DCS Technician

Your Job

Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas is looking for a DCS Technician to join our team. If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of an industry-leading company, this may be the opportunity for you! Flint Hills Resources, LC operates oil refineries, chemical plants, and biofuels facilities across North America and is part of Koch Industries, a global leader in several industrial markets.

Our Team

At our Corpus Christi refinery, DCS technicians are recognized as subject matter experts (SMEs) regarding the specification, installation, maintenance, configuration, life-cycle management, reliability/availability, troubleshooting, upgrading, and the best practices of DCS applications in current use in the plant and as recommended by the vendor and industry. Our DCS technicians apply their knowledge and talents while collaborating daily with (DCS) Board Operators, Process Control Engineers, IT engineers, and Project Engineers, their design teams, and project stakeholders to achieve stable site operations and business-focused results.

The primary DCS technology at Corpus Christi refinery is Emerson DeltaV. We interface the DeltaV with Allen-Bradly and Triconex PLCs, and our plant uses HART device alerts from DeltaV in our AMS system.

What You Will Do

• Assist instrument and analyzer techs and electricians with troubleshooting unexpected data to or from or within the DCS.
• Collaborate with DCS console operators to make operability improvements, including DCS graphics modification and alarm management and rationalization.
• Collaborate with process control engineers in the development, implementation, and improvement of DCS-based advanced control strategies, including state-based control, transition automation, and model predictive control; implement configuration for supervisory controls capabilities.
• Collaborate with project engineers to guide project scopes that economically meet expected business outcomes.
• Collaborate with project designers, from reserving system IO and performing field walk-downs to providing the guidance necessary for their development of complete and error-free IFC project design packages.
• Implement DCS vendor hot-fixes and security updates; upgrade DCS system hardware and software without interrupting the process.
• Proactively frame-up and recommend improvements to DCS installed equipment to meet potential future needs of customers and users.
• Collaborate with instrument techs and DCS console operators in the commissioning of new or modified DCS configuration and enabling HART communications for smart field devices.
• Collaborate with peers at other FHR sites, sharing what you know and learning from them.
• Collaborate with IT engineers in the network design, hardware selection, commissioning, monitoring, and troubleshooting of outside-of-the-DCS network communication.
• Troubleshoot OPC, Modbus, and ethernet interfaces with foreign-to-DCS devices.
• Support remote logins to the DCS.
• Troubleshoot unexpected "loss of data" events with process and environmental engineers.
• Proactively monitor the health of DCS hardware.
• Available for on-call rotation

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 4 + years of experience with DCS or PLC service, support, and/or configuration experience in a chemical plant or refinery or similar.
• Expertise using industrial plant automation/control systems hardware (including servers, workstations, switches) and software in automation and process control applications.
• A working knowledge of communications protocols such as Modbus RTU/TCP, Ethernet I/P, OPC UA/DA, and HART in industrial control system applications.
• Good understanding of the engineering documents associated with DCS and process control digital equipment installations and projects such as electrical drawings, loop drawings, P&IDs, and Cause and Effect tables.

What Will Put You Ahead

• AAS in Instrumentation and Process Control Technology or Electronics, or similar.
• 3+ years of experience in industrial instrumentation and electrical maintenance, construction, or project design
• Subject matter expertise with Emerson DeltaV hardware, software, and both system and process control configuration.
• Experience with Foxboro I/A DCS, the Allen-Bradley family of PLCs, Triconex IPS systems, Wonderware HMI software.
• A working knowledge of Foundation Fieldbus and WiHART in industrial control system applications.
• Familiar with large-scale industrial wireless infrastructure and data communications from device to user.
• Experience performing DeltaV firmware updates and online system upgrades.
• Familiar with virtual DeltaV 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.

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

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.