Genesis Alkali is the world’s largest natural soda ash mine and production site, offering a secure, reliable and diverse range of high-quality product choices. Alkali mines and processes trona ore and manufactures soda ash that is used in the production of glass, detergents, chemical manufacturing, pulp and paper production, and water treatment. It also produces sodium bicarbonate and other chemical compounds used in common industrial, agricultural, and household applications. Our main Alkali operations are in Green River, Wyoming, home of the world's largest trona ore deposit, with a corporate office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Genesis Alkali, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesis Energy, L.P., (NYSE: GEL). Genesis Energy is a growth-oriented master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas. Through four divisions: offshore pipeline transportation, sodium minerals and sulfur services, marine transportation and onshore facilities and transportation, we provide an integrated suite of services to refineries, oil producers, and industrial and commercial enterprises. For more information visit www.genesisenergy.com or alkali.genesisenergy.com.

Why Join Genesis Alkali?

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Medical, Dental, Life & Disability Insurance, Vision, Flexible Spending (Medical and Dependent Care) and Health Savings Accounts, and Pre-paid Legal, beginning first day of employment; company funds a portion of HSA. Retirement
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried employees, company makes Safe Harbor matching contributions (fully vested) of 100% up to the first 5% of eligible pay you contribute; additionally, Company makes discretionary contributions up to 5% of eligible pay in the first quarter of the following year (three-year vesting requirement).
• Pension for Hourly Union employees
• Opportunity to participate in a 401(k) savings plan. The company does not provide a matching contribution for pension eligible employees.
• Tuition reimbursement programs are available to qualifying employees for approved programs.
• Subsidized transportation to our plant from Green River, Rock Springs, and the Bridger Valley.

Posting Title: Control Systems Engineer
Location: Green River, Wyoming

Do you have experience in Ladder Logic, Sequential Function Charts, Function Block Diagrams, or Structured Text? Have you converted legacy Distributed Control Systems (DCS) to new state of the art systems? Have you programmed or configured such systems? We are looking for individuals with DCS programming experience in systems such as, or like, Siemens PCS 7, Siemens Step 7 Honeywell MeasureX, Foxboro I/A, Red Lion Sixnet, ISaGRAF, and Citect. Experience in troubleshooting controls instrumentation hardware, Factory Acceptance Testing, Object Linking and Embedding (OPC), OSIsoft Pl, computer networking, Siemens PLC Sim or other simulation tools, virtual machines, and chemical plant experience is a plus.

The successful candidate will provide application/control systems design and development for systems of varied complexity to support capital plant and engineering projects. The Control Systems Engineer will be required to develop technical solutions and evaluate alternative system solutions that meet best practices and corporate requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of new control systems projects
• Provides application/control systems design and development for systems of varied complexity to support capital plant and maintenance engineering projects
• Develops and evaluates alternative system solutions that meet stated requirements
• Modifies program/system logic involving multiple systems and subsystems.
• Develops proficiency in multiple programming languages
• Analyze requirements, procedures, and problems to identify the system components and develop the design and functional specifications for the automation systems.
• Ensure projects comply with regulatory requirements
• Technical resource in process control
• Compliance with Process safety, ergonomics, MSHA, ISO 9000, environmental agencies, applicable codes and regulatory agencies
• Ensure projects comply with COS
• Departmental record keeping and databases
• Manage the process control network development and problems
• Responsible for Process control problems shutting down operations

Activities:

• Develops technical solutions and evaluates alternative system solutions that meet best practices and corporate requirements
• Maintain management of change and P&IDs in coordination with data position
• Compliance with the capital deployment project plan
• Develops process controls strategies and long range plans
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and control device networks for PLCs, PCs, or DCS systems.
• Analyze requirements, procedures, and problems to identify the system components and develop the design and functional specifications for the automation systems.
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines to ensure projects comply with regulatory requirements
• Communicates technical strategies and results across the business in a manner that the solutions strategies and business impact are readily understood
• Compliance with Process safety, ergonomics, OSHA, MSHA, ISO 9000, environmental agencies, applicable codes and regulatory agencies
• Departmental record keeping and databases
• Supports the development of AFEs, including evaluation of project’s economics
• Implement process control projects to support AFEs or operations engineering projects
• Seek opportunities to reduce costs and enhance products via control technology
• Ensure projects comply with Corporate Operating Standards
• Assist in diagnosis, maintenance and back-ups of process control systems, data acquisition systems, and infrastructure
• Implement changes and projects via process control systems
• Provide training for personnel using control systems
• Support ISO 9000 efforts
• Troubleshoot network problems
• Response to call-ins related to control systems when production is down (must be available on a rotation schedule)
• Develop troubleshooting tools to reduce downtimes (remote access)

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in Chemical, Electrical, Automation, or Process Control Engineering
• 3-4 years of relevant experience as a support engineer, in areas including maintenance and/or process control
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Knowledge of computer network
• 5 + years of relevant experience as a support engineer, in areas including maintenance and/or process control
• PLC, DCS hardware architecture and wiring experience
• Programing experience and interest, knowledge of control theory and thorough understanding of common instrumentation

Final determination on pay will be made by HR and company leadership considering the candidate’s education, experience, past performance, demonstrated leadership and influence.

Genesis Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in recruiting, hiring, developing, compensating and promoting applicants and employees. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employee's and applicant's disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.