Senior Process Engineer

Company

INEOS Oxide

and job purpose

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.

INEOS Oxide is one of the most diverse, dynamic and successful businesses within INEOS. We operate 5 manufacturing sites in Europe and North America (Antwerp BE, Köln DE, Lavéra FR, Plaquemine US, Bayport, US). We produce a broad range of 200+ products which spread across five key value chains (Ethylene Oxide, Propylene Oxide, Oxoalcohols, Acetic Acid, and ENB), and on many of our products we are the European market leader.

Our total manufacturing capacity is above 3 million tonnes per annum generating an annual EBITDA of ~300 M€. INEOS Oxide is an energetic business which is growing actively on a global level, with projects to extend our production base to new sites in North America and Asia in addition to continued investment on our existing platforms.

We are committed to resourcing the Procurement team accordingly to deliver on this ambitious growth agenda.

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.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• 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.
• Input, evaluate and approve MOCs
• Conduct PSSRs for MOCs
• Participate in PHAs as the process engineering representative
• 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…