintain focus in a fast changing environment
• Good communication and presentation skills in English
• Ability to collaborate within cross cultural distributed teams
• Ability to travel to sites globally. 25 to 30% travel is expected. |
Targeted Industries
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• Semiconductor production
• Production of green, blue and grey Hydrogen
• Hydrogen mobility
• Production of sustainable fuels
• Petrochemical
• Steel production |