Senior Engineer - Process Support

Country USA City PORT ARTHUR Workplace location PORT ARTHUR-PORT ARTHUR REFINERY(TX-USA) Employer company TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. Domain Operations Type of contract Regular position Experience Minimum 6 years

Context & Environment

Job Requirements:

The Basic Function of a Senior Process Support Engineer is to provide technical support to Operations, Optimization, Facilities Development group, corporate, or any other group that needs unit information. Also troubleshoot, monitor unit performance, and provide recommendations to improve profitability and reliability of unit operations.

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering and 5+ years' experience preferably in petroleum refining as a process technical service, or design engineer 

• Chemical Engineering knowledge: heat transfer, mass transfer, fluid operations, heat/material balances, chemistry, physics, economic fundamentals. Basic chemical engineering fundamentals
• Computer knowledge: use of spreadsheets (i.e. Excel), DCS control data historians (i.e. PI Process book), process simulation software (i.e. Pro2 Hysim) helpful, and be able to understand new systems as they come (i.e. SAP)
• Good problem-solving skills, good physical fitness required for access on/into towers, vessels, and other equipment
• Work nights during turnarounds or other special circumstances where 24-hour technical coverage is needed.
• Interpersonal and communication skills required for interaction with every group in the refinery at one time or another and with vendors

Activities

Job Activities:

• Daily Monitoring- (Ensure compliance with Environmental permits, ensure reliable operation and on-spec product, and search for problems that could prevent the ability to maintain capacity). Support environmental department (emissions calculations)
• Troubleshooting- (pressure surveys, temperature surveys, identifying and correcting potential problems, determining need and frequency of exchanger cleaning and means of cleaning (during shut down or partial shutdown), economic impact of these shutdowns and technical support for operating conditions during partial shutdown).
•  Engineering calculations- (Size orifice plates, size control valves, size relief valves, size restriction orifices, calculate pressure drops, size piping for small projects, perform heat/material balances, size/rate heat exchangers, calculate fluid properties, determine system volumes/residence times)
• Mass/volume balance- (Update spreadsheet for material balances, ensure orifice calculations reflect current operating conditions and are otherwise correct,