Senior Process Engineer - Hydroprocessing

About the role

The Senior Process Engineer is a key member of the site Process Engineering Department as well as a critical support member of Business Teams. The process engineering team is dedicated to being the technical leaders that drive the highest value solution for our partners. You will be joining a technical community of 30+ chemical engineers dedicated to the troubleshooting, optimization, and design improvement of the refinery units. Flint Hills Resources is a different kind of company; we are privately owned, we have 9/80 flexible schedules, and our compensation philosophy is based on the value you create.

What You Will Do

• Build and expand technical network internally and externally to the company
• Develop value creation ideas and projects, economic analysis for assigned units and technologies
• Monitor long-term unit performance against industry benchmarks
• Support unit monitoring for Hydroprocessing technologies (Hydrocracker, Distillate Hydroprocessing, Naphtha Hydroprocessing)
• Audit unit performance reports and long-term calculations
• Review and support benchmark studies (Solomon)
• Ensure the technical basis of projects meets business objectives
• Mentor and support Production Engineers during unit troubleshooting, unit monitoring, PHAs, critical procedures, monthly Business Review meetings
• Support high-profile unit troubleshooting as needed
• Direct and assist Operations for the design of experiments and process guidelines
• Own the Process Engineer modeling programs
• Build out the technology loop model using different software such as HYSYS to drive economic decision-making in unit operations
• Support other Physics-based modeling programs
• Provide turnaround program technical support and technical scoping as needed
• Contribute to process safety and environmental performance through Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) programs, Management of Changes (MOC), investigations team member or leader

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum of ten (10) years of refining or chemical plant process engineering experience
• Previous experience with Hydrocracking, Distillate Hydroprocessing, and Naphtha Hydroprocessing units

What Will Put You Ahead

• Fifteen (15) + years of refinery experience
• Five (5) years of experience as a Process Engineer or Project Engineer leading projects in an oil refinery
• Process modeling simulation with Aspen HYSYS
• Experience leading cross-functional teams

This role is subject to the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) rule and requires the successful candidate to obtain a TWIC identification badge, allowing for un-escorted access to the facility within a specific time period.

Our Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• May include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.