Shift Team Lead, Lake Charles Refinery

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

 

What to Expect

As a Shift Team Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence and team performance. In this dynamic position, you’ll be at the heart of refinery operations, guiding a skilled team through the challenges and rewards of producing high-quality fuels and specialty products. You’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on safety, efficiency, and collaboration, while working alongside dedicated professionals in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.

 

What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate a team of shift operators to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production across multiple shifts.
• Guide your team in executing daily operational plans, monitoring performance indicators, and maintaining compliance with safety and environmental standards.
• Develop work schedules, allocate resources, and oversee equipment preparation for maintenance to achieve production goals.
• Support a culture of accountability and continuous improvement by coaching team members and providing input on performance.
• Foster open communication to keep everyone aligned and motivated.
• Serve as a resource and mentor, partnering with supervisors and other departments to optimize operations and resolve challenges.
• Administer labor contracts and manage administrative tasks such as payroll and incident reporting.
• Coordinate with engineering, maintenance, and optimization teams to ensure effective operations.
• Supervise emergency response efforts and contribute to data and analytics reporting.
• Support ongoing compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements, promoting safety, teamwork, and operational excellence.

 

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
• Possess a valid Driver’s License
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with the following:
  • Travel up to 5%
  • Operate company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads up to 5%
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional duties
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment.
  • Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal. (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• 3 or more years of operations experience in the Energy industry

 

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• 1 or more years of supervisory experience
• 10 or more years of operations experience in the oil & gas industry, specifically refining
• 3 or more years of experience in coordinating or managing a major unit turnaround
• Knowledge of safe work practices

 

 

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of $124,200 - $151,800.

 

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

 

The Lake Charles Refinery is located in Westlake, Louisiana. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. Facilities also include a specialty coker and calciner. The refinery processes a mixture of light to heavy, low- and high sulfur and low- and high-acid crude oils. It receives domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil through truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals, including the Beaumont and Clifton Ridge terminals and the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Lake Charles produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include off-road diesel, home heating oil, feedstock for our Excel Paralubes joint venture, specialty graphite petroleum