Country
USA
City
PORT ARTHUR
Workplace location
PORT ARTHUR-PORT ARTHUR REFINERY(TX-USA)
Employer company
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc.
Domain
Maintenance / Inspection / Technology, Operations
Type of contract
Regular position
Experience
Minimum 6 years

Context & Environment

  •  Monitor performance of DCS, PHD/PI Historians and Environmental/COCL systems. Identify, troubleshoot and correct all impending view/control issues for Safety, Environmental, Economic, and Mechanical Integrity performance.
  • Work directly with Central Control Operators, Unit Supervisors, Unit Process Engineers, and Environmental Engineers to improve unit control/performance within environmental and mechanical integrity boundaries.
  • Support expense and capital projects to ensure new designs do not jeopardize the integrity of PAR’s control systems.
  • Provide chronological alarm, event, and process data and participate in control related incident investigations.
  •  Monitor performance of regulatory control loops; including tuning loops and implement alternate control strategies as needed.
  • Ensure all DCS assets are protected from internal and external cyber-security threats, and are kept current and at vendor supported release level. Identify and implement technology LifeCycle updates as required. 
  • Ensure all DCS assets are backed up to allow a quick recovery and continuity of business in the event of a disaster.
  • Direct activities of contract Honeywell Site Support Specialist. 
  •  Provide system level support for Advanced Process Control (APC) applications - DMC+/ANAMEL.
  •  Provide technical expertise and support to other Total sites.
  • Provide guidance to engineering contractors for all DCS related project activities, including assigning instrument and DCS tagnames and system I/O addressing, developing DCS point/graphic configurations and integrating said controls into system.
  • Train operators on new control schemes and support loop-check activities during check-out and start-up of new processes

Activities


Technically administer all aspects of the refinery Distributed Control System (DCS), Data Historians (PHD/PI), and real-time Environmental/COCL calculations. This position ensures that Operations maintains view and control of the process units in order to meet Safety, Environmental, Economic, and Mechanical Integrity goals. It also provides Process Control support for all Capital Projects ensuring technical compatibility, to include configuration and commissioning of the projects.


* Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Process Control Engineering, or other related field of study.
 * 5+ years of experience in industrial process control, DCS systems, SIS systems, Field Instrumentation, Microsoft Operating Systems, Dell server grade PC’s and Workstations, Cisco Ethernet switching networks.
 * Extensive knowledge and experience in the design, installation, startup and ongoing support of Honeywell Experion PKS, TDC-3000, and TDC-2000 DCS systems and Honeywell PHD/ OSI PI data historians..
 * Good oral and written communication skills. Be able to communicate technical responses at both the management and operator level.
 * Possess strong analytical skills to be able to think through a problem, evaluate all of the facts, and reach a satisfactory solution.
 * Well organized with the ability to multi-task, work alone or in a team environment.
 * Excellent customer support and personal relation skills.
 * Self-motivated and goal oriented.
 * Available by phone 24-7 for call out on holidays, off shift, and week-ends

Candidate Profile

Administer 3 Honeywell DCS platforms spanning 40yrs of technology. Estimated replacement cost is ~$200MM.
 * TDC-2000 - 7 Data Hiways, 147 Hiway Nodes.
 * TDC-3000 - 4 LCN Networks, 5 UCN Networks, 74 LCN Connected Nodes, 1 GUS Station, 7 HPM’s, 2 APM’s.
 * Experion - 9 Experion Communities, 11 Server Clusters, 56 Operator Stations, 96 FTE Switches, 20 Firewalls, 64 C300 Controllers, 6 PCN Printers, 17,000 Control Loops, 70,000+ Process Indicators, 3,100+ Process/SIS Graphics.
 * Misc PCN Devices - 93 L-3/3.5 application servers consisting of: Engineering Workstations, APC, VMWare Hosts, DOC4000, Field Device Manager, Time Synch, Digital Video Monitor, Analyzer Interface, Domain Controllers, Alarm Management, Backup & Restore, File Servers, Data Archivers, Event Archivers, PHD Collectors/Shadow Server, PI Buffer Node, Inventory Management, McAfee ePO, MS WSUS, etc.

* Administer: PHD/PI Data Historians - 71,336 PHD Tags, 51,092 PI Tags; Environmental calculations - 1,100 tags; COCL calculations - 400 tags.
 * Support approximately 25 Capital Projects per year per individual.

* Provide 24-7 support to: 44 Central Control Operators, 8 Unit Supervisors, 4 Area Superintendents, 4 Process Coordinators, 8 Process Support Engineers, 3 APC Engineers, 16 Instrument Techs, 8 Analyzer Techs,

Additional Information

TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. ("TEPRI") and TotalEnergies American Services, Inc. ("TEAS") are committed to equal employment opportunity and fair, nondiscriminatory treatment of all employees. 
 
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. 
 
Our goal is to base employment decisions and actions on ability and professionalism and to maintain a workforce that can provide the highest quality service to TEPRI, TEAS, and our customers.
 
TEPRI and TEAS will sponsor affirmative action programs with respect to employment practices affecting individuals with disabilities and veterans.
 
 All applicants will be notified of their eligibility/ineligibility

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

Located in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, Port Arthur is one of TotalEnergies’ biggest refining and petrochemicals platforms, employing nearly 650 TotalEnergies employees. It is the largest TotalEnergies facility in the United States.
 The city of Port Arthur is located on the shores of Lake Sabine with wetlands and Gulf beaches at its southern tip. There’s a strong sense of community and true southern hospitality. For adventure further afield, the Cajun culture of Louisiana is at your doorstep, and being not far from Houston, both local and international travel is only a stone’s throw away.