Westlake Chemical Corporation

Specialist Sr.-Process Control

Westlake Chemical Corporation • $85K — $100K *
Calvert City, KY 42029In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Associate’s degree in engineering discipline or significant technical experience.
  • 8 to 10 years of engineering design experience, ideally in chemical or petrochemical plants.
  • Strong background in instrumentation and control systems including SISs, DCSs, and PLCs.
  • Proven ability to develop project plans, budgets, and obtain necessary approvals.
  • Experience with procurement and vendor management for engineering projects.

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering consultation and technical guidance for instrumentation and control systems.
  • Investigate major maintenance problems and propose effective solutions.
  • Serve as an OT Administrator focusing on network cyber protection design.
  • Develop project plans, including budget estimates, and secure approvals.
  • Provide conceptual and detailed designs adhering to safety practices and regulations.
  • Initiate procurement of materials and manage communication with suppliers.
  • Inspect new equipment for quality assurance against specifications.

Benefits

  • Support for continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
  • Opportunity for involvement in special projects and further regulatory training.
  • Ability to collaborate with diverse teams including consulting firms and contractors.
  • Encouragement of positive community relations and ethical practices.
  • Flexible duties ensuring varied engineering experience within the role.
Full Job Description
Provides 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. Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description. Comply with all Company policies and procedures. Fully 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. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES • Provides 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. • Investigates and studies major maintenance problems and proposes solutions for instrumentation and control system. • Serves as an OT (Operational Technology) Administrator responsible for OT network cyber protection design and documentation. • Develops the general plan for a project, prepares a budget estimate and obtains approval for the plan. • Provides 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. • Initiates procurement of materials and communicates with purchasing, vendors and stores to control expediting and receiving of material. • Inspects new equipment for quality and conformance to specification. • Prepares 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. • Coordinates field installation, inspects and accepts work. • Coordinates 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. • Contributes 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. • Performs 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. • Maintains engineering records. • Performs other duties as required and assigned to ensure an effective Engineering Group. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS • Associate’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.

About Westlake Chemical Corporation

Westlake Chemical is an international manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals and fabricated products that enhance the daily lives of people around the planet. The tires we ride on, the plastic wrap that keeps our meats and produce fresh, the pipes that are essential to ensuring clean water, the frames that secure our windows and doors, Westlake plays a vital role in supplying the building blocks for these products and many more.

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Learn more about Westlake Chemical Corporation
Size
14,550 employees
Market Cap
$13.2 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$330 million
Founded
1986
5 Year Trend
+18.3%
Revenue
$7.5 billion
NASDAQ
WLK
* Ladders Estimates

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