Process Engineer

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with Oxy Chem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? Oxy Chem 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.

Oxy Chem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading producer of essential chemistry with operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Oxy Chem’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. Oxy Chem actively participates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, underscoring our commitment to safety.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Oxy Chem is a top three U.S. manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali and chlorinated organic chemicals, and calcium chloride. Visit  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

This position at the Battleground - LaPorte, Texas location shares responsibility with plant personnel for achieving site performance goals. Success is measured through attainment of technical and plant objectives and full accountability for Safety, Environment, Responsible Care, Quality, and Cost Control.

Essential

Job Duties

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and or transport our products, as our highest priority.
• Ensure Process Safety and Risk Management objectives are practiced daily through participation in Management of Change, Process Hazards Analysis, Process Safety Hazard Hunter, and Pre-startup Safety Review responsibilities. Provide Chemical Commandment training and awareness to others as the opportunity arises.
• Provide attention to detail, and dedication to work in order to ensure reliability of the work site as well as high quality product.
• Ensure that yourself and others are respected, supported and encouraged to grow and succeed in their job.
• Support the safety process systems through participation in planned inspections, job observations, near miss reporting, incident investigation, and other programs as required. Serve as an MOC Coordinator for the plant.
• Look for opportunities to share broad expertise with the plant. Recommend methods to improve the existing plant processes.
• Serve as a mentor to engineers in the plant with less experience or expertise.
• Provide technical expertise to reduce manufacturing costs and improve product quality. Identify new cost reduction ideas at least equivalent to your salary on an annual basis. Participate in the design and implementation of equipment and process improvements, material of construction improvements, and efficiency and cost control improvements.
• Assist with the identification, development, installation, and start-up of process improvements. Engineering assignments may include energy and material balance studies, process studies, and process equipment specifications and modifications.
• Provide assistance to operations including trouble shooting of operating problems, special tests, studies, and technical assistance as required, and assistance with production reporting and the monthly ‘accounting close’ process.
• Provide coordination between the Production department and the Project Engineering group on capital projects.
• Prepare AFEs for ‘plant scale’ capital projects and follow these projects to a successful completion.
• Review key process parameters daily. Generate key process parameters report periodically on the various plant unit operations. Review the status of Critical Success Factors on a monthly basis.
• Maintain a broad number of company and industry contacts. Share knowledge…