Motiva Summer Internship Position: Chemical Engineering Degree
About The Position
Motiva's paid, assessed, Internship Program enables students to get to know the company and immerse themselves in the oil and gas industry. It provides day-to-day involvement in actual projects selected to match interests and abilities. A supervisor and mentor will provide regular assessments and performance feedback throughout the internship to ensure the intern gets the most from their experience and to help them decide if a potential career with Motiva is right for them. Following completion of a successful internship, there is potential to be offered a returning internship or full-time role. As a professional joining the company post graduation, the intern will be automatically enrolled into Motiva’s Early Career Development 3-year program.
Requirements
- 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher
- Pursuing a B.S in Chemical Engineering
- Basic computer skills, MS Windows, MS office and MS Excel
- Basic computation and technical skills
- Time management skills
- Good communication skills, both written and oral
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee, temporary resident, or an individual who possesses valid work authorization.
- Individuals with temporary visas (H-1, H-2, J-1, F-1, etc.) or who require sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future are not eligible for hire.
Nice To Haves
- Previous internship experience is a plus
- Proven leadership and/or participation in extracurricular activities preferred
- Other work experience not related to position/area of study will be taken into consideration
Responsibilities
- Assisting Control Systems Engineers (CSE) and Instrument Inspectors with projects and tasks that impact the day-to-day automation at PAMC.
- Completion of 1-2 Control Systems projects that will improve reliability, Control Systems performance monitoring or Operations interaction/response rate.
- Helping to maintain Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Documentation (trip settings, rationale, pre-alarm settings, test procedures, narratives) as needed.
- Assisting Control Systems Engineers with Control Systems Management of Change (MOC) in their area of support.
- Monitoring existing control systems are functioning at an operational excellent state with CSE support.
- Troubleshooting control, safety and information systems, (hardware and software) including providing technical support to Business Team, with support of Control Systems Engineers and Instrument Inspectors.
- Supporting projects, changes, or on-going operational needs in their area in order to support run and maintain operation objectives, with support of Control Systems Engineers and Instrument Inspectors.
- Developing functional specifications and detail design for instrument or control systems additions or modifications, with support of Control Systems Engineers and Instrument Inspectors.
- Help provide technological expertise to Motiva oil and gas production facilities, refineries, and chemical plants.
- Ensuring the technical integrity of plants and new projects for both internal and external customers.
- Advising on process safety issues.
- Designing, optimizing, and improving the operation of equipment and facilities.
- Analyzing and interpreting laboratory and plant data.
- Assigned a project that will add meaningful monetary or strategic value to the daily operation and/or the long-term success of the company.
- Assessing and evaluating commercial opportunities.
- Supporting commercial investments and projects through in-depth research and analytics.
- Optimizing the clean products supply chain throughout the Motiva geography.
- Designing and implementing new tools that will support and improve daily operations activity.
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Career Level
Intern
