Control Systems Engineer
Who we are
We are a world-leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialized polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection – growing markets that serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in London, UK, we employ over 4,000 people around the world.
Our strategy
Since 2022, we have been delivering on our transformational strategy to become a more focused, stronger specialty chemicals business and fulfil our purpose: creating innovative and sustainable solutions for the benefit of customers and society.
We are focused on innovation – welcoming change and new ideas. We value teamwork because we are stronger as one team. We act with integrity and show respect. And we believe in accountability, delivering on our promises. Most important is safety, health and environment. We always have time to work safely.
The Control Systems Engineer, as part of the Operations and Technical department, will interface with a diverse team of personnel such as manufacturing plant operations and technical/engineering, manufacturing process experts, to maintain and improve a variety of process control systems including Honeywell Experion PKS or other Distributed Control Systems, Safety Instrumented Systems, PLC’s as well as Windows or Linux based workstations and servers.
WHAT YOU’LL OWN IN THIS ROLE:
- Promote unwavering commitment to the Synthomer Core Values, SHE Principles and Golden Rules
- Lead process control improvements that will reduce process risk, improve production processes and process reliability, reduce costs, and address quality issues.
- Identify, address, and resolve process control issues and/or lead the facility into new areas of process improvement
- Participate in Safety Studies (e.g. HAZOP)
- Determine Safety Integrity Level (SIL) classification for safeguarding instrumentation (lead SIL classification session)
- Comply with all Synthomer standards, such as Process Control Practices, documentation, Management of Change, and design review procedures.
- Troubleshoot control systems hardware and software failures for Honeywell and Microsoft systems
- Participate in projects to replace servers, develop new networks, and improve control system sustainability
- Ability to respond, via telephone mainly and occasionally in person, to off-hour callouts and requests for support
- Willingness and ability to be part of a team
- Be aware of and practice good cybersecurity habits like patching, antivirus updates, and access control to the system is expected
- Ability to solve problems and be a self-starter
- Provide technical and operational expertise for the day-to-day support of the process control systems and infrastructure
We are seeking:
- Required degree - B. S. in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Chemical Engineering
- Ideally 3 years in chemical plant manufacturing experience, monomer/reactive chemistry utilizing batch processes - utilizing and troubleshooting process control on Honeywell Experion PKS system
- Experience in multiple new projects and maintenance of existing control systems ideally with global suppliers like Emerson and Honeywell and integration with PLC systems
these skills would set you apart:
- Process Safety Management in high hazard process, VMware/virtual machines
- TCP/IP-based network switches and routers
- VBA and/or Java
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Why Synthomer?
We are ambitious!
We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we’re recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.
We believe in high challenge, high support!
We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.
We personalize our approach to development!
At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.
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What We Do
Synthomer is a business-to-business speciality chemicals producer. We create value for all our stakeholders by applying our expertise and innovation capabilities to provide high-performance water-based polymers and ingredients to a wide range of blue-chip customers in multiple attractive end markets.
Synthomer are headquartered and stock listed in the UK. We have more than 30 operational sites across Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia including four innovation centres of excellence. The Company employs around 4,200 entrepreneurial, highly skilled employees with the expertise and experience to drive our success worldwide.
