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We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.\nProvides engineering design, orders equipment and coordinates the construction of expense and capital projects as assigned. Ensures projects meet scope, cost and schedule requirements. Provides engineering support to the maintenance organization to allow the plant to meet its cost and production goals.\nPerform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.\nComply with all Company policies and procedures.\nFully support Company goals of continuous improvement and operational excellence at strategic and tactical levels including reviewing area of responsibility for improvement opportunities to initiate projects or communicate ideas to management as well as active participation on project teams.\nPRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES\nProvides engineering consultation and technical guidance for instrumentation and control systems including safety instrumented systems (SISs), distributed control systems (DCSs) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) as required by Maintenance and Production.\nInvestigates and studies major maintenance problems and proposes solutions for instrumentation and control system.\nServes as an OT (Operational Technology) Administrator responsible for OT network cyber protection design and documentation.\nDevelops the general plan for a project, prepares a budget estimate and obtains approval for the plan.\nProvides conceptual and detailed designs for instrumentation and control systems in accordance with good engineering and safety practices, government regulations, plant specifications, applicable codes and underwriter requirements.\nInitiates procurement of materials and communicates with purchasing, vendors and stores to control expediting and receiving of material.\nInspects new equipment for quality and conformance to specification.\nPrepares work descriptions and drafts of engineering contracts for outside contract work, contacts contractors as necessary to obtain quotations on work to be performed. Prepares bid comparison, selects contractor, prepare requisition and submits for approval.\nCoordinates field installation, inspects and accepts work.\nCoordinates the activities of consulting firms when necessary. Consults with other engineering personnel and vendors and reviews trade journals and other professional publications in order to stay informed on materials, equipment and design methods.\nContributes to creating and maintaining a favorable plant image by encouraging positive relations with employees and the community, encouraging maximum safety efforts and maintaining ethical practices in the plant.\nPerforms special projects as assigned, i.e., obtaining regulatory information, sharing information on common industrial topics with local industry, provides information to underwriters on testing requirements and procedures, enlisting consulting services and other coordination activities as required to ensure effective engineering services.\nMaintains engineering records.\nPerforms other duties as required and assigned to ensure an effective Engineering Group.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\nAssociate’s degree in engineering discipline or progressive engineering/technical experience acceptable to management. 8 to 10 years of engineering design experience; chemical or petrochemical plant experience preferred. \nWestlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.\nIf you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. 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