Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC · 3 months ago
Advanced Process Control Engineer
Wichita, KS
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expKoch Ag & Energy Solutions is seeking an Advanced Process Control Engineer to join their team in Wichita, Kansas. This role involves working as a program owner to support all KAES locations by identifying, designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced process control and optimization applications across the plants.
EnergyOil and GasRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Support manufacturing sites throughout the entire lifecycle of APC projects, including identification, design, implementation, commissioning, tuning, and ongoing maintenance of APC applications for process optimization
Analyze process dynamics and operational challenges to develop and evaluate advanced control strategies, such as multivariable control, sequence control, and inferential modeling
Develop, improve, and standardize fleet-wide APC metrics and dashboards for enhanced performance tracking
Monitor, troubleshoot, tune, and support base layer PID controller performance, ensuring uptime and performance
Provide training, coaching, and knowledge sharing to operators, process engineers, and less experienced APC/control engineers, fostering best practices and continuous improvement
Lead and participate in activities to develop and maintain company-wide APC standards, guidelines, and best practices
Support standardization of APC practices, specifications, and KPIs across fleet
Flexibility and willingness to travel up to 20% to support multiple KAES sites
Qualification
Required
At least 3 years of hands-on experience in identifying, designing, implementing, tuning, and sustaining AspenTech APC (DMC3/DMCplus/IQ) applications in refinery, chemical, or petrochemical plants
Ability to lead APC projects from initial concept through deployment and ongoing support
Experience troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills to optimize APC system performance
Experience training, coaching, and mentoring plant operators, process engineers, and junior engineers on APC system usage, best practices, and continuous improvement
Flexibility and willingness to travel up to 20% to support multiple KAES sites
Preferred
Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline
Experience troubleshooting, revising, and optimizing existing control schemes to improve process performance and reliability
Experience with Loop tuning and control loop performance improvement
Experience in the fertilizer industry with manufacturing processes, or experience in refining and major petrochemical operations
Experience with a Yokogawa Centum VP or Delta V DCS system
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Life insurance
ADD
Disability
Retirement
Paid vacation/time off
Educational assistance
Infertility assistance
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Company
Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC
Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global leader in delivering innovative solutions for the agriculture, energy and chemical industries.
10001+ employees
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