Controls Engineer

**WHO WE ARE** We are a company where **people matter**. We are **family driven**. We are **financially strong**. And we are looking for problem-solvers to join our growing team. **BENEFITS** - Up to 10% Retirement Contribution - $600 per Year Wellness Incentive - Two Weeks Starting Paid Time Off - Medical, Dental, and Vision - *Eligible* f*irst day of the month following hire date.* ***JOIN A TOP WORKPLACE -** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nlFHnnfvhk* **CONTROLS ENGINEER** The Controls Engineer is an individual contributor responsible for evaluating, designing, programming, commissioning, and sustaining Hydrite’s control systems (PLC/DCS/HMI) and related instrumentation. This role executes standards, implements changes through the MOC process, maintains Maximo PM/calibration plans, and ensures reliable data collection and historian integrations to support safe and efficient operations. ***Primary responsibilities include:*** - Lead and support Hydrite’s safety vision, mission, and values by promoting safe work practices across all controls, instrumentation, and contractor activities. - Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations and standards (including PSM, RMP, and MOC requirements) through collaboration with SQRA, and other regulatory stakeholders. - Evaluate, design, program, install, test, commission, and sustain plant control systems (primarily Delta V but can include PLC, HMI) and associated instrumentation. - Troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize control systems and associated instrumentation to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations. - Maintain the functional integrity and lifecycle reliability of control systems through troubleshooting, hardware/software updates, backups, calibration, and preventive maintenance execution. - Execute control system changes in accordance with the controls Management of Change (MOC) process, including audits to verify compliance. - Develop, maintain, and enforce control system standards, procedures, practices, security requirements, and engineering documentation. - Program, test, and commission control system changes, including loop tuning, control optimization, interlock testing, alarm rationalization, FAT/SAT, startup, and operational handover. - Provide controls engineering support for capital projects, including procurement support, system configuration, commissioning, and startup of new systems or equipment. - Own execution plans and technical quality for assigned controls and automation projects. - Develop, maintain, and standardize DeltaV and PLC configurations, programming practices, I/O lists, cabinet drawings, and related documentation. - Support and expand plant automation capabilities to improve process reliability, operational efficiency, and production performance. - Configure, maintain, and expand data historians and data collection systems to ensure data quality, tagging standards, accessibility, and business value. - Improve access, visualization, and presentation of control system and process data to support operations, engineering, compliance, and management decision-making. - Execute, manage, and support preventive maintenance and calibration programs within Maximo, including development of job plans aligned with SOPs. - Support small-scale and stand-alone control systems (e.g., skid-mounted PLC/HMI systems) while ensuring cybersecurity, backup, and recovery practices. - Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for control systems, instrumentation, plant data systems, electrical hardware, providing technical support and driving reliability improvements for motors, drives, transmitters, sensors, and related equipment. - Provide technical support, guidance, and training to operations, maintenance, and engineering personnel on control system usage and standards. - Develop and maintain training materials and conduct training for control systems, instrumentation, and data collection platforms. - Mentor technicians and junior engineers and share k…