Job Name:
Senior Simulation Engineer
Job Location:
St. Louis, MO - REMOTE
Job Function:
Engineering
Description:
The Senior Simulation Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, and testing of simulation projects in multiple different industries including oil and gas, pulp and paper, power and water, chemical, mining, and life sciences. The Senior Simulation Engineer will be involved from initial client discussions through to commissioning of solutions. The role requires North America-based travel (50%).
Responsibilities:
- Possess the general engineering knowledge to identify the process and unit operations by reading and interpreting customer provided data, including Process Flow Diagrams, Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams, steady state models, and historical data.
- Achieve a thorough understanding of client processes, the Prosera Project Execution Methodology, and client strengths, needs, and wants.
- Be able to create basic programming and logic to meet a project’s need in areas such as writing custom calculations of various processes.
- Using the boundaries of scope and schedule, build simulations that meet customer expectations and needs. Do this within the project schedule time and execution in an organized manner that effectively maximizes efficiency.
- Communicate effectively with the Project Manager, Prosera employees, and partners involved in the project. When dealing with new or unforeseen issues, have the perseverance and patience to solve these problems. Know project responsibilities and how they fit within the project execution.
- Have an understanding of process control systems and the instrumentation involved in the control of a process. Know the modes of control and how the control system interacts with different equipment to effectively control the process. Use this knowledge to integrate the Mimic simulation to the control system using appropriate connections.
- Lead a team of simulation engineers.
Who You Are:
- You are interested and aware of new industrial automation technologies.
- You manage uncertainty with tenacity.
- You engage in collaborative planning.
- You take time to ask questions and define the problem.
- You make learning a priority and a goal
Required Education, Experience, and Skills:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical preferred).
- An understanding of regulatory control topics including, but not limited to, device control, PID loops (simplex and cascade), permissives, interlocks, state based control.
- Experience with simulation software.
- Excellent leadership and communication (oral and written) skills.
- Must meet background check, drug testing, and safety training requirements for access to client sties.
- Must have valid driver's license to drive to client sites.
- Ability to travel up to 50%, including internationally if needed.
- Ability to meet project deadlines and maintain consistency with exist project schedules.
Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:
- Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
- Experience with Aspen, Mimic, PetroSim, or other simulation software.
- Experience with Emerson, ABB, Honeywell, Schneider, or Rockwell control systems.
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Prosera will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Prosera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
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