Compass Resourcing Group, LLC
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Sr. Automation Engineer
Pasadena, TX
IDj-2377Posted 8/6/2025
Excellent direct hire opportunity for a Senior Automation Engineer with a leader in polymers manufacturing. Position will be working at the company's Pasadena production plant, and the ideal candidate will have previous experience in polymers or process experience from the petrochemical or refining industries.
 
Basic Function:
Provide control system support for the continuous manufacture of quality high density polyethylene (HDPE) and specialty fluids at a high rate of production and minimum cost, consistent with high standards of quality, safety, housekeeping, and good employee relations. Workflow is varied and often requires urgent resolution. 
 
Responsibilities:
Position General
  • Perform complex work assignments requiring considerable technical expertise
  • Contribute to continuous improvement by offering suggestions for long-term solutions to minimize costs,improve reliability, and improve loss control performance
  • Position is in a chemical processing facility and requires overtime to meet plant needs, including alternativeshifts as needed to meet facility needs
  • Position requires periodic on-call duties and the successful candidate must be able to respond 24/7, 100% ofthe time to plant emergencies on short notice, including nights, weekends, and holidays while on-call
  • Complete all assigned training by deadlineUnderstand and follow all lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) and other health, safety, and environmental requirementsnecessary to achieve plant loss control objectives. This includes the use of loss control software for losscontrol reporting and communication to management of potentially hazardous conditions or practices.
 
Operational Responsibilities
  • Designs, implements, and maintains all process automation systems on site.
  • Independently troubleshoot and solve control issues
  • Stay current on new technology and identify new applications to implement.
    • Develop new routines and methods to implement new technology
    • Develop business case for new technology
    • Manage projects that affect APC/DCS applications developed by outside resources
    • Develop and modify operator interfaces as needed
    • Plan and execute testing as needed
    • Train operations staff on new technology and new applications
    • Lead the start-up, commissioning and tuning of new applications
  • Gathers, selects, analyzes, and interprets data to understand the impact of changes on the AdvancedProcess Control (APC) system, distributive control systems (DCS) and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS),specifically the potentials for domino effect problems, loss of view, loss of control, incorrect logic, and theinterconnected nature of the system
  • Assist contract DCS programmers, as needed, for larger projects
  • This position is the site automation engineer for both Emerson and Honeywell Distributive Control Systems
 
Maintenance Responsibilities
  • Maintain DCS, ESD, SIS, and PLC systems
  • Perform hardware and software updates for automation systems while on-line
  • Install, set-up, upgrade, and edit program logic control (PLC) statements without bringing system down
  • Set-up new equipment and change how equipment is viewed on the DCS
  • Investigate, repair, and provide preventative maintenance on plant APC, DCS, SIS, and PLC hardware andsoftware
  • Guide instrument technicians and electricians in the field to identify equipment malfunctions
  • Partner with engineers to program alarms and operational limits
  • Partner with capital support for new APC and DCS installations
  • Interpret and follow company's guidelines for industrial control system security
  • Build various density, pressure, temperature, flow, auto/manual, valve position trends
  • Maintain documentation, instructions, and procedures
  • Participate in functional acceptance testing of APC and DCS applications
  • Manage vendor testing to ensure operating to Company specifications
Qualifications / Experience Required:
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering (other engineering/technical degrees will be considered depending onexperience).
  • 5 or more years manufacturing experience in instrumentation or IT
  • 5 or more years’ experience with Honeywell TDC300 and Experion or Emerson DeltaV systems
  • 2 or more years’ Advanced Process Control experience
  • Computer proficient: Windows 10, Server 2016, MS Office, SAP
  • Excellent verbal/written communication
  • Ability to manage multiple issues/projects simultaneously
  • Candidates will be required to successfully complete extensive testing and an extended training period
Preferred Qualifications / Experience:
  • Master’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics or Controls/Automation Engineering
  • 8 or more years of manufacturing experience
Physical Capacity Requirements:
This position requires the employee to:
  • Follow site safety requirements for the role and wear mandatory FRC and PPE (foot, head, ear, eye, hand, andfall protection) when inside plant environment or where directed by signage or procedure
  • Read and understand technical documents and procedures in English.
  • Specific vision abilities include near, far, and intermediate distances, color vision, peripheral vision, and depthperception
  • Required to work at ground level, from ladders, and from heights greater than 250’ above grade on fixedplatforms, mobile equipment platforms, and scaffolding
  • Ascend and descend stairs and stationary vertical ladders with and without a safety cage
  • Access confined spaces and pressure vessels through standard 24" manways
  • Must be capable of lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds
  • Frequent bending, reaching, stooping, crawling, walking, and climbing
  • Sit or stand for extended periods of time
  • Work at computer for significant periods of time throughout the day
  • Required to reach overhead and at shoulder level with hands and arms
  • Must demonstrate fine and gross motor coordination including pinching, gripping, turning, and keyboarding ofboth hands
  • Move about uneven surfaces, including catwalks, deck grating, and wet and muddy areas
  • Work outside in all weather conditions walking up to ½ mile per job
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