OxyChem

OxyChem

IT Expert - Power Control Systems

Houston, TX

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 22 days ago
CybersecurityProject ManagementExcelSystems EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsControlsCommunicationProblem SolvingMicrosoft OfficeSCADA

About the role

  • At OxyChem, our chemistry makes modern life possible, and it is our people who make the difference.
  • OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading producer of essential chemistry with operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
  • OxyChem's products play an essential role in everyday life, supporting critical applications in water treatment, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, personal hygiene, and residential and commercial construction.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, configure, implement, and support AspenTech GMS solutions, ensuring alignment with operational objectives, regulatory requirements, and long-term system strategy.
  • Lead and support generation scheduling, dispatch, unit commitment, and performance optimization, enabling efficient and reliable power system operations.
  • Own and drive system integrations between GMS and adjacent platforms, including SCADA, EMS, DMS, market systems, and data historians, ensuring seamless data flow across operational and business layers.
  • Perform advanced system performance analysis, identify optimization opportunities, and deliver recommendations that enhance reliability, efficiency, scalability, and compliance.
  • Serve as a trusted technical partner to operations, engineering, IT, and cybersecurity teams, ensuring secure, resilient, and highly available system functionality.
  • Lead system upgrades, version migrations, patching, hotfix deployment, and testing, ensuring minimal operational disruption and adherence to best practices.
  • Develop, maintain, and govern technical documentation, system architecture artifacts, operating procedures, and support playbooks.
  • Provide Tier 1 and escalation support, serving as a subject matter expert for critical incidents and high-priority operational issues.
  • Lead and drive power systems projects, including system modernization initiatives, new deployments, and enterprise integration efforts.
  • Support and enhance data management and integration strategies between automation systems and enterprise business platforms to enable analytics, reporting, and decision support

Requirements

  • Minimum bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, Power Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience with generation management systems.
  • Strong understanding of power generation operations, including thermal, renewable, and/or Cogen assets.
  • Experience with real-time operational systems and OT/IT environments.
  • Knowledge of system integration standards, data flows, and interfaces (e.g., APIs, OPC, messaging).
  • High Proficiency in Microsoft Office (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
  • Experience with software programming languages
  • Master's degree in a related technical field.
  • Experience with AspenTech EMS, SCADA, or related energy management solutions.
  • Knowledge of electricity markets, generation scheduling, and regulatory requirements.
  • Basic knowledge DCS, BPCS and OPC protocol (Open Platform Communications)

Benefits

  • OxyChem actively participates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, underscoring our commitment to safety.
  • We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

Company info

  • It has come to our attention that various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of OxyChem.
  • Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate, nor are they associated with our recruitment process.
  • All OxyChem job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.
  • OxyChem does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process.
  • We are a safety-first, purpose-driven team committed to innovation, environmental responsibility, and doing things the right way.
  • If you are ready to contribute, elevate your skills, and take ownership of your career, OxyChem offers the opportunity to make a difference every day.
  • We are looking for a self-motivated individual to fill the position of IT Expert, Industrial Control System within our IT Power System group based in Houston, TX.

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