Process Engineer

Delek US • Big Spring, TX

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Delek US Holdings is a dynamic and innovative diversified downstream energy company with assets including petroleum refining and logistics. Their refineries in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana have a combined crude capacity of 302,000 barrels per day, and their logistics business operates 720 miles of crude and product pipelines, a 600-mile crude oil gathering system, and storage tanks and terminals. The company values versatility, growth, and teamwork, and offers a supportive and innovative environment for career growth. The Process Engineer uses an understanding of process fundamentals, process equipment, refinery practices, and specific technologies to ensure safe, environmentally friendly, reliable, and optimal refinery operation. This role involves coordinating and influencing the achievement of these objectives through data-driven critical thinking.

Requirements

• 4 year / Bachelor's Degree
• Two (2) or more years Process engineering experience or equivalent ability in refining industry
• Process Engineering knowledge
• Fixed Equipment Operation knowledge
• Metallurgy knowledge
• Refining Processes Operation knowledge
• Unit Management skills
• Environmental Limits understanding
• Refinery Economics understanding
• Personal Safety awareness
• Situational Awareness / Reporting skills
• Process Safety understanding
• Project / Turnaround Engagement skills
• Relationship Management skills
• Communication skills
• Influencing skills
• Critical Thinking skills
• Physical ability to work on and around industrial equipment, including climbing of stairs, ladders and in confined spaces
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in designated areas (hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, boots, hearing protection, respirator)

Responsibilities

• Provides troubleshooting and optimization assistance for operations on assigned unit(s)
• Conducts daily performance monitoring including mass balance, energy consumption, yields and “process unit health” performance indicators
• Generates, analyzes, interprets, and disseminates performance indicators and unit operations data for assigned units
• Evaluates catalyst usage and performance
• Assists senior engineers with data collection and analysis for identification of short- and long-term process changes to improve unit(s) profitability and optimize efficiency
• Conducts process operations analysis and economic evaluation using simulation software
• Participates in the evaluation of equipment design and process development to compromise between process requirements, economics, operator effectiveness and environment/safety objectives
• Participates in operator process training classes, Management of Change (MOC) development, process hazard analysis (PHAs) and piping and instrumentation diagram/drawing (P&ID) verification
• Develops and maintains critical cross-functional relationships (i.e., refinery economics, operations, lab, maintenance, etc.) to optimize unit performance to constraints
• Employs industry best practices and standards to compare actual operation to the intended process design with advantages and disadvantages

Benefits

• Up to a 10% match on 401K on your hire start, with a vesting timeline of only one year
• Medical benefits that start on day one with a 30% premium rebate annually
• Access to the Calm app for FREE, which is used for meditation, stress management, and better sleep
• Additional annual incentives through performance management program
• Bonus payouts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees