Industry Consultant

Kruita • Houston, TX

2d • Remote

About The Position

Kurita America has an immediate need for an Industry Technical Consultant - Refinery Water Systems to support our growing U.S. refining business. This is a senior, field-focused technical role responsible for evaluating and improving complex refinery water and steam systems, with particular emphasis on boiler/steam cycle, condensate, pretreatment, and related utility applications. The successful candidate will independently conduct technical audits, troubleshoot complex operating problems, develop treatment and reliability recommendations, and work directly with refinery operations, engineering, reliability, and commercial teams. The position requires the ability to evaluate the interaction between water chemistry, refinery operations, equipment condition, metallurgy, and chemical treatment and convert those findings into practical corrective actions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of industrial water-treatment experience, including substantial direct experience supporting petroleum refineries and/or integrated petrochemical facilities.
• Recent technical responsibility for refinery boiler and steam-cycle treatment programs.
• Demonstrated experience independently conducting refinery water-system field audits and troubleshooting complex utility-system performance problems.
• Demonstrated technical experience with boiler feedwater, industrial boilers and/or HRSGs, steam and condensate systems, deaerators, boiler internal treatment, pretreatment, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate relationships among water chemistry, process operations, metallurgy, contamination sources, equipment condition, and refinery reliability.
• Experience converting field observations, analytical data, operating trends, and inspection findings into formal corrective-action recommendations.
• Experience developing and presenting technical reports, treatment strategies, SOPs, or improvement plans directly to refinery engineering, operations, reliability, and management personnel.
• Technical bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of technical education and directly relevant industrial experience.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment and travel up to 50% to U.S. refinery and petrochemical locations.
• Valid Driver's License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record.

Nice To Haves

• Experience serving as a regional, national, or corporate technical resource supporting multiple refinery or petrochemical sites.
• Experience with refinery turnarounds, startups, layup/passivation, equipment inspections, and as-found condition assessments.
• Experience developing boiler, steam-cycle, cooling-water, and pretreatment programs for major refinery applications.
• Published or formally presented technical work involving industrial water treatment, boiler/steam chemistry, or utility-system reliability.
• Advanced water-treatment certification and/or participation in recognized technical organizations such as IWC, CTI, USAPWS, ASME, AMPP/NACE, EPRI, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead field audits and technical assessments of refinery boiler, steam, condensate, pretreatment, cooling-water, and related utility systems.
• Troubleshoot boiler feedwater, industrial boilers, HRSGs, condensate systems, deaerators, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, and associated treatment programs.
• Evaluate refinery-specific reliability issues including hydrocarbon contamination, condensate recovery, hardness breakthrough, corrosion, fouling, steam purity, and chemical-program performance.
• Analyze water chemistry, operating data, inspection findings, process conditions, metallurgy, and equipment performance to identify root causes and develop corrective actions.
• Develop treatment recommendations, technical reports, SOPs, control strategies, startup/passivation plans, and customer-facing improvement plans.
• Support refinery turnarounds, startups, equipment inspections, system transitions, and other technically complex field activities.
• Provide senior technical support for strategic refinery opportunities, treatment-program development, technical qualification, and customer presentations.
• Mentor field personnel and collaborate with commercial, engineering, technology, operations, reliability, and customer teams.

What This Job Offers

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