Process Control Engineer

Agap2 is a European engineering and operational consulting group founded in 2005 and specialized in the industry. We work in the Pharma, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Energy, Infrastructure, Transportation, Chemicals, and Information Technology sectors.

As a consultant, you will have to support our clients in the realization of their projects on site by bringing your expertise and your skills.

You are agile and eager to adapt to different work environments that will fuel your curiosity of seeing what’s behind closed doors of the biggest projects of our client’s portfolio.

General Objective
• Ensure continuous and sustainable economic optimization of process units within their Integrity and Design Operating Windows (IOW/DOW) by managing the Advanced Process Control (APC) systems portfolio. Acts as the APC subject matter expert, promoting and leading APC strategy.

Key Responsibilities
• Manage the full APC application portfolio

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance existing APC systems; develop new applications where beneficial.

• Provide daily optimization insights and constraint analysis to production and technology teams (ROP and RCT).

• Identify and pursue new APC opportunities to improve unit performance.

• Track and report APC performance KPIs (daily, monthly, annually); implement corrective measures as needed.

• Design and implement new APC applications and soft sensors/quality estimators.

• Participate in and follow up on APC-related audits, ensuring recommendations are addressed.

• Act as project leader for Real-Time Optimization (RTO) and other APC-related initiatives.

• Collaborate closely with the RPA (Real-time Process Applications) team to enhance existing infrastructure and resolve technical issues.

• Maintain close interaction with process technologists and operational staff to ensure alignment and support.

Professional Experience & Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in Advanced Process Control within a manufacturing environment.

• Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.

Place Bel-air 1 1003 Lausanne