Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Baton Rouge

Job Role Description

Provide on-site manufacturing and process engineering support to one or more process units within an operating site.

Implement long-term plant improvements and help address day-to-day operating issues.

Support, coach, and advise the technical and manufacturing teams.

Help assess and manage safety risks and promote site competitiveness.

Support and sometimes lead risk management activities and major plant events.

Acquire a strong working knowledge of technology fundamentals for their assigned areas.

Job Role Responsibilities

• Identify, propose, and pursue longer-term improvement initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional asset improvement teams and applicable experts, typically focused on process safety, quality, reliability, and capacity improvements.
• Scope facility modifications and support commissioning and start-up activities.
• Identify and screen proposed changes to catalysts, feedstocks, chemicals, and operating envelopes, utilizing the Management of Change process.
• Contribute to site business and maintenance plans by identifying, developing, and screening improvement ideas.
• Participate in HAZOPs, incident investigations, and risk assessment and management activities, sometimes serving as leader for defined scopes and coordinating follow-up actions.
• Monitor unit performance metrics and support the identification and closure of gaps versus performance benchmarks, consistent with business strategies.
• Seek input and guidance from functional experts within ExxonMobil and, as appropriate, from external experts.
• Support the planning and execution of major plant events, such as turnarounds, plant trials, and unit start-ups and shutdowns. Often coordinate technical support activities and, when required, participate in shift coverage.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to early career professionals and engineers within assigned areas.
• Collaborate and network with multi-discipline teams to resolve technical challenges and contribute to internal technical networks to share and learn from others’ technical knowledge.

Additional Responsibilities

• Present and document work; continue to grow business, technology, and manufacturing understanding, particularly within assigned areas; identify opportunities to improve work processes.
• Serve as a technical interface between the site and the business unit or supply chain as appropriate.