Automation Engineer, Wood River Refinery
DCP Midstream
Wood River, Illinois
Job Description
**Phillips 66 & You - Together we can fuel the future**
Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence. Phillips 66 was recognized by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Employers” in 2021.
Learn more about Phillips 66 and watch our video "Trying New Things" by visiting phillips66.com/about.
The **Automation Engineer - Projects** is responsible for leading and assuring success of assigned automation projects from concept development through funding approval, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up. The Automation Engineer, Projects ensures the projects are technically sound, achieve safety and environmental objectives, and are consistent with PSM management of change.
+ Stay current on Automation technology, particularly in the areas of DCS, PLC, and Networking
+ Adhere to the Wood River Refinery project work process while managing multiple projects
+ Establish project objectives and ensure they are met with respect to safety, environmental, quality, reliability, cost, and schedule
+ Coordinate project work with internal customers, as well as outside engineering/construction contractors
+ Develop automation project engineering skills to support assignments
+ Assist in the development of standards, best practices, and guidelines with respect to industrial automation. Promote standards through internal and external networking
+ Work with the key stakeholders to ensure the project scope will meet project objectives
+ Develop a procurement and construction execution strategy
+ Utilize estimating and scheduling tools to develop project estimates and schedules for funding authorization requests (AFD/AFE)
+ Develop funding requests (AFD / AFE) using good communication skills and engaging appropriate refinery work groups
+ Obtain engineering resources for the project using an established work process
+ Coordinate detailed engineering with mechanical, civil, instrument, and electrical resources to ensure projects are technically sound, cost effective, and customer focused
+ Develop specifications and designs for automation systems including networks. Determine software licensing requirements, oversee regulatory controls development, and manage graphics development.
+ Utilize P66 Refinery Engineering Practices (REPs) and industry standards for assigned projects
+ Follow Management of Change work process through project steps and utilize related software (KMS)
+ Identify and implement innovation and trends into the project plan to reduce cost and schedule.
+ Oversee automation engineering contractors and all automation project deliverables (complex loops, graphics, training packages)
+ Develop project execution plans and project milestone schedules
+ Conduct and document project progress meetings (technical, safety, status, etc.) and provide direction for making decisions as issues arise to accomplish all project objectives
+ Issue IFC packages to construction
+ Conduct Factory Acceptance and Site Acceptance Tests for DCS and PLC systems. Support Safety System Acceptance Tests performed and documented by Instrument and Shutdown Systems Engineer.
+ Fully integrate project execution with refinery needs including turnarounds
+ Work with construction coordinator to monitor quality cost, and schedule
+ Oversee automation hardware installation and power up checks
+ Coordinate implementation/download of automation logic, code, and asset structure. Resolve issues that arise. Decommission obsolete automation equipment, software, logic, etc.
+ Deliver functional plant historian tags and displays.
+ Facilitate alarm rationalization and deliver completed alarms for project implementation.
+ Evaluate and recommend approval / dis-approval of field change and scope change requests.
+ Drive proper management of change processes, including pre-startup, post-startup, and close-out actions
+ Work closely with Operations to assure project is successfully commissioned and started up
+ Communication - Excellent communication skills and being able to communicate technical issues relative to business benefits and needs. Listens carefully to other’s opinions and ideas
+ Relationships – Maintains positive and professional relationships even under difficult circumstances resolving issues with all the parties involved. Promotes teamwork within the assigned project teams
+ Integrity –Maintains trust by fulfilling commitments and speaking the truth in difficult circumstances.
+ Decision Making – The ability to make timely, effective decisions.
+ Initiative – The ability to take action in the absence of immediate direction.
+ Change Management – The ability to manage transitions to facilitate the implementation of significant change. Ability to challenge the status quo.
+ Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
+ B.S. degree in Engineering
+ 5 or more years of experience in the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of field instrumentation, processes control, and safety systems within refining or a related industrial industry
+ 10 or more years of refining or related industry experience
+ 10 or more years of experience with Honeywell control systems
+ Previous experience in managing/executing Automation projects
+ Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
+ Strong analytical and organizational skills
The **Wood River Refinery** is located in Roxana, Illinois, about 15 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. The refinery processes a mixture of light, low-sulfur; heavy, high sulfur; and high-acid crude oil. The crude supply is sourced domestically or from Canada. Wood River produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, asphalt and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed to customers by pipeline, rail car, barge and truck and are shipped to markets throughout the Midcontinent region.
At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:
+ Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
+ 8% 401k company match, with an additional 0-4% Company 401k contribution based on the Company’s financial performance
+ Cash Balance Account pension
+ Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
+ Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards at hr.phillips66.com/.
In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of **February 12, 2023** .
Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence. Phillips 66 was recognized by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Employers” in 2021.
Learn more about Phillips 66 and watch our video "Trying New Things" by visiting phillips66.com/about.
The **Automation Engineer - Projects** is responsible for leading and assuring success of assigned automation projects from concept development through funding approval, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up. The Automation Engineer, Projects ensures the projects are technically sound, achieve safety and environmental objectives, and are consistent with PSM management of change.
- *Responsibilities may include:**
- *Overall**
+ Stay current on Automation technology, particularly in the areas of DCS, PLC, and Networking
+ Adhere to the Wood River Refinery project work process while managing multiple projects
+ Establish project objectives and ensure they are met with respect to safety, environmental, quality, reliability, cost, and schedule
+ Coordinate project work with internal customers, as well as outside engineering/construction contractors
+ Develop automation project engineering skills to support assignments
+ Assist in the development of standards, best practices, and guidelines with respect to industrial automation. Promote standards through internal and external networking
- *Develop automation projects using the Front-End Loading (FEL) process through project approval**
+ Work with the key stakeholders to ensure the project scope will meet project objectives
+ Develop a procurement and construction execution strategy
+ Utilize estimating and scheduling tools to develop project estimates and schedules for funding authorization requests (AFD/AFE)
+ Develop funding requests (AFD / AFE) using good communication skills and engaging appropriate refinery work groups
- *Engineering**
+ Obtain engineering resources for the project using an established work process
+ Coordinate detailed engineering with mechanical, civil, instrument, and electrical resources to ensure projects are technically sound, cost effective, and customer focused
+ Develop specifications and designs for automation systems including networks. Determine software licensing requirements, oversee regulatory controls development, and manage graphics development.
+ Utilize P66 Refinery Engineering Practices (REPs) and industry standards for assigned projects
+ Follow Management of Change work process through project steps and utilize related software (KMS)
+ Identify and implement innovation and trends into the project plan to reduce cost and schedule.
+ Oversee automation engineering contractors and all automation project deliverables (complex loops, graphics, training packages)
+ Develop project execution plans and project milestone schedules
+ Conduct and document project progress meetings (technical, safety, status, etc.) and provide direction for making decisions as issues arise to accomplish all project objectives
+ Issue IFC packages to construction
+ Conduct Factory Acceptance and Site Acceptance Tests for DCS and PLC systems. Support Safety System Acceptance Tests performed and documented by Instrument and Shutdown Systems Engineer.
- *Construction & Startup**
+ Fully integrate project execution with refinery needs including turnarounds
+ Work with construction coordinator to monitor quality cost, and schedule
+ Oversee automation hardware installation and power up checks
+ Coordinate implementation/download of automation logic, code, and asset structure. Resolve issues that arise. Decommission obsolete automation equipment, software, logic, etc.
+ Deliver functional plant historian tags and displays.
+ Facilitate alarm rationalization and deliver completed alarms for project implementation.
+ Evaluate and recommend approval / dis-approval of field change and scope change requests.
+ Drive proper management of change processes, including pre-startup, post-startup, and close-out actions
+ Work closely with Operations to assure project is successfully commissioned and started up
- *How work gets done includes:**
+ Communication - Excellent communication skills and being able to communicate technical issues relative to business benefits and needs. Listens carefully to other’s opinions and ideas
+ Relationships – Maintains positive and professional relationships even under difficult circumstances resolving issues with all the parties involved. Promotes teamwork within the assigned project teams
+ Integrity –Maintains trust by fulfilling commitments and speaking the truth in difficult circumstances.
+ Decision Making – The ability to make timely, effective decisions.
+ Initiative – The ability to take action in the absence of immediate direction.
+ Change Management – The ability to manage transitions to facilitate the implementation of significant change. Ability to challenge the status quo.
- *Basic Qualifications:**
+ Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
+ B.S. degree in Engineering
+ 5 or more years of experience in the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of field instrumentation, processes control, and safety systems within refining or a related industrial industry
- *Preferred Qualifications:**
+ 10 or more years of refining or related industry experience
+ 10 or more years of experience with Honeywell control systems
+ Previous experience in managing/executing Automation projects
+ Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
+ Strong analytical and organizational skills
The **Wood River Refinery** is located in Roxana, Illinois, about 15 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. The refinery processes a mixture of light, low-sulfur; heavy, high sulfur; and high-acid crude oil. The crude supply is sourced domestically or from Canada. Wood River produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, asphalt and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed to customers by pipeline, rail car, barge and truck and are shipped to markets throughout the Midcontinent region.
- *Total Rewards**
At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:
+ Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
+ 8% 401k company match, with an additional 0-4% Company 401k contribution based on the Company’s financial performance
+ Cash Balance Account pension
+ Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
+ Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards at hr.phillips66.com/.
- *To be considered**
In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of **February 12, 2023** .
Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
- *Phillips 66 is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities**
- *Requisition ID:** 57040
- *Location:** Illinois - Wood River
- *Job Field:** Engineering
- *Division** : Wood River Refinery
- *Technical Req** : No
