Process Control Applications Engineer

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Job Group Capability

Engineering

Job Group

Automation & Process Control

Job Role Description

The Process Control Applications Engineer - Advanced is responsible for providing technical leadership across all ExxonMobil Companies through leading the sustainment and implementation of both base-level controls and advanced process control (APC) applications

Focus of Role: Independent project execution and optimization

Job Role Responsibilities

- Design and implement advanced control strategies, including PID tuning, model-predictive control (MPC), and multivariable control applications

- Lead and execute small to medium-scale control system projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and quality objectives are met

- Analyze process operating data to identify inefficiencies, troubleshoot performance gaps, and recommend data-driven optimization solutions

- Collaborate closely with operations, maintenance, process engineering, and IT teams to align control strategies with business and operational goals

- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements in all control applications and project activities

- Develop, validate, and deploy DMC controllers and real-time optimization (RTO) models for complex processing units

- Lead plant-testing activities, including step-testing, dynamic model identification, controller tuning, and commissioning

- Optimize process performance through constraint management, economic objective functions, and advanced optimization methods

- Interface with operating personnel to monitor controller performance, address operational concerns, and drive operator engagement and acceptance

- Integrate DMC and RTO applications with planning, scheduling, and plant information systems to enhance end-to-end optimization

- Apply advanced control theory, dynamic modeling, and simulation tools to improve unit reliability and profitability

- Utilize project-management methodologies to coordinate tasks, manage timelines, and communicate effectively across functional groups

- Support integration of control systems with plant information systems to enhance data integrity, visibility, and decision-making

Functional Skills

Real Time Optimization (RTO) Technology & Practices

Multi Variable Constraint Control (MPC) Technology & Practices

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