Chemical Process Engineer

Job Summary

You will work onsite and report directly to the Process Engineering Supervisor to provide onsite process engineering expertise. You will enhance the safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally friendly operations of the nitrogen fertilizer plants through collaborative efforts with other engineering disciplines, operations, maintenance, and EHS to ensure solutions meet overall business objectives. This is a safety sensitive position.

Job Description

• Monitor and report on operational performance process units and important variables affecting plant efficiency, capacity, catalyst performance, emissions, and process safety.
• Evaluate process and equipment performance to reduce plant upsets and generate solutions to resolve problems with process chemistry and equipment through troubleshooting, process modeling, data analysis, process tests, and technical support to the operations organization.
• Complete process engineering studies and provide comprehensive process engineering support during collaborative design of new installations and processes.
• Prioritize the development of projects to increase production capacity, improve energy efficiency, and enhance EHS performance.
• Approve new operational procedures and equipment operating limits.
• Conduct training for operations and other groups to address changes and for annual refresher training.
• Participate in MOCs, PHAs, LOPA studies, and incident investigations and support implementation of process safety and other EHS solutions.
• Absorb and assist Maintenance and Operations during turnarounds by providing pre-turnaround process engineering recommendations, helping plan specialty work, performing equipment inspections related to process issues, coordinating catalyst replacements, and participating in plant restarts.

Requirements

• BS degree in Chemical Engineering
• 2 years minimum process engineering experience within a chemical manufacturing, refining, or oil and gas industry
• Willingness to work alternative schedules on a short-term basis to support 24 hour/7 day per week operations including turnaround process unit startups, shutdowns, upsets, and catalyst reductions.