Process Engineer - Complex Processing Facilities

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About the position:

The Complex Processing Facility (CPF) Process Engineer is part of the Process Engineering and Automation team within Chevron’s ENGINE Center and is responsible for providing process engineering support to Chevron’s Refining and large upstream processing facilities.  This role supports Chevron’s  complex process facilities (CPF’s) to troubleshoot and optimize existing operating assets, providing process design support to capital projects and developing and implementing digital tools to enhance process monitoring.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide timely technical service consultation to LNG and Refining operating assets and capital project teams supporting new asset development and/or operational issues in existing projects and assets.

• Review and improve designs for operability, reliability, and ease of maintenance

• Support early phase project design execution by developing process documents such as heat and material balances and process datasheets

• Develop and maintain detailed process simulation models to evaluate design and operating scenarios (Hysys, etc.)

• Support day-to-day operations by providing engineering analysis and process troubleshooting of equipment items utilizing data analytics and process monitoring tools (PI, Seeq, etc.)

• Participate in on-the-job training/development opportunities through mentoring with Chevron Technical Center counterparts

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with one or more refining technologies: Crude and Vacuum Distillation, Alkylation, Fluid Catalytic Cracking, Delayed Coking, Reforming, Hydrogen Manufacturing, Amine/Sour Water, and/or Hydro-processing.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B. Tech) in chemical engineering or related field from a recognized (AICTE) university

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact with Chevron’s global employee workforce

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5-10+ years of process engineering experience in Refining or petrochemical process facilities. Possibly through operation support engineering assignments or process design work for capital projects.

• Experience in performing analytical calculations such as mass transfer, fluid flow, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, process control, kinetics and equipment sizing.

• Experience in working with process monitoring tools and process modeling software, such as PI, Seeq, Hysys, PRO/II etc.

• Experience with small projects to improve yield, throughput or energy efficiency

• Awareness of Process Safety Management concepts and principles such as Process Hazards Analysis, Alarm Objective Analysis, Integrity Operating Windows, etc.

Chevron ENGINE supports global operations, supporting business requirements across the world. Accordingly, the work hours for employees will be aligned to support business requirements. The standard work week will be Monday to Friday. Working hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm or 1:30pm to 10:30pm.

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