
Process Control Engineer
LANXESS
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Kalama • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $107,800 - $179,600 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Provide process control engineering support for plant operations and strategic initiatives, including process optimization, raw material and energy efficiency improvements, asset utilization, environmental performance tracking, and capital project execution.
- Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), and other plant control systems.
- Maintain and enhance data acquisition systems, including plant efficiency calculations, energy monitoring, asset utilization tracking, and environmental performance reporting.
- Develop, implement, and manage control programs to ensure environmental, operational, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide engineering support for the sizing, specification, installation, and maintenance of field instrumentation (flow, temperature, pressure, level transmitters, control valves, etc.).
- Design and implement automation strategies and advanced control schemes to optimize plant performance.
- Manage capital and improvement projects, including scope development, technical submittals, procurement, installation oversight, and commissioning.
- Support Process Safety Management (PSM) programs, including mechanical integrity, procedures, process safety information (PSI), P&IDs, and participation in Process Hazard Analyses (PHA).
- Provide oversight for cybersecurity and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) to ensure system reliability and compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
- 5–10 years of relevant process control or industrial automation experience.
- Strong knowledge of control systems, instrumentation, and plant automation.
- Demonstrated project management capability.
- Experience with cybersecurity principles and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- Health care - Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Spending Account (HSA) with High Deductible PPO XD
- Employee Life Insurance - Basic, Supplemental Life and AD&D
- Dependent Life Insurance and AD&D
- Disability Coverage - Short-Term and Long-Term
- Flexible Spending Accounts - Health Care and Dependent Care
- NortonLifeLock device security, online privacy, and identity theft protection
- Aflac Benefits
- Legal Assistance Program
- Retirement Benefits - Defined Contribution 401(k) Plan with Employer Retirement Contribution and Employer Match
- Minimum of 80 hours of vacation per year; 10 paid holidays; 64 hours of Sick/Personal time per year
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Hard Skills & Tools
process control engineeringDistributed Control Systems (DCS)Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)data acquisition systemscontrol programsfield instrumentationautomation strategiesadvanced control schemesproject managementcybersecurity principles
Soft Skills
communication skillsproject management capability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering