ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.
POSITION SCOPE
Reporting to the Controls Engineering Manager the successful candidate will have responsibility for maintaining and enhancing the Company’s control systems at all London sites.
DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintain and enhance control and instrumentation, hardware and software whilst ensuring refinery operations perform to the optimum level. Communicate with all levels of refinery personnel to ensure understanding of changes to the control systems. Provide specialist instrumentation knowledge to the refinery for capital projects and assist with the replacement of legacy systems when required. Evaluate changes/upgrades to process control systems and make recommendations for continuous improvement. Contribute to the definition of standards for the development and maintenance of process control systems within the refinery. Provide call out support in line with the company procedure.
ESSENTIAL WORK EXPERIENCES
Solid project management experience. Excellent understanding of a range of process control tools and techniques, but specifically, Siemens, Allen Bradley, Aveva, and Aveva ArchestrA. Good fault-finding abilities. Good knowledge of sugar refining operations.
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)
Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Creative problem solver. Independent Self Starter/Team Player. Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PPT, Excel, Word) Ability to speak with a high level of professionalism and presence to individuals or groups at all levels within the organization. Ability to anticipate problems before they occur to eliminate or mitigate issues. Good written skills and ability to provide documentation.
At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.
Service Excellence- Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services. Efficiency and Sustainability- Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add: create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.