Advanced Process Control Specialist

Job purpose

APC monitoring and improvement

• Monitor and analyze medium- and long-term APC performance against internal and external benchmarks.
• Identify recurring APC problems and limitations, and propose sustainable solutions and optimization opportunities.
• Participate in and lead Management of Change for APC-related changes; support other plant and process changes from a process-control perspective.
• Track medium- and long-term process performance using technical and economic KPIs and assess process-control impact on actual performance.
• Guide Operations on general and long-term APC strategy for specific units or sub-units.
• Conduct internal and external process-control and APC studies to align the company with industry-leading practices.
• Help ensure the ethylene unit and other units’ APC schemes are optimized and operating with high uptime.
• Participate in and help lead company digital transformation initiatives.

Policies, safety, and reporting

• Contribute to continuous improvement of systems, processes, and practices to increase productivity and operational efficiency.
• Implement relevant section policies, processes, procedures, and instructions consistently.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and relevant quality, health, safety, security, and environmental procedures and controls.
• Contribute to timely and accurate reports that meet departmental requirements, policies, and standards.
• Contribute to the development of Qatari employees; this accountability applies to expatriate employees only.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Control Engineering.
• At least five years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including three years at analyst level in Advanced Process Control.
• Ethylene and polyethylene manufacturing experience is required.

Preferred experience

• Experience in the petrochemicals industry is preferred.