Senior Process Control Applications Engineer - QuEST Global Engineering Services

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Our Application Engineers are responsible for developing and supporting basic and advanced process control applications that enhance plant process safety, operability, and profitability.
• He/She will participate In and sometimes lead multi-functional teams tasked with unit troubleshooting, debottlenecking, and optimization, or project development and execution. In this role, will also serve as a senior process control resource, providing technical expertise and mentoring across business teams.
• Develop and provide support for basic process control applications using basic application engineering skills such as point configuration, loop tuning, and identification of process dynamics
• Demonstrate technical leadership in a competitive environment:
• Broadly apply technical and business skills to solve more complex problems.
• Develop and implement innovative solutions to non-routine problems by leading teams in resolving technical challenges with an expanding sphere of influence beyond core technical discipline.
• Implement and sustain base and advanced controls, including multi-variable constraint control, model predictive control, and advanced optimization and automation
• Recognize business opportunities and contribute toward the improvement of existing unit operations
• Mentor less experienced engineers to develop skills
• Monitor, maintain and modify existing process control applications and operator interfaces
• Identify and develop new control schemes to increase process safety, operability, and profitability
• Provide process control support during project development, installation, and startup
• Participate actively on unit operating team including molecule management, unit trouble-shooting and incident investigations
• Demonstrated organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
• Candidates will need to work effectively as a member of an operating team, good communication and interpersonal skills are essential
• Support 24 hour-a-day, 365 day-per-year plant operations. The successful candidate must be available for 24/7 on-call, after-hours and weekend support when needed.

Required Skills (Technical Competency):

• Demonstrated experience with regulatory and advanced controls of manufacturing processes
• Experience with DMC, RMPCT/Profit Controller or similar model predictive control technology, and/or real-time optimizers
• Knowledge of Honeywell TDC 3000 and/or Experion process control system
• Able to demonstrate innovation, initiative, teamwork, accuracy, effectiveness, and self-confidence
• Excellent trouble-shooting skills
• Sufficient leadership skills to successfully promote ideas, coordinate work activities, and plan future application improvement

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

• Mostly Office Environments, Occasional Shop Floor involvement.
• Substantial amounts of telephone and computer work.
• Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.
• Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.
• Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9AM to 4PM
• Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.