PI&CS engineer

A PICS Engineer is typically responsible for designing, maintaining, improving, and supporting process, instrumentation, control, and systems-related activities in a manufacturing or industrial environment. The role helps ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant operation of equipment and production processes.

Main responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve control systems for manufacturing processes
• Support process automation, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, or related control platforms
• Troubleshoot equipment, control logic, sensors, and system integration issues
• Partner with manufacturing, maintenance, quality, EHS, and operations teams to resolve technical problems
• Lead or support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and system migrations
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation, control narratives, specifications, and standard operating procedures
• Analyze process performance and identify opportunities to improve uptime, yield, quality, and cost
• Support root cause investigations and corrective actions for process or equipment failures
• Help ensure compliance with safety, quality, cybersecurity, and regulatory requirements
• Provide technical training and guidance to operators, technicians, and other engineers

Education       

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Experience     

• 3~5 yrs of PI&CS related hands-on working experience
• Experience in manufacturing, process engineering, automation, instrumentation, or controls systems

Technical skills      

• PLC programming, process controls, instrumentation, data analysis, troubleshooting, automation systems, engineering documentation

Systems knowledge      

• Familiarity with DCS, SCADA, HMI, MES, historian systems, and industrial networks

Others

• Problem solving     Strong analytical and root cause analysis capability
• Communication     Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, quality, and leadership
• Project work   Experience managing small to medium capital or improvement projects
• Compliance   Understanding of EHS, quality systems, change management, and regulated manufacturing environments if applicable