Controls and Instrumentation Engineer
Permanent, Full-Time
Eastern Canada
Graymont is seeking Controls and Instrumentation Engineer that will help develop and implement advanced process controls (APC) and automation solutions for industrial systems globally. Reporting to the Manager, Technology and Process Development, the successful candidate will design, manage, and maintain systems to ensure safe and efficient operations while supporting process improvements across all unit operations. Additionally, the Controls and Instrumentation Engineer requires strong collaboration across functions and expertise in industrial processes such as quarrying, calcining, and material handling.
Responsibilities
• Work safely and promote solutions that preserve or enhance the safety culture within Graymont.
• Design, develop, and test new control systems as well as maintain and modify existing systems.
• Develop, test, and support programming for expert control systems (ECS), programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interfaces (HMI), and operational technology (OT) networks.
• Support automation at facilities through instrument calibration, control loop tuning, and optimization of advanced process controls.
• Utilize trusted contractors and internal resources to maintain and expand the corporate data historian (OSIsoft PI) and Asset Framework structure.
• Seek and evaluate opportunities to leverage value from data visualization and analytics software tools integrated with the corporate data historian.
• Collaborate with project managers, plant engineers, plant operations staff, Information Systems (IS), and other internal staff.
• Liaise with consultants, contractors, and suppliers.
• Participate in developing, implementing, and maintaining global standards for instrumentation, control systems, OT network infrastructure, and corporate data historian.
• Identify technology and innovation opportunities in the areas of instrumentation, process control, automation, and data analytics.
• Provide on-call support with flexibility to work irregular hours to ensure smooth project implementation and promptly address facility issues
Qualifications
• Education: Degree in electrical, mechanical, or computer engineering, or other engineering discipline with training in industrial controls and instrumentation
• Systems Knowledge: Proficient with OSIsoft PI system administration, and other industrial control systems
• Professional Experience: Minimum 6 years of experience in controls and/or process engineering related to lime or processing industries
• Beneficial Experience: Demonstrated skills in specific control disciplines such as:
- advanced process control (APC)
- multiple-input & multiple-output (MIMO) with model predictive control (MPC)
- distributed control systems (DCS)
- programmable logic controllers (PLC)
- Human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
• Travel Component: Frequent travel (up to 50% plus) including cross-border between Canada and United States, with occasional travel to Mexico, Australia, and Southeast Asia
Who You Are
• Effective Communicator: You are an active listener who can communicate effectively with different audiences in diverse situations.
• Problem Solver: You love immersing yourself in difficult technical problems and coming up with solutions that work. You think outside the box and use your experience and intuition to identify when such solutions are realistic.
• Detail-Oriented: You have outstanding attention to detail as well as experimental and process rigor. You take pride in your work and strive for excellence.
• Collaborative: You thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment and believe that we can get further, faster by working together.
• Creative Thinker: You think outside the box and generate innovative ideas that drive progress and solve challenges.
Who We Are
Graymont is a global leader in the lime and limestone industry, supplying calcium-based products and solutions that serve markets throughout North America and Asia Pacific and is also a strategic partner to Latin America’s largest lime and limestone producer, Calidra.
Central to our philosophy is a long-term approach to our business, built on a solid commitment to sustainable growth and focus on decarbonization, all of which is embodied in our mission statement: Deliver essential calcium-based solutions to meet the world’s changing needs.
With the maturity and stability that comes with almost 80 years of success in the industry, Graymont is a forward-looking organization committed to responsible, sustainable growth over the long term. This includes a deep commitment to our employees and OneGraymont culture as well as the highest of standards in our health, safety, environmental, workplace, and operating practices.
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