Your Job
Flint Hills Resources (Koch) is seeking a Process Control Engineer/Specialist to join our Corpus Christi refinery team. In this role, you will design and implement process control strategies that optimize refinery performance, improve reliability, and enhance operator effectiveness. You will have the opportunity to contribute to and lead high-impact solutions that drive measurable business value.
Our Team
Our team is applying a collaborative, team-based approach to our Optimization and Process Control Capability, leveraging new technologies, modernizing work processes, and driving innovation.
We are developing a full range of process control solutions to improve refinery profitability-from regulatory and DCS-based model predictive control to Advanced Process Control (APC), Procedure Automation (PA), and Real-Time Optimization (RTO).
As a Process Control Engineer/Specialist, you will play a key role in advancing this capability, with a primary focus on DCS-based controls, automation, and system optimization.
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- Design, implement, and optimize regulatory control strategies (PID, cascade, feedforward) and DCS-based model predictive controls
- Identify and execute opportunities to improve unit performance, reliability, and constraint management
- Partner with Operations to ensure process control applications deliver sustained value and high uptime
- Troubleshoot complex process control and plant stability issues to improve overall performance
- Develop and scale Procedure Automation applications to enhance operator efficiency and consistency
- Provide ongoing support, tuning, and optimization for process control systems
- Contribute to capital projects by providing process control expertise and technical input
- Collaborate across Koch companies through knowledge networks and technical forums
- Serve as a technical resource and, based on experience, mentor and elevate team capability
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)- Experience in process control within refining, petrochemical, or similar industrial environments
- Engineering degree or equivalent process control/automation experience
- Knowledge of process troubleshooting, plant stability, and control tuning
What Will Put You Ahead- Significant experience applying process control in complex refining or petrochemical systems
- Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing advanced regulatory or model predictive controls
- Experience with Procedure Automation or sequencing applications
- Experience with Emerson DeltaV or similar DCS platforms
- Demonstrated ability to identify and drive opportunities that improve operational or business performance
- Experience mentoring or developing other engineers
- Knowledge of ISA 18.2 alarm management concepts
- Experience with coding, analytics, or data tools (e.g., Python)
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.
