Senior Manager, Pressure Equipment Integrity

Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership (DPRLP), known as PEMEX Deer Park, is a highly complex refinery located 18 miles east of Houston in Deer Park, TX, and is part of the PEMEX group, a fully integrated oil company in the Americas. The refinery processes multiple grades of crudes to produce high-quality transportation fuels, with a rated capacity of 340,000 barrels per day. The site is co-located with third-party chemical facilities, enabling further integration and optimization. PEMEX Deer Park employs approximately 1,000 employees and 1,200 contractors, fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment with high standards of performance, ethical behavior, and a strong commitment to health, safety, and environmental stewardship.

About the role

The PEI Manager provides strategic leadership for the Pressure Equipment Integrity (PEI) Department and serves as the principal technical expert for the company. This role ensures the safety, integrity, reliability, availability, and regulatory compliance of pressure equipment assets through technical assurance, inspection, corrosion management, and mechanical integrity programs. The PEI Manager stewards the development and execution of integrity strategies, management systems, and organizational capabilities to identify, assess, mitigate, and communicate equipment integrity risks.

As a member of the Senior Management Group (SMG), the PEI Manager participates in and provides leadership to multiple site steering teams responsible for turnarounds, maintenance, infrastructure investment, asset management, and business improvement initiatives. The role influences refinery strategy, resource allocation, turnaround scope, maintenance priorities, process safety risk management, and long-term asset stewardship decisions.

The PEI Manager leads an organization of approximately 26 company employees and 50 contractor personnel, with accountability for an annual operating budget of approximately $15 million. The team includes mechanical static engineering, corrosion and materials engineering, inspection specialists, and contract partner leadership, and may grow during turnarounds.

Responsibilities

• Own and steward the refinery Pressure Equipment Integrity Management (PEIM) program, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, company standards, and recognized engineering practices.
• Establish and maintain effective inspection, corrosion management, pressure vessel, piping, storage tank, pressure relief device, and pressure equipment integrity programs.
• Ensure pressure equipment integrity risks are identified, assessed, communicated, and managed using risk-based decision-making processes.
• Provide governance and oversight of Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs), Fitness-for-Service (FFS), repair strategies, and mechanical integrity work processes.
• Monitor pressure equipment integrity performance through established metrics, management systems, and departmental scorecards.
• Lead and develop a culture of learning from incidents through quality investigations and clear communication to stakeholders.
• Lead, develop, and sustain a high-performing technical organization through workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, succession planning, coaching, mentoring, and employee development.
• Establish clear departmental priorities, goals, and accountabilities aligned with refinery objectives and business priorities.
• Foster a culture of safety, technical excellence, accountability, continuous improvement, and employee engagement.
• Develop and manage the PEI operating budget and departmental performance, balancing safety, compliance, reliability, risk, and cost considerations.
• Support long-range infrastructure planning, capital investment decisions, turnaround readiness, routine maintenance strategies, and major repair programs affecting pressure equipment systems.
• Serve as Category Business Lead for Inspection Services and Fabricated Static Equipment, partnering with Supply Chain to develop category strategies, supplier relationships, and contract frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership and governance support for Tanks, Leak Sealing and Heat Treatment, Piping General & Materials, and Turnaround categories.
• Maintain effective interfaces with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Projects, Supply Chain, HSSE, and Technical Authorities to align pressure equipment integrity priorities with refinery business objectives.
• Serve as a key member of refinery steering teams responsible for turnarounds, maintenance, infrastructure investment, asset management, and business improvement initiatives.
• Provide strategic leadership and equipment integrity expertise to refinery business planning, turnaround scope development, maintenance optimization efforts, and capital investment decisions.
• Provide risk-based recommendations regarding pressure equipment reliability, process safety barriers, infrastructure renewal, and lifecycle asset management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical (preferred) or Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum 15–20 years of experience in refining or petrochemical manufacturing with demonstrated leadership responsibility in pressure equipment integrity and inspection.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• Advanced knowledge of Pressure Equipment Integrity Management systems, including inspection, corrosion management, Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Fitness-for-Service (FFS), pressure relief systems, tank integrity, mechanical integrity programs, and applicable API standards.
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance requirements and process safety management.
• Demonstrated leadership capability to influence, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary technical teams while managing organizational performance.
• Experience with budgeting, business planning, supplier management, contract governance, category management, and contractor oversight.
• Strong understanding of refinery operations, maintenance practices, turnaround execution, infrastructure planning, and capital project delivery processes.
• Strong organizational, decision-making, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries, align diverse stakeholder groups, and lead through influence.

Physical Requirements

• Walking distances of up to a mile.
• Climbing portable and vessel ladders to elevations over 100 feet.
• 50% of work performed in an outside petrochemical manufacturing environment.
• Occasionally extended work hours during planned and unplanned events.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and an extensive benefits package, including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Future growth opportunities within the company.
• Collaborative and creative work environment that encourages contribution to processes, decisions, planning, and culture.