Sr. Principal Engineer I Job

JOB SUMMARY

• Position reports directly to the Clear Lake Technical Manager and provides technical assistance for plant operations.  Position requires direct interaction with other departmental managers, staff positions and the R&D organization to exchange information and ideas directly related to the success of the plant and the Acrylics business unit. 
• Position has no direct reports nor a designated backup in the organization.
• Position helps the technical manager support the development of the engineers within the technical organization.

 

Job Dimensions

• Production Data:  Understands and optimizes site systems such as reaction, distillation, incinerations, flares, utilities, tank farms, colling towers, etc. to improve health, safety, & environmental compliance, minimize operating cost, improve quality, and maximize raw material efficiencies.  Leads other high priority Variable Cost, Repetitive Production Expense or Operational Asset Utilization improvements projects across site.
• People Data:  Responsible for the training of Operations personnel and other staff in technical issues and new projects.  Mentos developing engineers and/or staff engineers.  Completed Greenbelt Project Leader certification.
• Financial Data:  Responsible for the financial evaluation of potential projects to improve raw material yields or reduce utility usage for the Clear Lake Plant.
• Process Data:  Responsible for the interpretation of process information.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Environmental (10%): Support full environmental compliance and optimal environmental performance.  Ensures that permit compliance data and new permit applications are reviewed and are consistent with best engineering practices. Provide REED data from the units to the Senior Environmental Specialist to ensure REED data is accurately and appropriately into REED database.
• Process Safety Goal (20%): Support full compliance of all Safety & Health related regulatory requirements including: OSHA, PSM, and Company Policies and standards.  Trained in root cause investigation techniques and leads investigations at the site.  Ensures a timely response or technical review is completed for incident investigations and that action items are developed and implemented (Impact).  Key member of PHA team for units in their area.  Strictly follow the MOC and Procedure Use policies.  Coach others as needed.  Lead by example and meet CLO Leadership Expectations.

• Operation and Technical Goal (50%): Maximize operational efficiency and product quality by continuously identifying, evaluating and proposing ideas for improvement in all technical/ technology areas. Support Plant initiatives for new product development, Process Technology Projects, and debottlenecking efforts. Provide assistance to Operations during plant turnarounds, emergency operations, and any other time technical assistance is required.  Drive OAU goal, 85+% in a turnaround year/89+% in a non-turnaround year, through a disciplined reliability program.
• Professional Development Goal (5%): Develop skills required to support the Clear Lake plant through professional development of technical skills, interpersonal relationship skills, management skills, and community relations. Ensure that specific goals are developed that correspond with Plant objectives and initiatives.
• Major Capital Projects (15%): Assist the Project Process Engineer with major projects (>$2MM) at the Clear Lake site. Provide mass & utility balances for current major projects towards the 2030 Clear Lake Project goal. Work with the BU Senior Process Engineer on defining reactor modifications to move to recycle gas technology.