Process Control Engineer — Automation & IT/OT

Automation & IT/OT · Mining · Salta, Argentina

Location: Salar Centenario–Ratones, Salta. Roster: 14 days on / 14 days off. English: Advanced C1+.

The opportunity

Ensure the availability and reliability of process-control systems while analysing and improving production performance, control strategies, process stability, product quality and operational safety. Join the Production Assistance team, which provides continuous 24/7 coverage, contributing specialist technical support during your assigned working hours.

Your responsibilities

• Monitor production performance, investigate deviations and identify improvements in efficiency, stability, quality and productivity.

• Define, implement and optimise process-control strategies in line with approved control philosophies, design conditions and procedures.

• Diagnose incidents and perform root-cause analysis with Operations and Maintenance.

• Configure, maintain and optimise PLC and SCADA/HMI applications, coordinating the supporting infrastructure with IT/OT colleagues.

• Improve control logic, sequences, interlocks, operating parameters and alarm configurations.

• Analyse information from SCADA, process historians, PI, LIMS and related industrial platforms.

• Contribute to Management of Change, expansion projects, commissioning, start-up and plant optimisation.

Your background

• University degree in Chemical, Industrial, Electrical/Electronic or Automation Engineering, or a related discipline.

• At least five years of experience in Process Control or Automation.

• Advanced PLC programming, configuration and diagnostics; SCADA/HMI and process-historian experience.

• Strong industrial networking knowledge, including LAN, VLAN, Spanning Tree and industrial protocols.

• Knowledge of instrumentation, data acquisition, variable-frequency drives and intelligent motor-management devices.

• Experience with process trends, indicators, reporting and data visualisation in continuous-operation environments.

• Ability to interpret process diagrams, control narratives, cause-and-effect matrices, control logic and interlocks.

• Experience configuring, testing, validating and commissioning control and OT communications equipment.

• Advanced written and spoken English (C1+) and availability for a 14×14 roster.

Additional qualifications in control systems, industrial networks, automation, data science or continuous improvement are valued.

Apply

Send your CV with the reference Process Control Engineer – IT/OT to empleo@itechcareer.com