Staff Process Engineer

Delek US • Big Spring, TX

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About The Position

The Staff Process Engineer applies knowledge of process fundamentals, process equipment, refinery practices, and specific technologies to support safe, environmentally responsible, reliable, and optimal refinery operations. The role uses data-driven critical thinking and works with refinery teams to advance these objectives.

The engineer supports process engineering across the refinery network, contributes to technology-specific troubleshooting and performance improvement, and collaborates with site and corporate teams. The role also provides technical quality assurance for certain capital projects, helps maintain company process guidance and best practices, and mentors and trains engineers and specialists.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (four-year degree) required; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of this requirement.
• Ten or more years of process engineering experience or equivalent ability in the refining industry required.
• Knowledge and capabilities in process engineering, fixed equipment operation, metallurgy, refining process operation, unit management, refinery economics, personal safety, process safety, project/turnaround work, relationship management, communication, influencing, critical thinking, and mentoring.
• No licensure or certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Support the refinery network by contributing to the process engineering monthly report format and, as needed, reviewing monthly monitoring reports and providing feedback.
• Conduct monthly touch-base discussions for each technology-specific process unit in the assigned functional area, document notes, and seek feedback from the Principal Process Engineer as needed.
• Significantly contribute to complex process technology troubleshooting and to economic improvement, reliability, and safety incident work within the assigned technology.
• Determine design improvements and collaborate with site teams on implementation, with oversight from the Principal Process Engineer.
• Develop engineering judgment for process and equipment design in the technology area through mentoring and attendance at industry conferences.
• Maintain and suggest improvements to the company process guide and best practices, implement existing practices where practical, and prepare or deliver internal training, including operator process training classes.
• Provide technical quality assurance on medium and smaller capital projects associated with the engineer’s technology expertise.
• Interface with the corporate LP modelling group to ensure unit constraints and yields are accurately represented in the corporate linear programming model, and develop tools as needed to maintain LP yield vector shifts.
• Develop and maintain cross-functional relationships with refinery economics, operations, the lab, maintenance, refinery leadership, and other groups to optimize unit performance to constraints.
• Mentor and train Engineers and Specialists.

Benefits

• 401(k) match of up to 10%, available from the hire start, with a one-year vesting timeline.
• Medical benefits beginning on day one, with a 30% annual premium rebate.
• Free access to the Calm app for meditation, stress management, and sleep support.
• Opportunity to earn additional annual incentives through the performance management program.

What This Job Offers

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