Automation Specialist

1 week ago


Pasadena, California, United States NewMarket Corporation Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Specialist to join our team at NewMarket Corporation. As an Automation Specialist, you will be responsible for providing plant automation and process control support for our Houston production facility.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify, design, and implement automation improvement opportunities that align with business goals to safely meet production targets.
  • Work with peers at other Afton sites to incorporate automation standards that align with best practices defined by the Global Engineering group.
  • Assist in defining automation modernization strategies for the business, specifically at the Pasadena site.
  • Organize and prioritize a portfolio of automation improvement opportunities with various managers, engineers, supervisors, and groups of plant operators.
  • Work as part of the local controls team to provide daily support to the operations, maintenance, and instrumentation teams by troubleshooting and improving the site automation systems to meet site safety and production goals.
  • Scope and define automation requirements for capital projects at the site. Work with project teams to successfully implement automation to support these projects.
  • Provide off-hour on-call support to plant operations on a rotational basis.
  • Work with process control engineers from all Afton manufacturing sites to develop and maintain a set of Afton standards and conventions for best-in-practice plant automation and process control.
  • Maintain site automation hardware and process control networks to support the operations of the Houston manufacturing site safely and securely through implementing a life cycle plan for the site's automation infrastructure.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, mathematics, or natural science.
  • 5 or more years of experience applying process control solutions in chemical manufacturing facilities.
  • Experience with supporting daily activities and implementing small capital projects.
  • Experience configuring and maintaining automation on DCS, PLC, and HMI platforms.
  • Experience working with data historians and managing databases.
  • Working knowledge of automation standards for process safety, alarm management, batch management, and cybersecurity for industrial control systems.
  • Working knowledge of server operating systems and network protocols sufficient to support a process control network.
  • Self-motivated, attention to detail, and highly organized.
  • Strong team player, with demonstrated ability to positively motivate team members to success.
  • Strong interpersonal and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 10 years of experience implementing process control solutions at a chemical manufacturing site.
  • Experience working on large capital projects.
  • Good knowledge of batch application and standards (ISA 88).
  • Experience with modernizing legacy automation systems in an operating production facility.
  • Experience with D/3 and Rockwell PlantPAx.

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