Senior Process Engineer
Location: El Dorado, AR, US
The Client’s Company is a diversified downstream energy company with assets in petroleum refining, logistics, renewable fuels and convenience store retailing. The refining assets consist of refineries
operated in Tyler and Big Spring, Texas, El Dorado, Arkansas and Krotz Springs, Louisiana with a combined nameplate crude throughput capacity of 302,000 barrels per day.
The convenience store retail business is the largest 7-Eleven licensee in the United States and operates approximately 300 convenience stores in central and west Texas and New Mexico.
Job Accountabilities
- Accountable for the delivery of the process engineering deliverables and services on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations
- Provide process engineering technical support to process engineer team, production units, environmental activities and plant projects to improve unit operations, process safety and environmental performance
- Evaluate and approve design improvements to production capacity, efficiency, process safety and environmental performance including complex designs
- Provide leadership and direction to Refinery process engineering activities
- Work with support teams to monitor unit operations, correct problems and assist in improvements, usually for special problems or projects
- Direct engineering team to maintain and ensure continuous operation, including assistance during unit operational upsets or unit turnarounds
- Coordinate and assist in implementation of plant system changes, including equipment additions, modifications and/or deletions and process design
- Develop efficiency strategies which optimize process unit profitability by maximizing throughput and yields while minimizing operating costs
- Maintain knowledge of latest technologies and best practices for the refining industry
- Approve process design to Units for refinery improvements, expansions, and compliance projects
- Direct, lead, coach, counsel and mentor process engineering team
- Conduct employee evaluations annually and employee performance reviews as necessary
- Provide operational and technical support to the engineering team for any plant system change, including operational review, assistance with cost/benefit analysis, and participating in hazard reviews
- Participate in annual merit consideration and distribution when required
- Ensure completion of process engineering study and design for new projects and coordinate with Engineering Department to complete projects
- Lead efforts to provide process support to environmental activities
- Develop, communicate and document process engineering activities in unit support, design, plant engineering, environmental and process safety support activities
- Provide technical assistance in PSM, Quality, Safety, and Environmental compliance
- Determine and provide process-related cost estimates for refinery capital budgets
- Assist in developing the Process Engineer Department budget
- Create notifications and purchase requisitions in EAM
- Initiate and manage contracts with outside services (water chemicals, process chemicals, catalyst, nitrogen, oxygen, and others) as required
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Petroleum engineering
- Five (5) years of experience in refinery, chemical or petrochemical plant process or production experience
- Thorough understanding of fundamental theories of heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, separations, and control systems
- Proven project management skills
- Working knowledge of root cause analysis concepts
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Solid coaching, counseling and mentoring skills
- Strong technical, quantitative analysis and process orientation skills
- Ability to draw, read and interpret engineering drawings
- Solid verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to interact effectively and positively with all levels of the Organization
- Demonstrated organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple projects and tasks in an effective manner
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and sound engineering principles
- Knowledge of process design, instrumentation, process control and statistics
- Proficient with process simulation software
- Proficient computer skills, specifically with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Must pass drug test and background check
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Desired Characteristics
- Master’s Degree in Degree in a technical engineering discipline
- Eight (8) years of experience in refinery, chemical or petrochemical plant process or production experience
- Considerable knowledge of safe work practices, OSHA and Environmental rules and regulations
- Knowledge/experience with 5-S, Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing principles
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.