Job Description

Company Overview:

MP Materials (NYSE: MP) is on a mission to restore the full rare earth supply chain to the United States of America. From electric cars to wind turbines and drones, rare earths are essential to the low-carbon, electrified technologies that power modern life. We hire ambitious, mission-driven people motivated to solve problems and affect change. Our values are grounded in teamwork, resiliency, and integrity, with an enduring commitment to our employees, community, and the environment. In the coming years, MP Materials will grow from a core materials and chemical processing company into a large industrial manufacturer. Our employees will lead this exciting transformation and grow professionally with us.

Position Overview:

The Process Control Engineer supports current plant operations PLC/SCADA infrastructure, participates in various capital projects in the existing facility, designs, and commissions support for new facilities, and various process improvement projects. This position will be responsible for interfacing with stakeholders including engineering, production, maintenance, utilities, IT, environmental, safety, management, and contractors. The Process Control Engineer will identify and scope new projects, contribute to project teams, and track and control project budget, timing, and quality.

Position Responsibilities:

• Work within the PLC/SCADA environment to support plant operations.
• Update and develop new graphics within the SCADA GE iFix HMI.
• Ladder logic, function block, and structured text programming in RSLogix.
• Generate new equipment tag IDs within OSI-Soft PI.
• Support Ethernet-based network infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and install support actuated valves, instruments, various process equipment, remote I/O panels, SCADA servers & workstations.
• Draw generation and oversight of new construction.
• Follow design, project management, and document control standards.
• Specification and design of new control and instrumentation systems.
• Develop project scopes, maintain proper communications, schedule, and track budget with other supervision and management.
• Design proper control schemes and strategies and work with process engineers to understand the plant operation requirements.
• Program PLC logic along with graphical HMI software.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation and control system problems and resolve them by modification or replacement.
• Manage the PI data historian tag list, graphical displays, and report.
• Assist instrument techs in equipment setup and troubleshooting.
• Create and maintain process documentation.
• Maintain I/O lists, control specification documents, and instrumentation data sheets.
• Create and maintain control documents, P&IDs, process control procedures, design basis procedures, data sheets, I/O lists, etc.
• Provide technical training and supervision to operators and processes.
• Ongoing Process Improvement efforts.
• Identify and scope out large capital project needs.
• Participate in large capital project teams as a sponsor, participant, advisor, or leader.
• Identify and lead small capital projects.
• Identify production issues and bottlenecks.
• Work with purchasing, vendors, maintenance, contractors, operators, and other team members to complete projects.
• Complete any other tasks as needed or as directed by management.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in Engineering, or a related field, preferred.
• 5+ years of experience as a process control engineer in a chemical, mining, petroleum, or heavy industrial setting.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• A Valid Driver’s License to drive company vehicles on and off property.

Desired Qualities:

• Experience programming and troubleshooting PLC systems.
• Experience in purchasing and setting up new control systems and instrumentation systems (PLC with data historian.)
• Experience with a wide range of instrumentation (temperature, pressure, control valves, flowmeters, pH, VFDs, etc.).
• Experience with the following unit ops is preferred (reactors, filters, pumps, PLC control systems, wet scrubbers, kilns, dryers, etc.).
• Solvent Extraction, Chlor-Alkali, or Co-Gen power plant experience is a plus.
• Experience in daily maintenance troubleshooting.
• Experience in process improvements from concept (identification, scoping, design, procurement) to installation.
• Knowledge of Allen Bradley ControlLogix / CompactLogix, RSLogix, RSLinx, RSNetworx for ControlNet, RS Factory Talk, HART communication protocol & instruments, Allen Bradley PanelView Plus, General Electric iFIX, OSI Software – PI (Data Link, ProcessBook, Server, Notifications, etc.) and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Knowledge of how to create, read, and modify electrical and control diagrams, PFDs, and P&IDs.
• Production process optimization/tuning experience of closed-loop control systems.
• Good writing and communication skills.
• Computer skills should include Microsoft Office suite.

MP Materials is Proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Underrepresented groups/Women/Disabled/Veterans are encouraged to apply. Candidates whose disabilities make them unable to meet the position’s requirements will still be considered qualified if they can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.

Your Right to Work – In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment verification document form upon hire.

For Assistance with Application - Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. Contact Human Resources Department at 702-844-6111; dial 7; 1700 South Pavilion Center Dr. 8th Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89135 to discuss reasonable accommodation.

Safety Provision - Employees are responsible for following all company, industry and regulatory procedures and laws to ensure a safe work environment for themselves and the company. Employees must have a willingness to promote safety among the workforce, participate in Process Hazard Analysis procedures and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.

(PPE) Personal Protective Equipment is required when performing work in a mine, manufacturing, outdoor, or plant environment. Required PPE may include, but is not limited to, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment as required.

Working Conditions - Our facility sits at an elevation of 4,700 feet. Employees may be subject to extreme weather conditions when working in an outdoor setting (heat and cold, wind). Work is at an open pit mine or manufacturing/chemical plant setting, which may include exposure to moving mechanical parts, toxic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, explosives, fumes, or airborne particles.

Physical Demands - Manual dexterity; sense of touch; sense of smell; speaking clearly; hearing-speech range; hearing – all ranges; seeing, reading and comprehensions; seeing – distant/near; depth perception; color vision. While performing the job responsibilities, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to stand and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate laboratory equipment. The employee is occasionally required to walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Employees must pass a full-face respiratory fit test. Employees must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must be able to work in PPE level C. These requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive, of the knowledge, skill, and ability required of the employee.