PROCESS ENGINEER II

Formosa Plastics•Point Comfort, TX

28d•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas. Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid. We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities. Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas. Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, located in Point Comfort, Texas (jobsite), is looking for a full-time Process Engineer with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and 1 year related work experience. Job duties include using software to simulate chemical manufacturing and production processes, using software to develop an inherent process risk index to reflect process inherent safety, using quantitative risk analysis techniques to evaluate risk tolerability and equipment failure probability, using process simulation to quantify the risk level of a chemical process, conducting process hazard analysis to analyze the potential hazards and their risk levels, performing engineering calculations for pressure relief devices sizing and flow rate estimation under various release scenarios, evaluating flammability and explosion range for different process chemicals, and developing process safety and risk management methods to reduce process safety-related risks. Send resume to P.O. Box 700, 201 Formosa Drive, Point Comfort, Texas 77978 Attn: HR Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering
1 year related work experience

Responsibilities

Using software to simulate chemical manufacturing and production processes
Using software to develop an inherent process risk index to reflect process inherent safety
Using quantitative risk analysis techniques to evaluate risk tolerability and equipment failure probability
Using process simulation to quantify the risk level of a chemical process
Conducting process hazard analysis to analyze the potential hazards and their risk levels
Performing engineering calculations for pressure relief devices sizing and flow rate estimation under various release scenarios
Evaluating flammability and explosion range for different process chemicals
Developing process safety and risk management methods to reduce process safety-related risks