Process Engineer

Process Engineer

Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life. The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa.

Oxy strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

As the Process Engineer at our Direct Air Capture facility in Ector County, TX you will:

• Support the core values of the organization by maintaining a focus on safety, environmental compliance, quality, cost consciousness, reliability, and operations
• Support and participate in programs, methods, systems, and practices for maintaining a safe and environmentally sound work environment
• Support the safety process systems through participation in planned inspections, job observations, near miss reporting, incident investigation, area audits, and other programs as required
• Integrate quality concepts throughout the process with focus on process reliability and customer satisfaction
• Track production and efficiency problems, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Work closely with the Technical Manager and operations personnel to find ways to improve existing plant processes
• Provide technical expertise to reduce manufacturing costs and to improve product quality and overall plant reliability
• Participate in the design and implementation of equipment and process improvements, material of construction improvements, and efficiency and cost improvements
• Track and verify improvements results and savings
• Assist in coordinating engineering studies and projects, while also following through to completion on engineering assignments
• Review Standard Operating Procedures, training materials, P&'s, PFD's, and other process safety information
• Check for technical accuracy, completeness, and consistency
• Coordinate Management of Changes, ensuring technical soundness of changes, and following up to ensure timely completion of all updates to affected process safety information and related training
• Provide technical support to production and maintenance organizations throughout the plant to evaluate and resolve technical problems
• Develop, manage, and participate in programs, methods, systems, and practices for maintaining a safe work environment
• Contact other technical and engineering groups for assistance beyond expertise and capability
• Support employee training on proper handling and use of products, the importance of waste reduction and proper waste disposal, and in understanding the "why's" of process operations
• Provide training to production, maintenance, and other departments, in the proper operations and care of equipment in areas of expertise. Develop the necessary training as required
• Keep current on new technology and equipment and evaluate same for use in plant
• Attend technical meetings and seminars to maintain and improve skills as related to functional discipline and areas of maintenance management
• Assume accountability for meeting plant safety goals and various other requirements including training, work permits, critical items inspections, job observations, housekeeping, reporting hazards and issues, and working safely in job assignments
• Actively participate in, and periodically lead, safety meetings, along with various other HESS programs, while promoting safety through offering recommendations to other personnel on working safely

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering with a preferred minimum 5 years of chemical manufacturing experience in the chemical or petrochemical industries
• High proficiency in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to read, write and speak in English
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to…