Senior Process Engineer

Company:

INEOS Oxide

The Senior Process Engineer will identify, recommend, and implement strategic projects to improve quality, capacity, yield, energy consumption, and process safety performance. The individual will lead process design activities and collaborate with operations, project engineering, and unit specialists to develop and implement capital projects from concept through startup, including FEED, detailed engineering, commissioning, and startup support.

The candidate is responsible for safe and efficient operation of Bayport Texas EO/D facility. The Process Engineer is responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity. They will identify and implement strategic projects.

• Maintain and control the safe and efficient operation of the production unit using established operating disciplines and procedures. Ensure safety and environmental compliance is achieved.
• Responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity.
• Assist in defining and maintaining the correct operating envelopes for the organization. Investigate when deviations outside of the operating envelopes occur.
• Participate in the development of operating procedures and training materials.
• Provide leadership in PSM and Environmental efforts including Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Management of Change process, Risk Assessments and incident investigations.
• Understand and lead by example for all safety and environmental programs.
• Investigate all SHE incidents.
• Routinely collect, report, and address SHE near misses.
• Complete all assigned action items from PHAs, incidents, audits, etc in a timely manner and keep status and plans for action items updated.
• Maintain safety as the highest priority of the plant
• Maintain the 20 Principles of Safety
• Conduct routine AsCare tours and participate in audits.
• Adhere to and uphold all safety policies and standards

• Develop systems to improve and sustain value in the areas of health, safety, environment, production rates, reliability, cost and quality.
• Troubleshoot and problem-solve advanced process problems.
• Develop recommendations to improve unit performance.
• Develop and manage Key Performance Indicators for plant performance.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize operating units.
• Lead process design activities for capital and expense projects, including development of process design packages, process simulations, heat and material balances, equipment sizing, PFDs, P&IDs, process datasheets, design basis documents, and engineering contractor reviews.
• Contribute to a team environment and establish work relationships with onsite and offsite functional groups to achieve results.
• Balance day-to-day operational priorities with long term strategic objectives to ensure alignment with company goals.
• Coach less experienced engineers, as well as provide technical training to others.
• Knowledgeable about OSHA  Process Safety Management and participate and lead PHA’s, HAZOP analysis, MOC and PSSR.
• Provide technical expertise in PSM activities (PHA, MOC, PSV calculations, Incident Investigations, etc).
• Knowledgeable about Relief System, RV, design and evaluations.

• BS Chemical Engineering
• 10+ years of process engineering experience in the chemical, petrochemical, refining, or related process industries with demonstrated process design experience.

• Training Skills
• Keen computer skills with knowledge of MS Office
• Process modelling using Aspen software
• Demonstrated experience developing heat and material balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment datasheets, process calculations, hydraulic analyses, and equipment sizing.
• Experience supporting FEED, detailed engineering, commissioning, and startup.
• Experience reviewing EPC contractor process deliverables.
• Production support experience alone is not considered equivalent; candidates must have demonstrated process design responsibility.
• Process design package development
• Brownfield and greenfield process design
• Engineering contractor design review /li
• Equipment sizing
• PSV sizing
• Knowledge of distillation column operations
• Knowledge of PSM
• Knowledge of hydraulics
• Process troubleshooting

• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Safety role model
• Problem solving skills with data analysis ability

• Light Work:
  Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions:
  Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions:
  No effective protection from the weather.
• The worker is subject to both environmental…