Job Objective:
To provide vital engineering & operational support to Plant Operations, Pipeline Facilities and Commercial teams. Apply deep technical understanding of Refining, Petrochemical and/or Natural Gas Processing unit to existing operational units and/or facilities. Applies technical skills to optimize plant operations, drive process reliability and resolve plant/facility issues while maintaining a safe and efficient operation. Provides engineering analysis of operational problems and then identifies resolution or value-enhancing projects. Requires broad working knowledge, experience to perform a range of work assignments including support of integrity inspections, assessments, and risk mitigation projects/programs. Provides full range of engineering support for concept development and opportunity proposals to the Commercial team for new projects and acquisitions.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Regularly interacts with control room, field operations leadership and field personnel to analyze operational problems, develop alternatives and recommend optimal solutions.
- Seeks and identifies opportunities to optimize systems and improve efficiency resulting in improved operating performance & reduced operating costs.
- Maintains and reviews Key Process Indicators (KPI) and process trends to ensure optimum performance daily
- Responds with urgency to plant upsets and operational problems
- Provides initial design engineering, scope development, schedule and cost estimates for maintenance expense and/or capital jobs as well as growth capital projects.
- Coordinates and manages third party engineering designs for projects.
- Coordinates with project engineers and/or construction crews to ensure execution on desired scope of work.
- Works closely with the project manager or assumes the role of Project Manager for individual projects or programs as needed.
- Participates or leads PHAs for processing facilities and is responsible for resolving or identifying projects to address identified issues.
- Performs hydraulic simulations of pressures and flow rates through pipelines transporting oil, NGLs or natural gas
- Works in coordination with the commercial team in new growth project development, providing iterations and various options for initial feasibility designs & cost estimates
- Performs due diligence evaluations on proposed asset acquisitions including reviews of asset data and on-site evaluation of facility assets
- Meet with various local, state and federal agencies regarding assigned projects as needed
- Presents operational KPI information during field monthly update meetings
- Assist in incident response efforts if required
Other Job Responsibilities:
- Adheres to the company's values - integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment, and innovation.
- Supports company vision and mission.
- Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.
- Routinely travels to operational assets through Louisiana as needed for operational support
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
- Five (5) years minimum experience in refining or petrochemical industry serving as a Production Engineer.
- Experience with Distillation, Reforming, and/or Natural Gas Processing is a plus
- Broad based engineering and operational knowledge with the ability to understand, lead efforts in or provide internal support for civil, electrical, mechanical and process control issues or designs.
- Familiar with PSM and process hazard analysis process and able to perform PHA's for process facilities.
- Familiar with process simulation (Promax or equivalent) and hydraulic modeling software.
- Ability to generate heat & material balances for both existing and new process designs
- Ability to troubleshoot & resolve process operational issues
- Ability to perform detailed hydraulic modeling for both gas and liquids without use of canned computer software programs.
- Ability to support operations team to maximize value generated from each asset.
- Ability to size relief valves and control valves for both gas and liquids
- Ability to generate conceptual and detailed cost estimates for projects up to $10 MM.
- Ability to maintain a positive, professional and solutions-oriented approach with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.
- Ability to communicate effectively and share ideas
- Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.
- Willing to travel 25% of the time
Education Requirements:
- Required: Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
- Professional Engineers license preferred, but not required