About this role
Job Description
• Ensures alignment with established work processes & deliverables including all operations, engineering, and capital programs.
• Drives metric review and development of action plans for optimal operation of process units on a daily, weekly, monthly basis.
• Oversee the development and utilization of Operating KPI's to maintain safe, reliable and efficient unit production.
• Leads, mentors, and develops Production and Process Improvement Engineers, while providing technical guidance and support to engineering staff.
• Coordinates with Department Managers to effectively and efficiently utilize support team resources across site-wide initiatives.
• Collaborate with Operations, Production Managers, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to achieve production and customer objectives.
• Supports the delivery of best-in-class EHS&S performance through the ownership of key technical elements of PSM.
• Champions the advancement of TPC culture within the engineering organization by serving as a role model in the application of TPC values.
• Ensures that team members provide adequate and prompt support as technical experts in time sensitive work, such as environmental release calculations and capital project support.
• Understands and adheres to all policies, procedures, and guidelines pertaining to safety, health and environmental emphasizing this perspective in their own work and in the work of others.
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with a minimum of 8 years of experience in a chemicals, refining, or petrochemical manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in supervision of technical or operating staff.
• Excellent critical thinking, leadership, analytical and communication skills.
• Experience with PSM 1910.119 as well as EPA RMP and its functional application to manufacturing.
• Experience with process historian and data monitoring tools such as IP21, OSI PI, or SEEQ.
• Experience with Aspen+ or similar process modeling tools.
• Strong understanding of PHA, MOC and PSM compliance metrics.
• Knowledge of Process Safety design concepts and documentation requirements and their application.
• Experience with Capital Project development and execution, including FEL and Stage Gate concepts.
Preferred Requirements:
• Knowledge of Oracle, SAP or similar ERP database management systems.
• Certification in Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
• Practical experience with extractive distillation operations.
• Experience with cost control, developing, and tracking annual budgets.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States continually without company sponsorship.