Process Engineer

Duration: 12+ months with extension
Location: Houston, TX
Pay rate: $40.87/hr
Travel: Up to 50%

About the Role

We are seeking Chemical/Process Project Engineers to support alarm management, projects, maintenance, reliability, and process safety management activities across key regional sites, including Bay City, Ingleside, St. Bayport, La Porte, Port Allen, Nederland, Bayport, St. James, Geismar, and others. These activities will enable the vision of automation and remote operations, increasing productivity, reliability, and safety at our facilities.

Responsibilities

• Alarm Management: Evaluate process alarms against established guidance documentation. Conduct site audits with technical experts to verify that critical alarms are correctly configured in both the DCS and call-out systems. Assist with managing the integration of critical alarms into designated notification platforms.
• Projects: Lead and manage small to medium-size local capital projects to improve efficiency, reliability, safety, and product line expansion. Provide workscope for facilities through the Management of Change (MOC) Process. Manage contractors executing workscopes and provide updates to upper management as needed. Responsibilities include scope development, engineering and equipment estimates, schedule and budget adherence, and managing Factory/Site Acceptance Tests and startups.
• Maintenance & Reliability: Provide support to regional reliability and maintenance groups for system changes and upgrades. Update or create job plans in CMMS if required. Assist with gap closure for RCA actions.
• Process Safety Management (PSM): Drive Management of Change (MOC) processes from initiation to closure for plant and process changes. Address, track, and close out open action items related to IMS events, audits, and safety findings across designated sites.
• Operating Discipline: Assist with creating and updating key operating documents, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions. Support the vision of remote operations.
• Work a 40-hour week and travel to construction sites as required (up to 50% travel). Perform job walks and manage contractors.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor of Science (BS) or above in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering. Relevant industry experience will be acceptable in lieu of an Engineering degree.
• Experience: 1 to 3+ years of experience in process, production, or project engineering within process industries (e.g., Chemical industry, cryogenic air separation, Steam Methane Reformers, Refining).

Skills

• Solution-focused and self-starter with the ability to perform well under pressure and manage changing priorities (multitasking).
• Able to effectively work within a diverse organization, follow instructions from multiple teams (HSE, Quality, Maintenance, SCM), and communicate concisely with stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Proficient in reading P&IDs, troubleshooting, root cause investigation, and familiar with process hazard analysis (HAZOP).