Koch Industries

Advanced Process Control Engineer

Koch Industries$110K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • Experience in the refining or chemical processing industries
  • Proven track record in delivering APC applications
  • 5+ years of APC experience strongly preferred
  • Familiarity with Aspentech applications and Emerson Delta V DCS system

Responsibilities

  • Identify and implement APC and RTO applications aligned with business vision
  • Collaborate with Operations to ensure process control applications are effective
  • Enhance existing APC and RTO application models
  • Integrate new technologies, including AI and machine learning algorithms
  • Align economic strategies with process control for optimal refinery performance
  • Mentor junior process control engineers
  • Engage with knowledge networks and conferences across FHR and Koch Industries

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance and professional development opportunities
  • Potential for additional perks like infertility assistance and paid parental leave
Full Job Description
Your Job

Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas is looking for an Advanced Process Control Engineer to join the team! In this role, you will develop, implement, and optimize Advanced Process Control (APC) and Real-Time Optimization (RTO) applications to maximize refinery performance and profitability.

Our Team

As a team, we are developing a full range of process control solutions to improve the profitability of the refinery - from advanced regulatory and DCS-based model predictive control controls to traditional Advanced Process Control (APC), Procedure Automation (PA) and Real-Time Optimization (RTO).
In this role as an Advanced Process Control Engineer, you will play a key role in implementing this vision, focused mainly on the APC and RTO control opportunities.

We recognize the value of experience and expertise. As such, the salary for this position will be commensurate with the candidate's years of experience and demonstrated skills.

What You Will Do

  • Identify and implement APC and RTO process control applications that align with our business vision, working with both site team members and cross-site resources.
  • Team up with Operations and other Process Control Capability team members to ensure that process control applications are functioning as designed, delivering real benefits, and running with high uptimes.
  • Make ongoing improvements to existing APC and RTO application models and configuration.
  • Implement new APC and RTO technologies, including non-linear models and AI / machine learning algorithms.
  • Find innovative ways to align economic strategies and process control strategies to fully optimize the refinery.
  • Mentor other less-experienced process control engineers in APC and RTO technologies.
  • Collaborate with other process control, automation, and innovation resources throughout FHR and Koch Industries via knowledge networks and conferences.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
  • Experience working in the refining or chemical processing industries.
  • Experience with delivering value-added process control and APC applications (multi-variable, model-based solutions).


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.
  • 5+ years of APC experience in the refining or chemical processing industries.
  • Experience with Aspentech applications (DMC3, Aspen IQ, Aspen Watch, GDOT, HYSYS, etc.)
  • Experience with the Emerson Delta V DCS system.


This role is subject to the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) rule and requires the successful candidate to obtain a TWIC identification badge, allowing for un-escorted access to the facility within a specific time period.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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