Clean Harbors · 23 hours ago
Control System Engineer
Clean Harbors is a company prioritizing health and safety while offering competitive pay and benefits. The Control System Engineer is responsible for managing and upgrading control systems to meet production requirements, ensuring functionality and safety, and leading system lifecycle processes.
Responsibilities
Manage all control systems in a specific area
Responsible for oversight of control system critical spare parts
Responsible for lifecycle status and develop diagnosis concept and periodic health check of installed base control systems
Develop and maintain long-term control system migration plans for their assigned plant with the Production and Maintenance
Responsible for tracking total cost of ownership for control systems. This includes, monitoring failures, assisting in initial hardware installations, maintenance contract tracking and communication, optimizing software version upgrades and vendor liaison issues such as quick fixes for system problems
Assigns and keeps record of all I/O points in the area
Act as SIS Responsible Engineer including maintaining all required documentation for SIS system
Provides expert support for the control systems remotely for other sites as needed
Perform advanced control and graphic configuration on systems in an assigned area that is beyond the capabilities of the technicians and specialists
Understanding specific requirements and control systems, and in addition provides technical expertise for other systems and communications protocols used onsite such as SIMOCODE for motor control systems, Profibus and Fieldbus for field instrumentation systems, OPC communications systems, wireless communications, etc
Lead and/or coordinate root cause failure analysis on significant failures. Implement Corrective Actions for control system issues
Maintains the master plan on assigned areas control systems (DCS, PLC and SIS). Ensure all systems are following corporate standards
Maintain all logic documentation for the production area for both instrument technicians and production technicians. This includes instrumentation related drawing updates as required
Develops and ensures maintenance of a database of key advanced process control installations in their area and helps ensure their functionality
Develop, implement, document and maintain manuals for every system in the production areas
Responsible for the standardization and Quality of all configurations
Organizes and coordinates technology and best practice sharing exchanges between control systems vendors, production and their support functions to allow the performance of the control systems and their associated activities to function to their highest level. This position will own, maintain and communicate all best practices documents
Supports Capital projects in area requiring interface to control systems
Ensure appropriate preventive maintenance is completed on all control systems in assigned area
Ensure development and maintenance of WIM functional locations, bills of materials and preventive maintenance
Ensure mechanical integrity programs are in place and implemented, including inspection/testing and preventive/predictive maintenance programs (DCS interlocks, alarm management, safety instrument systems)
Ensure automation roadmap (spare parts, service agreements, obsolescence, etc.) and automation security programs (DCS, SIS, remote access, etc.) are in place
Ensure development, maintenance and availability of equipment files and up to date drawings, including P&IDs, loop drawings, etc
Implementation of plant monitoring, DCS interlock, safety instrumented systems and alarm management programs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor Degree Engineering (Chemical or Automation is ideal!)
Experience in maintenance and operations and willing to learn programming
5-6 years experience (Programming related exp, hardware knowledge)
Out of the box thinker with great problem-solving skills
Wants to grow in the role and with the company over the next 5-7 years
Preferred
Mechanically inclined is an asset!
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Group 401-K retirement savings with company matching
Generous paid time off, company paid training and tuition reimbursement
Company
Clean Harbors
Clean Harbors is a provider of environmental, energy, and industrial services, including hazardous waste disposal for companies.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$745.38MKey Investors
Relational Investors LLC.
2025-09-25Post Ipo Debt· $745M
2014-04-04Post Ipo Equity· $0.38M
1990-03-26IPO
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