Engineer/ Senior Engineer, Production

Cheniere Energy • Gregory, TX

10h

About The Position

At Cheniere, employees help provide safe, reliable energy and contribute to their communities. The company describes diversity, equity, and inclusion as important to its continued success.

The Engineer/Senior Production Engineer reports to the Engineering Superintendent, Production. The role works closely with Production/Operations, Maintenance, Commercial Operations, Gas Supply, Pipeline Gas Scheduling, Process Services, and Engineering Services to support the safe and sustainable achievement of facility production targets and other critical KPIs. Responsibilities include maintaining production capacity curves, plant optimization and monitoring tools, and loss-accounting tools; supporting supply chain management and departmental KPIs; preparing production reports; and coordinating supplies of catalysts and chemicals.

The position requires minimal supervision and has no direct reports. Work is primarily in an industrial plant environment, with occasional work from home, after normal work hours, or on weekends. Limited travel may be required. The employee is subject to drug and alcohol testing and must maintain a TWIC card in good standing. The work includes substantial outdoor activity and exposure to year-round weather, an ocean environment, and noise. Required physical activities include standing, walking, sitting, climbing stairs and catwalks, working at height, boarding ships by gangway, climbing tanks and ladders, and moving objects up to 50 pounds. The employee must pass regularly scheduled physical examinations and complete company-sponsored first aid, CPR, and LNG firefighting training.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Process, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering.
• Engineer, Production: At least three years of demonstrable experience as a Production Engineer or Process Engineer at an LNG liquefaction facility, or equivalent applicable experience.
• Senior Engineer, Production: At least five years of demonstrable experience as a Production Engineer, Process Engineer, or Operations professional at an LNG liquefaction facility, or equivalent applicable experience.
• Solid understanding of feed gas pretreatment, NGL/condensate management, and storage and loading applications.
• Understanding of feed gas allocation and LNG/NGL production, storage, and shipping, including applicable health, safety, governmental regulations, codes, and standards.
• Understanding of fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and hydrocarbon process chemistry as applied to operating process units.
• Familiarity with hydrocarbon process hazards and methods for maintaining process facility safety.
• Knowledge of LNG process engineering and competence using process simulation software.
• Strong analytical, leadership, and administrative abilities, with acute sensitivity to safety issues in a hazardous environment.
• Exceptional written, verbal, interpersonal, and cross-disciplinary communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with culturally diverse technical teams and establish respectful working relationships with management, peers, and facility personnel.
• Strong organization and planning skills; ability to manage multiple activities and programs accurately and meet deadlines.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to create and deliver industry-specific presentations.
• Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Project, and PowerPoint.
• Competence with specialized software including PI, Process Book, Sigmafine, HYSYS, Pro-Treat, HTRI, and Seeq.
• Ability to understand and interpret P&IDs, HMBs, complex loops, and control logic.
• Maintain a TWIC card in good standing.
• Ability to pass required physical examinations and obtain mandated certifications through company-sponsored training in basic first aid, CPR, and LNG firefighting.
• Ability to perform the stated physical duties, including climbing, working at height, boarding a ship via gangway, and lifting and moving objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• A Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience in petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing.
• Other Operations-related experience in petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing for the Senior Engineer level.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate forecasting and scheduling tools; advise Production Management of limitations or deficiencies that may affect production and lead daily strategy planning to help meet targets.
• Serve as a technical resource for turnaround planning.
• Support monitoring and ordering of catalysts, refrigerants, and chemicals needed to operate the facility.
• Provide feed gas estimates, monitor pipeline operations, and manage LNG inventories.
• Maintain energy-balance tools and models and perform daily energy balances.
• Help quantify facility emissions for environmental and compliance reporting.
• Develop, maintain, and use tools to calculate and track flared quantities and monitor water injection rates into gas turbines for emissions control.
• Validate deviations and assist with troubleshooting to minimize or prevent non-compliant operations.
• Maintain daily production status reports covering feed gas measurement and allocation, power consumption, LNG/NGL production, emissions and waste measurements, and efficiency.
• Develop, measure, and report against Production KPIs.
• Help develop and maintain loss-accounting summaries that categorize facility production losses.
• Prepare production performance summaries for process units, including production, capacity utilization, reliability, efficiency, production losses, and energy utilization.
• Help develop and use scheduling tools to monitor process efficiency and recommend productivity improvements.
• Provide daily support to plant Production personnel in troubleshooting process issues.
• Assist with developing computer process simulations to support daily plant operations as needed.
• Work with Reliability, Engineering, and Process Services engineers to define problems, conduct studies, and carry out tests to improve production or resolve process problems.
• Understand and use the technical Management of Change process in support of facility changes.
• Participate in Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, Process Hazard Analyses, regulatory agency audits, and incident investigations.
• Support procedure development and training related to capital projects, temporary or new operating modes, and compliance.
• Promote safety and environmental awareness through job observations and interaction with plant personnel.
• Work with Engineering and Construction to represent Operations and Maintenance interests on major projects.
• Manage components of the department budget.
• Train and develop Production Engineering staff.
• Maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level