Control Systems Engineer

Par Pacific Holdings

Billings, MT

Estimated pay: Est. $36–$42/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

Shift: Full time

**Control Systems Engineer**

**The Opportunity**

· Control Systems Engineer at a growth-oriented downstream energy company

· Competitive salary with a strong comprehensive benefits package

· Opportunity to work in a positive, collaborative, and inclusive work environment

· Career growth and development opportunities within a unique and growing energy company

· Reporting to the Director, Operational Technology, you’ll serve as a technical resource and have the opportunity to work on complex process control systems, modernization projects, OT infrastructure, and industrial cybersecurity in a continuous-process environment.

Key activities include:

· Serve as the primary technical resource for the Honeywell TDC-3000 DCS.

· Troubleshoot DCS hardware, software, networking, communications, and system integration issues.

· Lead DCS configuration changes, control strategy modifications, graphics development, upgrades, and lifecycle improvements.

· Support the refinery’s migration from Honeywell TDC-3000 to Emerson DeltaV.

· Troubleshoot integration between DCS, PLCs, SIS, analyzers, historians, packaged equipment, and other industrial systems.

· Support refinery OT infrastructure, including servers, workstations, industrial networks, firewalls, virtualization, and backups.

· Apply industrial cybersecurity and defense-in-depth practices to control system environments.

· Lead or support capital projects, shutdowns, system upgrades, FATs, SATs, commissioning, and startup activities.

· Provide technical direction to vendors, contractors, technicians, and engineers.

· Develop system standards, documentation, backup strategies, disaster recovery procedures, and lifecycle plans.

Note: This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position. Additional responsibilities and opportunities may be identified based on current business needs.

**Qualifications**

To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

Additional qualifications include:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Electronics, or a related technical field preferred. Equivalent experience will be considered.

• 3+ years of Honeywell TDC-3000 architecture, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience.

• Experience supporting DCS platforms in a refinery, petrochemical, chemical, or other continuous-process manufacturing environment.

• Ability to independently troubleshoot complex DCS hardware, software, networking, communications, and integration problems.

• Understanding of PLC architecture, I/O, communications, and DCS/PLC integration.

• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols such as Modbus, Modbus TCP, OPC, Ethernet/IP, and serial communications.

• Experience with industrial Ethernet, managed switches, VLANs, TCP/IP, firewalls, and Process Control Networks (PCN).

• Knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, virtualization, backups, recovery, patching, and OT infrastructure.

• Understanding of industrial cybersecurity within process control environments.

• Ability to interpret P&IDs, loop drawings, wiring diagrams, logic diagrams, cause-and-effect documentation, and network diagrams.

Preferred:

• Emerson DeltaV experience.

• Triconex Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) experience.

• Alarm management and abnormal situation management.

• Control loop performance and process control optimization.

• Refinery PSM, MOC, and formal engineering change processes.

• Experience leading DCS modernization or migration projects.

• Experience with FAT, SAT, commissioning, startup, and field implementation.

**About Us**

At Par Pacific, we own and operate market-leading energy and infrastructure businesses in logistically complex markets. We have built a team of downstream industry veterans and subject matter experts to lead our organization with an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative, problem solving approach. We bring our diverse strengths and motivation to complex markets where we seek out diamonds in the rough. As a nimble, growing organization, we actively pursue new opportunities with corporate financing know-how, respond to local market demands, and adapt to changing external environments.

**More Good Reasons to Work for Par Pacific**

**Unique Culture and RICH Values**

There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific - a niche player in the energy space. And there's certainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific employees. We are driven, hardworking, entrepreneurial-minded professionals who love to win. Our RICH values describe how we approach our work: Respect for Others, Integrity, Collaborative Innovation, and Heart. If that describes you, you'll fit right in.

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