Senior Process Engineer

INEOS•Pasadena, TX

30d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Process Engineer will identify, recommend, and implement strategic projects to improve quality, capacity, yield, energy consumption, and process safety performance. The individual will lead process design activities and collaborate with operations, project engineering, and unit specialists to develop and implement capital projects from concept through startup, including FEED, detailed engineering, commissioning, and startup support. The candidate is responsible for safe and efficient operation of the Bayport Texas EO/D facility. The Process Engineer is responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity. They will identify and implement strategic projects.

Requirements

BS Chemical Engineering
10+ years of process engineering experience in the chemical, petrochemical, refining, or related process industries with demonstrated process design experience.
Keen computer skills with knowledge of MS Office
Process modelling using Aspen software
Demonstrated experience developing heat and material balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment datasheets, process calculations, hydraulic analyses, and equipment sizing.
Experience supporting FEED, detailed engineering, commissioning, and startup.
Experience reviewing EPC contractor process deliverables.
Production support experience alone is not considered equivalent; candidates must have demonstrated process design responsibility.
Process design package development
Brownfield and greenfield process design
Engineering contractor design review
Equipment sizing
PSV sizing
Knowledge of distillation column operations
Knowledge of PSM
Knowledge of hydraulics
Process troubleshooting
Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written
Strong mechanical aptitude
Safety role model
Problem solving skills with data analysis ability
Ability to see written documents, computer screens, and to adjust focus.
Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

Responsibilities

Maintain and control the safe and efficient operation of the production unit using established operating disciplines and procedures.
Ensure safety and environmental compliance is achieved.
Responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity.
Assist in defining and maintaining the correct operating envelopes for the organization.
Investigate when deviations outside of the operating envelopes occur.
Participate in the development of operating procedures and training materials.
Provide leadership in PSM and Environmental efforts including Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Management of Change process, Risk Assessments and incident investigations.
Input, evaluate and approve MOCs.
Conduct PSSRs for MOCs.
Participate in PHAs as the process engineering representative.
Understand and lead by example for all safety and environmental programs.
Investigate all SHE incidents.
Routinely collect, report, and address SHE near misses.
Complete all assigned action items from PHAs, incidents, audits, etc in a timely manner and keep status and plans for action items updated.
Maintain safety as the highest priority of the plant.
Maintain the 20 Principles of Safety.
Conduct routine AsCare tours and participate in audits.
Adhere to and uphold all safety policies and standards.
Develop systems to improve and sustain value in the areas of health, safety, environment, production rates, reliability, cost and quality.
Troubleshoot and problem-solve advanced process problems.
Develop recommendations to improve unit performance.
Develop and manage Key Performance Indicators for plant performance.
Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize operating units.
Lead process design activities for capital and expense projects, including development of process design packages, process simulations, heat and material balances, equipment sizing, PFDs, P&IDs, process datasheets, design basis documents, and engineering contractor reviews.
Contribute to a team environment and establish work relationships with onsite and offsite functional groups to achieve results.
Balance day-to-day operational priorities with long term strategic objectives to ensure alignment with company goals.
Coach less experienced engineers, as well as provide technical training to others.
Knowledgeable about OSHA 1910.119 Process Safety Management and participate and lead PHA’s, HAZOP analysis, MOC and PSSR.
Provide technical expertise in PSM activities (PHA, MOC, PSV calculations, Incident Investigations, etc).
Knowledgeable about Relief System, RV, design and evaluations.