{"id":3429014,"url":"https://alion.io/job/shell-process-control-engineer","title":"Process Control Engineer","company":{"id":3638,"name":"Shell","domain":"shell.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/shell","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":93,"open_postings":43,"ghost_share":0.093,"stale_share":0.023,"repost_share":0.372,"time_to_fill_p50_days":16,"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Monaca, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":124000,"max":186000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":186000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-28T23:34:24Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-28","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T20:17:05Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":8,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":8},"description":"Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaJob Family Group:\nDiscipline EngineeringWorker Type:\nRegularPosting Start Date:\nOctober 28, 2026Business Unit:\nDownstream and RenewablesExperience Level:\nExperienced ProfessionalsJob Description:\nWhat’s the role\nShell Polymers Monaca is hiring experienced Process Controls Engineers to take ownership of the systems that support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operation. This role offers the opportunity to solve complex plant problems, improve automation reliability and control performance, and influence the long-term direction of a highly integrated automation environment.\nProcess Controls Engineers work directly with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Projects. We are not looking for experience with every platform at our site. We are looking for an accomplished process automation professional who can troubleshoot integrated systems, learn unfamiliar technologies, and turn recurring problems into sustainable improvements.\nThis role requires strong process automation experience across DCS, PLCs, equipment-control systems, and industrial communications. Experience with rotating-equipment control or monitoring systems is especially valuable. The role also includes opportunities to support and develop broader SIS and functional-safety responsibilities.\nWhat you’ll be doing\nProcess Automation & Production Support\nProvide technical ownership and support for DCS, PLC, equipment-control, HMI, machinery-protection, condition-monitoring, and industrial communication systems. \nTroubleshoot complex automation, instrumentation, alarm, control-performance, and system-integration issues. \nImprove plant performance through control tuning, alarm optimization, sequential control changes, control-strategy improvements, and recurring-problem elimination. \nSupport rotating-equipment protection and monitoring platforms and their interfaces with plant control systems. \nDesign, review, test, and implement automation changes through the Management of Change process. \nSupport startups, shutdowns, commissioning, outages, and plant troubleshooting. \nLead or participate in incident investigations and automation reliability improvements. \nMaintain configuration integrity and technical documentation while contributing to long-term automation, reliability, and process-safety priorities. \nSupport SIS troubleshooting, modifications, investigations, and lifecycle activities within the site’s functional-safety processes. \nInvestigate SIS trips, demands, and impairments for recurring reliability issues. \nMaintain Safety Instrumented Function documentation and support functional-safety assessments and audits. \nDevelop working knowledge of IEC 61511 and assume greater SIS lifecycle responsibility as capability grows. \nWhat you bring\nMust have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer \nBachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related technical discipline. \nMinimum of 5 years of experience in process controls, process automation, or industrial automation engineering within a continuous-process manufacturing environment. \nHands-on experience troubleshooting, modifying, and improving DCS and PLC systems. \nExperience supporting equipment-control systems, HMIs, field devices, and industrial communication networks. \nWorking knowledge of process operations, instrumentation, control systems, and process safety principles. \nExperience working within a Management of Change (MOC) process. \nStrong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. \nTechnology Environment\nOur environment includes the technologies below. Candidates are not expected to know all of them. Relevant experience with comparable systems and the ability to learn new platforms are what matter.\nControl Systems: Emerson DeltaV and DeltaV SIS; Rockwell CompactLogix, Studio 5000, RSLogix 500, and PanelView; Siemens SIMATIC S7 and PCS 7 \nEquipment & Turbomachinery Controls: GE Mark VIe and Woodward systems \nMachinery Protection & Monitoring: Bently Nevada 3500, System 1, and Prognost Predictor \nIndustrial Communications: Profibus, Modbus, OPC, and EtherNet/IP \nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in petrochemical, chemical manufacturing, refining, LNG, or a similar process industry. \nExperience supporting a large continuous-process manufacturing facility. \nExperience with rotating-equipment controls, machinery-protection systems, data acquisition, or condition-monitoring technologies. \nExperience with process control optimization, alarm management, advanced process control, or automation reliability improvement. \nExperience leading technical investigations or supporting startups, commissioning, turnarounds, shutdowns, or major outages. \nKnowledge of SIS lifecycle management, IEC 61511, PHA, HAZOP, or LOPA methodologies. \nFunctional safety certification or experience with SIS lifecycle tools such as SIFPro is preferred but not required. \nWhat we offer\nThe base salary range for this position is $124,000 - $186,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.\nFor regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.\nAdditionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell’s US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.\nYou bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.\nProgress as a person as we work on the energy transition together \nContinuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead \nWork at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices \nCollaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise \nAchieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself \nBenefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working \nPerform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world. \nTake advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents \nJoin an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply \nGrow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams \nGain access to a wide range of training and development programs \nWe'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal,click here.\nShell in The United States\nWith more than 11,000 employees, Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years and is delivering secure energy supplies across America.\nFrom producing a reliable supply of oil and gas in the US Gulf of America to biofuels, our retail sites and EV charging network, to marketing and trading electricity generated by gas plants, solar and wind power, we are one of the few countries where every Shell business is represented.\nWe are working with our customers to deliver the energy the world needs today and building the energy systems of tomorrow, all while creating value for society and shareholders.\n-\n DISCLAIMER:\nPlease note: We occasionally amend or withdraw Shell jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date. Before applying, you are advised to read our data protection policy. This policy describes the processing that may be associated with your personal data and informs you that your personal data may be transferred to Shell/Shell Group companies around the world. The Shell Group and its approved recruitment consultants will never ask you for a fee to process or consider your application for a career with Shell. Anyone who demands such a fee is not an authorised Shell representative and you are strongly advised to refuse any such demand. Shell participates in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws. Shell is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability. As a US Federal Contractor, hiring selections are subject to periodic audit review and documentation of your selections should be maintained for a period of three calendar years. It is the policy of Shell in the U.S. (“Shell”) to provide equal opportunity to all individuals, employees and all qualified applicants for employment consistent with employment requirements and qualifications. Shell prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status under federal, state or local laws. All employees are expected to support this policy and contribute to an environment of equal opportunity. 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