Refining Engineer - Process Control Systems
An exciting career awaits youAt MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.POSITION SUMMARY:Marathon Petroleum Company's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, TX currently has a vacancy for a Process Control Engineer.The Process Control Engineer will be providing operating unit support and ensuring optimal system performance of the site’s Controls Systems. Additional duties include Controls systems lifecycle management, systems improvement, and optimization. They will ensure reliability and function of process control systems and applications. This includes confirming that data and work processes are kept up to date and applications/hardware are running as intended.The Process Control Engineer will collaborate with partners and customers to communicate, schedule, and execute updates. They also document, communicate, provide training, and work through issues, changes, notices, and impacts to customers. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:Hardware and Software Monitor System performance, evaluate and act on system alarms to correct problems. Develop and maintain Preventative Maintenance (PM) procedures for equipment and maintain completed documentation. Coordinate third party contractors and vendor work on equipment. Lead for Management of Change (MOC) on system hardware and software changes. Own system failure metrics (hardware and software), update problem reporting database. Coordinate risk reduction efforts to improve system reliability and availability Project support Lead for hardware refreshes and perform software version updates. Develop multi-year plan for system migrations. Troubleshoot and devise solutions for Controls system issues. Create SAP requisitions for purchases. Process Control Management Maintain Process Control Key (security) database. Update data historian. Trained in site incident investigation management tool. Lead hardware related incident investigations. Participate in incident investigations for assigned units as requested. Small and Large CAPEX Project Roles Participate in project design, FAT, SAT, and implementation of new hardware/software. Lead for design, testing and implementation of changes to existing or new hardware/software. Application Support Provide ongoing technical support for applications and software to Operations and Process Control. Improve work practices to streamline data to the end user and minimize user error or systems customization. Provide application training for Process Control and develop materials for Operator training. Monitor and evaluate applications & system performance; recommend actions to bring performance to acceptable levels, including evaluating emerging technologies and 3rd party applications. Coordinate with vendors ...