Senior Blend and Movement Engineer Europe South Region H/F

Business Group Honeywell Process Solutions

Line of Business Honeywell Connected Industrial (HCI)

Stream Blending and Movement Automation (BMA)

BMA helps plan, control and track manufacturing performance for refinery offsites, control optimum blending and control material movements.

Location France – North Region

Position Summary The candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

The incumbent will be required to work in a service environment – the incumbent has to support field service opportnites e.g. spot works, BGP+, A360 - and maintaining Blending and Movement (BMA) solutions primarily in Europe and North Africa Region (Europe) pole. Optimizing service productivity and quality by driving and maintaining standardization will be an important goal. In addition the incumbent will be required to support occassionaly sales with presentations, demonstrations, development of white papers, proposals and estimates. BMA solutions may involve multiple different BMA applications, (both Honeywell applications and third party applications) and the associated interfaces with other packages, such as Near Infrared Analyzers (NIR), Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS), Process Information Management Systems (PIMS) and Tank Gauging Systems (TGS).

The candidate will be able to work on several smaller field service jobs and larger migration projects simultaneously providing expertise across these jobs. The candidate is also required to provide on-call 24*7 support occasianly for Europe BMA customers based on a rotation plan.

Knowledge of refinery off-sites and knowledge of other refinery units is mandatory.

Good and up to date knowledge of BMA software (after appropriate initial training in all relevant packages) and ability to apply them throughout the service and project cycle.

The position is a direct staff position with billability to external customer projects, intercompany customer projects and customer support services on average >= 92%.

Reporting The applicant will have a direct reporting line to the Europe BMA Senior Engineering Leader.

Responsibilities The applicant will be responsible for:

• Having a knowledge of the BMA product portfolio (after appropriate initial training in all relevant packages). State-of-the-art applications covered by this portfolio consist of the following:
  1. A blend ratio control application (Experion Blend Controller)
  2. A blend optimization application (Open Blend Property Control)
  3. A blending instructions application (Blending Instructions)
  4. A blend management application (Blend Management)
  5. A tank farm monitoring application (Inventory Monitor)
  6. A movement automation application (Movement Automation)

• Having a good working knowledge of Distributed Control Systems (e.g. Experion PKS) and Industrial IT (e.g. RDBMS, Networking, XML Services and state-of-the-art Programming Languages).

• Participating in BMA service jobs and migration projects in a variety of industries in EUROPE, so that they meet the client’s needs and meet planned margin.
• Utilizing leading technologies in the delivery of Blending and Movement service and migration projects.
• Driving productivity and quality by standardizing BMA project execution using powerful tools and methodologies.
• Supporting project managers and contracts managers to ensure that contractual scope obligations of BMA projects are met.

Conditions Position requires approximately 25% international travel mostly in the Europe region.

The applicant must have:

1. Minimum Bachelor degree in Chemical or Process Engineering, Physics or similar engineering discipline. Non chemical engineers will need to display excellent process and automation systems understanding and knowledge gained by plant experience.
2. Minimum of five (5) years experience in the oil-refining industry.
3. Minimum of five (5) years experience with state-of-the-art Blending and Movement Automation solutions, Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and industrial IT projects.
4. Some experience in supporting the sales force including customer presentations, project estimates/calculations and proposal work.
5. Preferably holds industrial IT technology certificates (e.g. MCTS SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS Administrator, XML Services and state-of-the-art Programming Languages).
6. Preferably holds a Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
7. Good written and oral communication skills (in English & French).
8. Other major European language (e.g. German, Spanish, Italian) is an adventage.
9. Excellent analytical and trouble-shooting skills.
10. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with customers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.