About this role
<p style="margin-bottom:13.0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Are you looking for a career in a dynamic and innovative company that values versatility, growth, and teamwork? Look no further than Delek US Holdings!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:13.0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><u><strong><span style="color:black">WHAT IS DELEK? WHAT DO WE DO?</span></strong></u></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:13.0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">We are a boutique-sized diversified downstream energy company with a range of assets, including petroleum refining and logistics.</span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Our refineries in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana have a combined crude capacity of 302,000 barrels per day</span></span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Our logistics business currently owns and operates 720 miles of crude and product pipelines, a 600-mile crude oil gathering system, and storage tanks and terminals.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><u><strong><span style="color:black">DELEK BENEFITS:</span></strong></u></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:13.0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">We offer fantastic benefits that include up to a 10% match on 401K on your hire start, with a vesting timeline of only one year, along with medical benefits that start on day one<strong><em> </em></strong>with a 30% premium rebate annually! We value your well-being and all employees now have access to the Calm app for FREE, which is used for meditation, stress management, and better sleep. Through our performance management program, you can earn additional annual incentives as you set and achieve goals. Our pay for performance culture motivates our employees to improve Delek’s year-over-year company, business unit, and individual results. With some of the highest bonus payouts in recent years, we know that our success is due to our talented and dedicated team. We are looking for individuals like you to help us continue this momentum and bring new ideas to the table. At Delek, you will have the opportunity to make an impact and grow your career in a supportive and innovative environment.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:8.0px"> </p><div class="wordmargin"> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong><u>Job Summary:</u></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Delek US Holdings, Inc.</strong> is a diversified downstream energy company with assets in petroleum refining, logistics, asphalt, renewable fuels and convenience store retailing. We are hiring for the position of <strong>Alkylation Technology SME </strong>with the potential for site or remote work.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong><u>Role & Responsibilities: </u></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Serve as the corporate Subject Matter Expert (SME) for HF and sulfuric acid alkylation technology, providing technical leadership and support across all refining assets.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Develop, maintain, and monitor unit performance indicators, benchmarking metrics, and technology health dashboards to identify performance gaps, reliability risks, and improvement opportunities.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Serve as the corporate steward and technical authority for HF and sulfuric acid alkylation process safety standards, engineering best practices, and risk management strategies.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Own and maintain corporate alkylation technology standards, operating envelopes, critical process parameter guidance, and lessons-learned documentation to ensure consistent execution across all refining assets.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Provide technical consultation and troubleshooting support to refinery process engineers, production teams, and operations personnel on unit performance, process optimization, operating issues, and process safety concerns.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Lead efforts to improve alkylation unit safety, reliability, environmental performance, and economic optimization through application of industry best practices and sound engineering principles.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Develop, maintain, monitor, and benchmark key alkylation performance indicators, including process safety, reliability, acid consumption, alkylate quality, equipment performance, and unit energy intensity.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Mentor and develop refinery process engineers, technical supervisors, and operations leaders through coaching, technical training, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Develop and maintain corporate standards, best practices, engineering guidelines, and operating philosophies related to alkylation technology.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Lead the refinery alkylation best-practice network and facilitate periodic technology collaboration meetings, including agenda development, action tracking, knowledge sharing, and deployment of lessons learned.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Coordinate and lead annual technology health assessments for alkylation units, including performance reviews, gap identification, risk assessment, and improvement plan development.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Evaluate emerging technologies, licensor developments, catalyst advancements, process improvements, and industry trends to identify opportunities for business improvement and competitive advantage.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Maintain active engagement with technology licensors, catalyst suppliers, engineering consultants, industry organizations, and peer networks to ensure awareness and application of current industry best practices and technological advancements.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Support process studies and technology evaluations focused on yield improvement, energy efficiency, asset utilization, environmental compliance, process safety, and profitability enhancement.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Provide technical leadership during unit startups, shutdowns, major operating events, turnarounds, commissioning activities, and post-startup performance stabilization efforts.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Participate in and provide technical leadership for process hazard analyses (PHA), layer of protection analyses (LOPA), management of change (MOC) reviews, pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR), and other process safety management activities impacting alkylation units.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Serve as the technical authority for alkylation-related management of change reviews, significant process deviations, operating envelope exceedances, and major technology recommendations.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Lead or participate in incident investigations and root cause failure analyses involving process safety events, reliability incidents, environmental events, and production losses. Partner with reliability, maintenance, and operations personnel to identify corrective actions, capture lessons learned, and prevent recurrence.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Own and facilitate the development, maintenance, and deployment of alkylation-specific training materials, operating guidance, and competency development programs.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Support capital project development through concept evaluation, technology selection, design review, risk assessment, process design package review, and startup readiness activities.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Provide periodic updates and recommendations to refinery and corporate leadership regarding technology risks, constraints, performance gaps, improvement opportunities, and long-range strategic initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Exercise broad technical judgment and independent decision-making to resolve complex technical issues and influence business outcomes across multiple facilities.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Support other refining process technologies and business initiatives as required based on organizational needs, individual expertise, and business priorities.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">This position relies on extensive industry experience, advanced technical knowledge, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to influence organizational decisions across multiple refining assets. A high degree of creativity, initiative, leadership, and independent decision-making is expected.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong><u>Required </u></strong><strong><u>Qualifications – Education, Skills & Experience</u></strong><strong><u>:</u></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">15+ years refining experience.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">10+ years supporting alkylation technology.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Expertise in operation, optimization, troubleshooting, and performance improvement of HF and sulfuric acid alkylation units.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Knowledge of alkylation reaction chemistry and process fundamentals.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Proficiency with HYSYS and applicable process modeling software.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Experience with startups, shutdowns, and turnarounds.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Knowledge of process safety management principles and regulatory requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Familiarity with staged-gate project development processes.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong><u>Preferred </u></strong><strong><u>Qualifications – Education, Skills & Experience</u></strong><strong><u>:</u></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Experience with both HF and sulfuric acid alkylation technologies.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Experience leading or participating in PHAs, LOPAs, MOCs, and PSSRs.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Experience developing corporate standards and best practices.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Experience serving as a corporate or multi-site technology resource.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Experience with technology-specific modeling software.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Participation in industry committees, licensor forums, or professional organizations.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Professional Engineer (PE) license.</span></li> </ul> <p style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong><u>Core Competencies:</u></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">CHANGE AGILITY (LEVEL 3 APPLYING): Identifies, initiates, and adapts to organizational changes that foster enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and ultimately business results.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">COLLABORATION (LEVEL 3 APPLYING): Sees connection points across the organization and partners effectively with others to achieve common goals.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">DECISION MAKING (LEVEL 3 APPLYING): Selects a course of action to reduce risk and uncertainty and create optimal outcomes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">DRIVE FOR RESULTS (LEVEL 3 APPLYING): Drives to achieve challenging performance objectives.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">TEAM BUILDING (LEVEL 3 APPLYING): Builds trust, fosters openness, and provides support. As the manager of a team, selects and motivates a strong team.</span></p> <p>#LI-MK1</p> </div><p style="margin-bottom:13.0px"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom:13.0px"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong><span style="color:#333333">We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans. </span><em> </em></strong></span></p>