Process Controls Engineer

Job overview

Process Controls Engineer is an onsite, full-time role in Bellingham, WA, paying $125,000–$145,000 per year. The engineer supports Tidal Vision’s chemical processing and manufacturing operations and its mission to create positive systemic impact for critical industries. The role improves process performance, reliability, and safety by evaluating process behavior and recommending instrumentation, equipment, and control-strategy improvements. Working with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and automation colleagues, the engineer optimizes existing processes and supports new equipment and plant expansions.

What you'll do

• Evaluate manufacturing processes to improve throughput, yield, product consistency, chemical consumption, energy use, reliability, and safety
• assess instrumentation selection and placement, control valve sizing, pumps, and piping
• develop and refine control strategies for dosing, mixing, heating, cooling, and batch operations
• analyze historian data, troubleshoot variability, and tune control loops
• develop and review P&IDs, control narratives, operating limits, alarms, sequences, and interlocks
• participate in process safety reviews and management of change
• support commissioning, performance testing, and operator training
• verify measurable improvements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

process controls engineer

chemical processing

manufacturing

process optimization

instrumentation

pid control

p&ids

process safety

commissioning

bellingham wa

tidal vision

$125k–$145k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• optional FSA/HSA
• 401(k) with 6% employer match
• life and AD&D insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• short- and long-term disability
• tuition reimbursement
• 21.67 days of paid time off plus 10 holidays.

Why this role

Requires a relevant engineering degree or equivalent education and practical experience, 5+ years of process controls or process engineering experience, and experience with batch or comparable process operations. Travel to support multiple facilities is required; occasional work outside normal business hours may be necessary.

About the employer

Tidal Vision is hiring for this role. Industry: Surface Active Agent Manufacturing. Sector: 32.