For more than 100 years, Praxair has taken
something as fundamental as air and turned it into ways to make food taste
better, plants operate cleaner and more efficiently, breathing easier and
entertainment more exciting – in short, to make all our lives better.
Praxair is a Fortune 250 company and the
products and technology impact in more than 20 different industries. We’re
one of the world’s largest industrial gases businesses and you see our
work every day, often without realizing it.
POSITION QUALIFICATION SUMMARY:
In this role you will be a member of the
Advanced Control and Statistics R&D team. You will develop and
assess advanced process control and monitoring technology for Praxair’s
air separation and hydrogen plants, including model predictive control
(MPC), real time optimization, multivariate statistics and related technologies.
As the Senior R&D Controls Engineer you will have the opportunity
to make a significant global impact to Praxair’s business and push the
boundaries of control, monitoring and optimization technologies. You
will be involved in technology development programs from concept initiation
through commercialization.
Successful candidates should not only exhibit technical excellence, but be able to champion new ideas and technology within Praxair. To do this effectively, the candidate needs to demonstrate high levels of leadership capability, strong verbal and written communication skills, a team-oriented focus, and an ability to find innovative technical solutions that best meet the needs of the customer. Keeping abreast of new technology developments will be vital for success in this role, thus we are looking for someone that is truly passionate about this field. You should also be willing to travel globally, and be comfortable interfacing with people from a variety of cultures and business backgrounds.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
· Work closely with Operations, Engineering and Business organizations globally to drive technology development programs from concept through commercialization
· Develop a credible business case for new technology programs and lead the technical development.
· Interact with multi-disciplinary project execution teams
· Stay abreast of new technology developments in your field of expertise and actively contribute ideas for new R&D programs
· Manage partnerships and development programs with external vendors and academia
QUALIFICATIONS:
Basic:
· Master’s
or PhD degree in Chemical Engineering
· Minimum
of 3 years of experience applying advanced process control technology in
an industrial setting
· Experience
with Model Predictive Control (MPC)
· Experience
in modeling chemical processes
· Ability
to travel (domestic and international) up to 25% of the time
· Excellent
communication and presentation skills
Preferred:
· PhD
degree in Chemical Engineering
· 5+
years of experience applying advanced process control technology in an
industrial setting
· Experience
in applied multivariate statistics and/or data mining, as well as optimization
experience
· Experience
with Operator Training simulators
· Air
separation and Hydrogen reforming experience is preferred