OxyChem Project Engineer

Oxychem Corporation • Convent, LA

19d

About The Position

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people. OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading producer of essential chemistry with operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. OxyChem’s products play an essential role in everyday life, supporting critical applications in water treatment, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, personal hygiene, and residential and commercial construction. OxyChem actively participates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, underscoring our commitment to safety. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, OxyChem is a top three U.S. manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali and chlorinated organic chemicals, and calcium chloride. Visit oxychem.com for more information. In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities. Job Description Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and transport our products, as our highest priority. Developing and executing capital projects to assure timely, economical and safe completion in accordance with OCC procedures. The Project Engineer acts as the liaison with operations, overviews the entire project, coordinates the work of required engineering disciplines, provides cost control and prepares project procedures. Supervising project engineering work including scheduling, estimating, reporting, overview of flowsheets, directing layout plans, supervise the discipline design effort which includes coordinating design functions, specifying, requisitioning and expediting project elements, approving purchase requisitions, reviewing vendor information and maintaining project documentation. Communicating the design and technical issues to technical and non-technical functions through reports, memos, design documents and presentations in a manner that is concise, factual and effective. Training, directing and reviewing work of support staff. Recommending action to improve the quality of the engineering function and working on new engineering methods. Responsible for assuring that capital, operating and engineering costs are optimized, that all work is completed as scheduled and meets all environmental, health, safety, legal and code requirements. Responsible for handling multiple assignments with projects ranging in size from $50K to $3MM.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required – engineering or equivalent technical degree
• 7-10 years of project engineering experience.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
• Must be able to develop strong relationships with project sponsors, government agencies, outside engineering, construction and equipment supply firms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and respond to callouts on a non-routine basis.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• SAP experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and transport our products, as our highest priority.
• Developing and executing capital projects to assure timely, economical and safe completion in accordance with OCC procedures.
• The Project Engineer acts as the liaison with operations, overviews the entire project, coordinates the work of required engineering disciplines, provides cost control and prepares project procedures.
• Supervising project engineering work including scheduling, estimating, reporting, overview of flowsheets, directing layout plans, supervise the discipline design effort which includes coordinating design functions, specifying, requisitioning and expediting project elements, approving purchase requisitions, reviewing vendor information and maintaining project documentation.
• Communicating the design and technical issues to technical and non-technical functions through reports, memos, design documents and presentations in a manner that is concise, factual and effective.
• Training, directing and reviewing work of support staff.
• Recommending action to improve the quality of the engineering function and working on new engineering methods.
• Responsible for assuring that capital, operating and engineering costs are optimized, that all work is completed as scheduled and meets all environmental, health, safety, legal and code requirements.
• Responsible for handling multiple assignments with projects ranging in size from $50K to $3MM.

What This Job Offers

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