Engineer - Heat Transfer
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Do you like helping people? Do you like to make people smile? Are you passionate about putting people in a better place? Then you may have what it takes to join our amazing team?
Where you fit in
Provides technical support and leadership for reliable and efficient operations of both fired and unfired equipment such as furnaces, boilers, flares, thermal oxidizers, air preheaters, SCRs, flares, air-cooled heat exchangers, plate-and-frame heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers.
This position also supports infrared thermography inspections on equipment and reports any relevant findings to help assure safe and reliable operations, especially of fired and refractory-lined equipment.
The Heat Transfer Engineer provides technical support and leadership for reliable and efficient operations of heat transfer equipment at the Shell Energy and Chemical Park - Norco. This includes both fired and unfired equipment such as furnaces, boilers, flares, thermal oxidizers, air preheaters, SCRs, flares, air-cooled heat exchangers, plate-and-frame heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. This role supports both the refinery and chemical plant assets.
The successful candidate will work with Operations, Engineering, Process, and Pressure Equipment Integrity to ensure we continually meet the requirements for heat transfer equipment at the site.
Provide technical assurance on the design, selection, construction, commissioning, and start-up of heat transfer equipment
Provide technical assurance for plant projects and MOCs that affect fired and unfired heat transfer equipment, including field construction support, assurance of conformance with design specifications, and non-conformance resolution
Provide technical assurance on the design, selection, construction, and maintenance of refractory materials and refractory-lined equipment in consultation with refractory specialists
Knowledge of API and ASME codes and assist to ensure project or equipment meets industry codes, refinery engineering practices and specifications
Provide advice on maintenance and operational issues, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis
Support and guide operations in measures to improve efficiency and emission reduction
Provide operational support during start-up, troubleshooting, and incident and near-miss investigation
Assist in the planning and execution of heat transfer equipment maintenance
Assist with the inspection of heat transfer equipment during turnarounds and other maintenance events
Develop equipment data sheets for new and repaired equipment
Develop refractory dry out guidelines for refractory installations
Manage the spare flare tip inventory and coordinate repairs and replacements
Provide training and mentoring to Operations and other disciplines at the site around heat transfer
Recommend heat transfer equipment replacement or improvements and initiate project funding requests to improve reliability
Conduct rating and vibration analysis of heat exchangers
Review infrared thermography scans of refractory-lined equipment and furnaces in coking or fouling service
Interact with contract thermography specialists to support site thermography needs
Ensure thermography equipment is properly stored, maintained, and calibrated
Knowledge in fired and unfired design programs such as FRNC5, HTRI
Act as a resource for integrity issues related to heat transfer equipment
Coordinate site wide issues related to fired and unfired equipment including equipment integrity, reliability, compliance, operational excellence, and emissions to air
Provide technical assurance on the design, selection, construction, commissioning, and start-up of heat transfer equipment
Provide operational support during start-up and troubleshooting of equipment and provide heat transfer training and mentoring to Operations and other disciplines
Provide technical support for Boiler MACT and other related regulatory programs for fired equipment
Provide support of annual boiler MACT compliance assessments
Develop and support new heat transfer equipment technologies
What we need from you
Must have legal
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