Advanced Application Engineer

Summary An experienced Blending and Movement control (BMA) professional with proven capability to function independently in responsible project, and services. They will take responsibility, alongside the PM, for all aspects of successful blending and movement control system delivery including client contact, project conception, engineering, resource management, scheduling and implementation.Key Areas of Responsibility

• Responsibility for sound technical design & delivery of Blending and Movement control solutions, in alignment with the customer requirements and to the full satisfaction of the client unlocking the targeted business value using state of the art technology.
• Identify Blending and Movement control improvement opportunities at various refinery / chemical manufacturing sites. Lead feasibility studies for BMA solutions considering design, equipment, & operational constraints, product prices and optimization objectives to prepare the ROI.
• Provide consulting support and or Lead critical project activities, ensuring buy-in and acceptance from the customer including, but not limited to - Project Kick Off, Site Survey, FDS, Hardware procurement, FAT, Commissioning & SAT.
• Conduct training to plant operations & customer engineering teams on Honeywell suite of Blending and Movement control / optimization.
• Identify/troubleshoot process unit operations, software, and Control system problems. Create and implement new strategies to improve process efficiency, process control utilization & reliability. Support start-up activities if required.
• Act as a BMA subject matter expert for process hazards analysis, process design modifications, risk assessment review, alarm management, and incident investigation.
• Proactively recommend potential quality and efficiency improvements within the engineering/ product development group. Regularly identify & communicate risk in the project and prepare mitigation plans.
• Shares technical knowledge with project team, supervisor, own discipline and other disciplines. Lead or support improvement technology plans developed by business technology leaders and influence the product development.
• Communicate with internal team regarding technical issues, escalating these early in the project.
• Lead the overall project including the DCS system scope for the implementation of Blending and Movement solution
• TAC1 support for the Local customer related to patching, Issues faced by customer etc
• Work with proposal and estimation team for preparing the technical proposal for blending and movement automation solution.
• Cultivate client relationships as a trusted technical advisor while identifying revenue & growth opportunities for Honeywell Blending and movement control/optimization space.
  
  

Job Context

• Works independently on assigned work and projects and supervision of subordinate staff to review, approve and expedite technical issues, monitor project activities, carry out engineering studies and detailed design work based on company and international standards to meet the mandate of projects. To achieve this, interacts with other company departments and divisions, in a multi-disciplinary role to meet group work objectives and the objectives of the department
  
  

Communications and Working Relationships

• Communicates with project engineers based on work requirements and with the respective Project Engineering Leader as required, to expedite project execution.
• Interacts both in writing and orally with the Honeywell staff.
• Interacts with operations leaders in development engineering & global engineering services to coordinate project activities involving requiring external support.
• Interacts with product managers & specialists and or suppliers for technical information of new engineering products required for projects.
• Communicates with external customers, EPC contractors, sub-contractors or outside agencies to expedite projects through regular project meetings.
• Interact with solution consultant and sales team regarding all new opportunity and create business case for the same.
• Framework Boundaries, Decision Making authority and responsibility
• Supervised by the respective BMA engineering program manager to ensure the performance and delivery of required outputs to meet project schedules and the completion of all assigned tasks in line with company procedures and standards and customer expectations.
• Establishes and maintains good working relationships with numerous personnel in management, and engineering all of whom are greatly dependent on the BMA Technical Lead's analytical ability and judgement.
• Makes all technical decisions to meet the requirement of the project, company standards and international codes and discusses critical decisions with the respective Project Engineering Leader.
• Responsible for ensuring project delivery on budget & schedule.
  
  

Knowledge Skills and Experience

The BMA Technical Lead must have a minimum of 10 years demonstrated experience in delivery of process optimization solutions

• Hands on application experience implementing Blending ,blend optimizer solution
• Hands on application experience implementing Inventory operation management application like Inventory monitoring, Movement monitoring and Movement control
• Experience in developing Tank farm application like Terminal management system.
• Expert product knowledge of design of DCS system (Honeywell Experion & TDC3000, Yokogawa Centum V/CS/CS3000, Siemens, Foxboro, ABB, Emerson & others)
• Programming languages (Visual Basic, Java Script)
• Depth Knowledge in SQL data base, SQL scripting and Stored Procedure.
• Excellent understanding of tank farm operations and piping network
• Depth Process knowledge on Refinery blending operation
• Depth knowledge in analysing the P&ID, PFD
• Extensive knowledge in API standard and Tank volume calculation.
• Experience with different communication protocol like OPC, Modbus, PCDI, Web interface
• knowledge in SSRS application, PHD and ALMS are added advantage.
• Excellent verbal, written communication & presentation skills. Strong team player able to work effectively with customers, multidisciplinary project teams and other departments within the company.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting & and problem solving skills, quality oriented, logical & thorough. Candidate should be able to learn quickly, think efficiently, and inquire effectively in order to gather and understand user requirements.
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Instrument and Control Process Control. Advanced degrees preferred.

About Us

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