Sr Engineer I, Automation

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What to Expect

As a Senior Automation Engineer based out of our Denver office, you will be the on-site automation expert supporting the Integrated Control Center (ICC) designing, implementing, and optimizing process control solutions that enhance operational efficiency, safety, and reliability across large, complex systems. This is a seasoned, standalone role for someone who can operate independently, partner with diverse stakeholders, lead capital projects end-to-end, and bring deep technical judgment to large-scale gas plant and process control challenges.

What You’ll Do

• Independently lead the design, programming, configuration, testing, and implementation of process automation solutions for large, complex systems (e.g., full gas plant builds, high-IO-count installations, integrated PLC/HMI/server architectures)
• Lead and execute capital projects for automation systems end-to-end, ensuring compliance with industry standards and company guidelines
• Analyze business processes and recommend automation strategies, including lifecycle management and optimization
• Develop reusable automation scripts, frameworks, and smart workflows to replicate and improve processes
• Architect, implement, and support distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), remote terminal units (RTUs), and human-machine interfaces (HMIs)
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and enhance automation equipment and systems, ensuring safety and reliability
• Conduct technical studies, feasibility reviews, and process hazard analyses
• Lead integration efforts for data collection and system optimization
• Support and implement information security measures
• Produce and maintain automation system documentation
• Lead alarm rationalization efforts, implement results, and monitor alarm system performance
• Build out and support remote operations applications and OT systems
• Maintain operational effectiveness through control loop tuning and loop health analysis
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to other engineers and technicians, sharing best practices and elevating team capability
• Respond to after-hours and weekend support requests as needed
• Travel to facilities as needed

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 5 or more years of relevant automation engineering experience
• Advanced PLC/DCS proficiency
• Advanced control loop tuning and loop health analysis proficiency
• Demonstrated ability to lead and design automation systems independently
• Ability to mentor and lead other engineers/technicians on technical work
• Possess a valid driver’s license
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to:
  • Travel up to 25% to facilities and project sites
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, in support of after-hours and on-call needs
  • Operate a company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads
  • Work safely in industrial environments, around large machinery, chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in varying weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment when on site

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• 7 or more years of relevant automation engineering experience
• Hands-on experience leading automation on large, complex systems — e.g., full gas plant builds, high-IO-count installations, or integrated PLC/HMI/server architectures
• Proven track record mentoring or formally leading engineers and technicians in a senior/lead capacity
• Prior experience supporting an Integrated Control Center (ICC) or remote operations environment
• Experience with alarm rationalization, OT systems, and capital project leadership end-to-end
• Experience supporting midstream gas processing, gathering, or pipeline operations

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of $141,300 - $172,700.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

Midstream

The Phillips 66 Midstream business is a safe, reliable, and trusted provider for the movement, storage, gathering, and processing of liquid or gas energy via pipelines or terminals. We are an industry leader in logistics and operate or manage more than 70,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil from oil fields to refineries and finished products from refineries to storage terminals. We operate 39 terminals that supply finished products to consumer gas stations, as well as crude oil and NGL storage terminals and NGL fractionation facilities. Our capabilities include extensive natural gas gathering and processing operations, enhancing our wellhead-to-market strategy. We also provide the connectivity between the various Phillips 66 business units.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered:

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 05/29/2026.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1).  Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.