Complex Facility Process Engineer

Chevron•Richmond, VA

About The Position

Develops and optimizes systems in complex operating facilities for separation, purification, transformation, transportation, and sale or disposition of hydrocarbons, water, and contaminants. The role focuses on fluid interactions with equipment to meet required compositional specifications, physical conditions, and flow rates. The engineer takes ownership of assigned units and work, building technical depth and independence with guidance and mentoring from experienced engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering; chemical engineering is preferred.
0–3 years of relevant process engineering experience, including internships or co-ops, supporting refinery operations or in process design.
Schedules may require flexibility to respond to refinery upsets during off-hours.

Nice To Haves

Coursework, internship/co-op, or project experience in one or more refinery process technologies: distillation, hydro processing/hydrocracking, hydrogen manufacturing, naphtha reforming, sulfur recovery, FCC, alkylation, amine treating, or sour water processing.
Internship, co-op, or other relevant experience in a refinery, chemical plant, or other process industry setting.

Responsibilities

Provide process troubleshooting support for assigned units, make technical recommendations, answer technical inquiries, improve process engineering tools, and develop process procedures.
Conduct reliability and hazard analysis studies, and support larger team-led studies, to improve plant safety, reliability, and economics.
Identify gaps between current performance and best-in-class performance and recommend improvement opportunities.
Plan and conduct test runs to optimize process variables and evaluate plant performance.
Provide technical recommendations and engineering support during planned unit turnarounds, taking ownership of assigned work scopes.
Collaborate with specialists and engineers from other disciplines.
Network with subject matter experts at other facilities to leverage shared expertise.
Provide requested technical advice and recommendations to project teams within required time frames.
Influence and improve work processes within assigned areas of responsibility.