HSRC Plant Engineer II

Responsibilities

• Provide on-demand mechanical engineering support for operations, maintenance, and turnaround groups.
• Serve as a skilled troubleshooter while multi-tasking between tactical and strategic issues.
• Develop technical solutions independently based on knowledge of cost-benefit analysis, budget impact, and refinery performance impact of technical decisions.
• Prepare specifications, drawings, bid packages, quotation analysis, and other applicable documents for purchase, construction, and/or repair of refinery equipment and facilities.
• Serve as a “go-to” technical resource for assigned area or technology to others in Engineering Services, Operations, and Maintenance.
• Apply engineering principles to solve equipment and system reliability issues.
• Provide Project Engineering and Management activities in support of new construction and revamp projects. Develop detailed scopes of work, engineering and construction schedules, and cost estimates for small-medium scale projects (<$1MM) using the company’s project methodology (FEL-1, 2, or 3 deliverables).
• Provide equipment repair, replacement, and metallurgical recommendations.
• Participate in formal root cause analysis discussions to ensure effective solutions and prevent recurrence.
• Stay abreast of current technologies and equipment for application within the refinery.
• Perform fitness-for-service evaluations of refinery equipment; apply life extension analysis and techniques.
• Assist in auditing Maintenance and Operations practices to improve reliability and operability of refinery process equipment.
• Coordinate services of engineering and other consultants as required.
• Assist in the development and upkeep of company engineering standards, specifications, and published lessons learned.
• Provide engineering, coordination, and management support for unit Shutdowns and Turnarounds.
• Assist in identification, development, and implementation of training programs for engineering, maintenance, and operations departments.
• Communicate with appropriate personnel for safe and efficient performance of operations, maintenance, and construction activities.
• Serve as On-Call representative for the Plant Engineering Group per rotational assignment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise contract personnel during plant shutdowns, construction projects, etc.
• Lead cross-functional teams of company and contract employees as required.
• Mentor cooperative education students and provide meaningful work assignments during their development in the program.
• Supervise mechanical engineering cooperative education students on a rotational basis.
• Provide vacation relief for various departmental positions as required.

Skills

• Seeks win/win outcomes, has a positive attitude and an objective mindset, strong work ethic, takes initiative, and thinks of new ideas and approaches.
• Exemplifies company core values: Commitment to Excellence, Honesty, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Teamwork, Creativity, Humility, and Community-Centric.
• Develops relationships and influences effective business results.
• Displays willingness to learn, make continuous improvement, and be coachable.
• Handles complex, high-pressure situations and adapts to a changing work environment.
• Confident when making presentations, facilitating project team meetings, leading troubleshooting discussions, PSSRs, and large technical meetings.
• Strong ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks based on EHS and business needs, consistently meeting deadlines.
• Recognized as a change agent on technical issues.
• Proactively recognizes opportunities and/or threats, pulls teams together, and develops action plans.
• Leads project and technical teams with confidence, driving results to meet stakeholder expectations.
• Exhibits servant leadership and high emotional intelligence.
• Speaks and reads English fluently.
• Clearly communicates technical information to aid business decisions.
• Effectively trains and interacts with operators, managers, and executives.
• Reads, analyzes, and interprets business periodicals, scientific journals, technical procedures, governmental regulations, and design/construction drawings.
• Writes reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Responds to inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or the business community.
• Presents information and responds to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Applies advanced mathematical concepts (e.g., exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, permutations).
• Applies mathematical operations to tasks such as frequency distribution, test reliability/validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions.
• Interprets technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deals with abstract and concrete variables.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Three to six years of experience in a Petroleum Refinery, Chemical Plant, Pulp and Paper Mill, or related industrial environment.
• Proficient in the use of personal computers and office software applications.
• Knowledge of P6 or Microsoft Project is a plus.

Additional Information

• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Leadership and motivational skills for peers.
• Self-motivated with a desire to learn and develop new skills.
• Exhibits a “can do” attitude and spirit of cooperation.
• Supports management objectives.
• Subject to periodic “on-call” duty and non-scheduled call-in/overtime assignments.