Process Engineer

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Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas, is seeking a Process Engineer. We are looking for Process Engineers with an entrepreneurial spirit and a drive to create value at the Corpus Christi refinery. The Process Engineer is a key member of the site Process Engineering Department as well as a critical member of Business Teams for assigned units. The process engineering team is dedicated to being the technical leaders who drive the highest‑value solution for our partners.

At Flint Hills Resources, your career and professional development are a top priority. This includes a personal development plan, assigned mentors, dedicated off‑site training, and tuition reimbursement programs. The Process Engineering Department has a proven track record of upward development leading to increasingly challenging roles across Flint Hills Resources and Koch Industries.

• Developing value creation ideas and project economic analysis for assigned units and technologies
• Leading unit health metrics, troubleshooting, and optimization
  • Utilizing unit monitoring tools and programs
  • Owning operating envelope program
  • Analyzing HX cleaning monitoring and performance
  • Unit troubleshooting support
  • Validating LP vectors and LP model assumptions
• Leading the chemical and catalyst performance and process costs
  • Owning unit catalyst plan and catalyst health
  • Owning the chemical additive selection
• Participating in the turnaround program as technical scoping, support, and execution
• Directing and assisting Operations for the design of experiments and process guidelines
• Owning Solomon data and gap analysis
• Contributing to process safety and environmental performance through Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) programs, Management of Changes (MOC), investigations team member or leader

• Bachelor of Science or higher in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum of three (3) years of refining or chemical plant process engineering experience

• Five (5) years or more of refinery or chemical plant experience
• Previous experience on a refining process or chemicals processing unit
• Process modeling simulation with Aspen HYSYS or relevant simulating software
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify.