Engineer, Operations (Vidor, TX)

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.•Vidor, TX

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. The Operations Engineer will support day-to-day operations with responsibilities including troubleshooting, process optimization and improvement, and improving product quality. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Organize, lead, and participate in improvement initiatives, projects, and process optimization teams to deliver specific, focused, time bound improvement objectives. Monitor operations on a daily/weekly basis, reviewing KPI's, operating logs, Distributed Control System (DCS) trends, quality results, and other sources of data to ensure reliable, consistent, and cost-effective operations. Intervene where appropriate to identify and resolve operating issues. Design and implementation of new Neches River Terminal processes and/or equipment upgrades. Manage capital project assignments as necessary to support Neches River Terminal improvements. Maintain the calculation basis for unit's permits and prepare emission event calculations. Provide production and process optimization, troubleshooting, data analysis, and technical support to the operations organization. Develop process standards, operating procedures, diagrams, training materials, and job aids as required to properly document, teach, and manage site operations. Implement, monitor, and maintain reliability improvement techniques such as predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and risk based inspection. Track variable costs and look for ways to reduce those costs via process optimization. Ensure compliance with all steps of OSHA 1910.119 / Process Safety Management and DOT regulations. Satisfactorily perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering is required.
A minimum of (3) years of experience in a chemical plant environment, or related industry is required.
Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) is required.
Must show strong initiative, be self-motivated, work with minimal supervision.
Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and in writing, and be detailed oriented with the ability to handle fast-paced projects with constantly changing priorities and scope.
Must be proficient in balancing multiple priorities and activities and be able to meet deadlines in a timely and accurate manner.
Must demonstrate a proven track record of working in a team environment, possess a strong technical/problem solving aptitude and be data driven.
Ability to solve complex problems by identifying and enrolling appropriate resources is required.
Ability to quickly absorb the key deliverables and not get mired in detail is required.

Nice To Haves

A minimum of (3) years of experience with production, process, or mechanical troubleshooting and optimization activities is preferred.
Working knowledge of reliability improvement techniques such as predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, risk-based inspections, and total productive maintenance is preferred.
Experience with Process Modeling software, such as Hysys, is preferred.
Knowledge of DCS and advanced process control systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

Organize, lead, and participate in improvement initiatives, projects, and process optimization teams to deliver specific, focused, time bound improvement objectives.
Monitor operations on a daily/weekly basis, reviewing KPI's, operating logs, Distributed Control System (DCS) trends, quality results, and other sources of data to ensure reliable, consistent, and cost-effective operations.
Intervene where appropriate to identify and resolve operating issues.
Design and implementation of new Neches River Terminal processes and/or equipment upgrades.
Manage capital project assignments as necessary to support Neches River Terminal improvements.
Maintain the calculation basis for unit's permits and prepare emission event calculations.
Provide production and process optimization, troubleshooting, data analysis, and technical support to the operations organization.
Develop process standards, operating procedures, diagrams, training materials, and job aids as required to properly document, teach, and manage site operations.
Implement, monitor, and maintain reliability improvement techniques such as predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and risk based inspection.
Track variable costs and look for ways to reduce those costs via process optimization.
Ensure compliance with all steps of OSHA 1910.119 / Process Safety Management and DOT regulations.
Satisfactorily perform other duties as assigned.