30 Jan 2025

Advance Process Control (APC) Associate

  • Dexcent Inc.
  • Anywhere
  • Job ID : 182700
  • Category : Engineering
  • Job Type : Full-Time
  • Salary : $120000 Annually
  • Anticipated Start Date : 2025-05-05
  • Posting Date : 30 Jan 2025
  • Expiry Date : 01 Mar 2025

Description

ROLE:             Advance Process Control (APC) Associate

Employer:       Dexcent, Inc.

Location:         Base Plant Rd, Wood Buffalo, Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4G1

Salary:             $120,000

Term:              24 months

Hours:             8 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Benefits:         live out allowance, extended health, vision, dental, disability insurance, life insurance, AD&D, discretionary bonus, and relocation assistance (if required)

Language:       English

Vacation:         15 days per year

 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Advance Process Control (APC) Associate is an intermediate-level engineering role responsible for supporting senior APC engineers in their efforts to optimize and maintain APC systems across various industrial sites. Key duties include assisting with monitoring APC performance, troubleshooting, generating performance reports, and collaborating with and taking direction from APC Engineers to address issues, ensuring seamless operations and efficiency. This role also supports continuous improvement through the development and maintenance of APC applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Supporting APC engineers with routine monitoring of APCs – this includes troubleshooting of APC related issues, direct communication with Process Engineers and Panel operators to address any issues affecting their ability to keep the APCs online, ensuring the optimization of the APCs are being met and evaluating the performance of soft sensors (inferentials) to ensure they do not drift from laboratory readings.
  • Flagging APC performance issues to the team
  • Assisting in the preparation of weekly APC reports, Monthly Inferential and APC Stewardship reports and Monthly, Quarterly and Year to Date KPIs.
  • Contributing to the development of new APC solutions and maintenance of existing applications. With the APC team being Regional this maybe at any of our client sites.
  • Support APC training of Operators and other interested parties.
  • Data Analysis – this is done in Excel or a number of different applications such as SEEQ or Honeywell Suite of products.
  • Support software and hardware upgrade activities that involve APC related equipment.
  • Other related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, or a related field.
  • 3 years designing, implementing and maintaining advance process control technologies in an industrial setting
  • APC Certification in advanced process control technologies and methodologies.
  • 3 years of experience working with Honeywell systems (Experion PKS, ESVT/EST, TPS/TDC3000) and process controllers (C300, C200, HPM, APM).
  • Skilled in integrating third-party PLCs and devices with DCS.
  • Proficiency in industrial communication protocols: Modbus RTU & TCP/IP, Serial (RS 485, RS 422, RS 232).
  • Advanced Excel skills, including macro-based tools.
  • Experience in configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting Honeywell TDC3000 control schemes, including basic algorithms and CL/AM/PMX coding.
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How to Apply

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume to Jenn.saunders@dexcent.com to review. We thank all applicants for their time and interest in Dexcent.

Job Categories: Engineering. Job Types: Full-Time. Job expires in 12 days.

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