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Automation Control Engineer

Citgo Petroleum Corporation -
Lake Charles, LA

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Job Details

Qualifications

Monitoring machines
Cost management
Software engineering
Project engineering
Human-machine interface (HMI) systems
Data analysis reporting
Application systems
Alarm system monitoring procedures
Automation engineering applications
IT system monitoring
Hardware maintenance
Cost control
Data summary reports
Schedule management
Key Performance Indicators
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Control room operations
Alarm monitoring software
Hardware support
Production monitoring
Application Maintenance
Electrical control system maintenance
Chemical analysis
Technical project management
Software training
System performance monitoring

Full Job Description

Job Posting Date: Jul 14, 2026

Location:
Lake Charles, LA, US, 70602

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Job Function: Engineering
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry and operates under the well-known CITGO brand. CITGO owns and operates three refineries located in Lake Charles, LA.; Lemont, IL.; and Corpus Christi, TX, and wholly and/or jointly owns 38 active terminals, six pipelines and three lubricants blending and packaging plants. With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of approximately 807,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), positions CITGO as one of the best-branded supplier companies in the industry.

At CITGO our people are our most important resource. Our core values are Safety, Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Care.

Job Summary

CITGO Petroleum Corporation seeks an Automation Control Engineer to work in Westlake, LA to perform daily checks of regulatory and Advanced Process Control (APC) utilization, discuss control performance with console operators, reactivate dropped controlled and manipulated variables, identify poorly performing regulatory loops, make tuning adjustments, and provide operator support on control and alarm management issues. Submit resume at https://careers.citgo.com/. Must put Requisition ID - 1960 on resume.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: 3 years of progressively responsible experience in each of the following areas:

Advanced Process Control (APC), regulatory control systems, and alarm management systems.
Use of data systems to monitor process unit performance, such as Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Plant Information Systems (PI), or Process History Databases (PHD).
APC application, model development, and maintenance, including development and upkeep of calculations, inferentials, and process control applications.
Project management through Front End Loading (FEL), including scheduling and cost control.
Maintenance and improvement of Human Machine Interface (HMI) consoles.
Monitoring and maintaining chemometric models derived from spectroscopic analyses for use in product quality control.
Monitoring and troubleshooting alarm management applications.
Preparation and reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
Training personnel in the use of process control applications and auditing application performance.
Job Duties

Perform daily checks of regulatory and Advanced Process Control (APC) utilization, discuss control performance with console operators, reactivate dropped controlled and manipulated variables, identify poorly performing regulatory loops, make tuning adjustments, and provide operator support on control and alarm management issues. Prepare weekly work activity reports, including APC utilization reporting and correction, identification of poor performing control loops, and monitoring process unit performance using data from the Distributed Control System (DCS), Plant Information System (PI), and Process History Database (PHD). Develop new and maintain existing supporting calculations, inferentials, and applications. Lead or assist with rework efforts for new APC development. Investigate opportunities and prepare justifications for new regulatory and APC applications. Collaborate with Operations and the Operations Engineering Department (OED) in control scheme development, conduct process testing, develop models and strategies, implement and maintain control applications, train Console Operators, audit application performance, and communicate benefits gained. Monitor, troubleshoot, and support alarm management applications for assigned consoles. Investigate “bad actor” alarms, coordinate corrective actions with Operations Focal Points and Unit Supervisors, initiate Management of Change (MOC) for alarm updates, perform alarm rationalization, maintain dynamic alarming strategies, update alarm documentation, and generate alarm KPI reports. Maintain and support existing High Performance Human-Machine Interface (HPHMI) console graphics. Ensure operator interfaces add value to minimize unit upsets, monitor graphic performance for system load issues, and develop new schematics as needed. Monitoring and maintaining chemometric models derived from spectroscopic analyses for use in product quality control. Coordinate or perform hardware/software maintenance, conduct model reviews and updates, and develop new models when needed. Perform Front End Loading (FEL) activities for capital APC projects and manage approved projects, including scheduling, cost control, participation in failure analysis, incident investigations, and other technical teams as required.

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Nearest Major Market: Lake Charles

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