Advanced Process Control Engineer II, Wood River Refinery

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What to Expect

As an Advanced Process Control Engineer II, you will blend technical expertise with hands-on problem solving to shape how our facility leverages advanced control technologies. This position provides advanced process control support for refinery operations and projects and promotes process control strategies from basic regulatory control to multivariable control to multi-unit optimization. The APC Engineer is an active member of multiple cross-functional teams and acts as an advocate for best practices in the selection, implementation, and development of the process control systems to ensure that safety, regulatory, production, and optimization objectives are achieved.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and support advanced process control solutions to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations.
• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of process control systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and troubleshoot technical challenges.
• Develop and model new process control applications, support and optimize existing systems, and ensure all equipment and processes meet safety, regulatory, and production standards.
• Contribute to project management, equipment installation, and the creation of technical documentation, always striving for operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and analyze data to enhance performance and recommend technical advancements.
• Share best practices across teams and support day-to-day process control needs, including tuning, troubleshooting, and developing new control schemes.
• Provide site support, as needed, for APC and regulatory controls, participate in plant improvement initiatives, and contribute to control performance monitoring.
• Stay current with industry trends, adopt emerging technologies, and help foster a culture of safety, collaboration, and innovation.

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC)
• Possess a valid driver's license
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to comply with the following:
  • Travel as needed up to 10%
  • Operate company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads up to 20%
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional on-call duties
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment
  • Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

• 3 or more years of engineering experience in process manufacturing, process automation, or multivariable process control in the Energy industry
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Suites, specifically Word, Excel, and Access

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• Strong commitment to safe work practices
• Masters or PhD in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with a focus in advanced control
• 5 or more years of experience with Process Control Systems in a refinery and/or chemical industry supporting Honeywell TDC3000 or Experion DCS
• 1 or more years of implementing, maintaining, and developing DMCplus, MaxAPC, RMPCT or other advanced model-based control applications
• Must be able to accurately and clearly communicate both technical and practical information while working in a team environment
• Direct experience with unit testing, modeling, and commissioning of advanced controls
• Experience with OPC configuration and virtual machine development/ configuration
• Advanced skills with Honeywell Distributed Control System (DCS) programming, troubleshooting and maintaining controllers. Primarily for TDC3000 and Experion platforms
• Possess a strong desire to learn, strengthen and build skills, and keep up with process control advances and industry best practices
• Experience with Machine Learning/AI methodologies and application implementation
• Experience with Real Time Optimization applications and implementation

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of $124,200 - $151,800.

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.

The Wood River Refinery is located in Roxana, Illinois, about 15 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. The refinery processes a mixture of light, low-sulfur; heavy, high sulfur; and high-acid crude oil. The crude supply is sourced domestically or from Canada. Wood River produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, asphalt and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed to customers by pipeline, rail car, barge and truck and are shipped to markets throughout the Midcontinent region.

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 03/27/2026.

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.