Teslas in-house Lithium Refinery is located in the greater Corpus Christi area of Texas. This investment is critical to our mission to accelerate the worlds transition to sustainable energy and represents our efforts to aggressively increase the supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide available in North America.
As the Process Controls Engineer you will work closely with the production and design teams to specify configure and optimize chemical production process control systems and equipment.
Develop and configure DCS and PLC logic and modify existing logic to optimize product quality yield throughput process stability and lower OpEx costs
Develop and configure new operator displays and update existing displays to improve overall usability intuitive navigation and operator effectiveness
Apply advanced regulatory control strategies and DCS-based model predictive control technology to solve complex process control issues
Work collaboratively with Operations Process Engineers and other Process Control Engineers to ensure that control strategies are functioning as designed and are achieving productivity and material quality targets
Troubleshoot process control issues and work with Operations and Maintenance teams to assist them in troubleshooting efforts
Own plant wide control loop tuning and equipmentunit optimization
Drive standardization common approaches and employ RAGAGEP across our Integrated Controls System assets. Close collaboration is expected with OT IT EH&S and Reliability Engineering
7years as a process controls engineer in a chemical process design or production environment with demonstrated experience in production supportand optimization
Experience participating in process hazard reviews and HAZOPs
Demonstrated experience configuring DCS advanced regulatory control using function block programming
Demonstrated excellence in programming Emerson DeltaV
Demonstrated experience developing operator displays and intuitive graphics navigation that conform to ASM consortium guidelines
Advanced proficiency with process loop tuning using proven methods
Benefits
Along with competitive pay as a full-time Tesla employee you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire
Medical plans > plan options with 0 payroll deduction
Family-building fertility adoption and surrogacy benefits
Dental including orthodontic coverage and vision plans both have options with a 0 paycheck contribution
Company Paid Health Savings Accounts HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts FSA
401k with employer match Employee Stock Purchase Plans and other financial benefits
Company paid Basic Life AD&D Short-term and long-term disability insurance 90 day waiting period
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time Flex time for salary positions Accrued hours for Hourly positions and Paid Holidays
Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
Voluntary benefits to include critical illness hospital indemnity accident insurance theft & legal services and pet insurance
Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
Tesla Babies program
Commuter benefits
Employee discounts and perks program