Senior Chemist

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 description:

* Lab has a total annual budget of six million dollars and a capital budget of $600,000
* Lab receives >100,000 samples and performs >1,000,000 tests per year.
* Lab certifies 2,000 tanks of petroleum products per year.

The purpose of the TotalEnergies Port Arthur Platform's Laboratory is to verify that petroleum streams and products meet all specifications. The Senior Chemist contributes time and effort to maximize all QA/QC systems. The prime duty of the senior chemist is to assure that all data is accurate and precise and reaches customers in a timely manner. He/she does this by training testers to perform all procedures correctly and maintaining analytical instrumentation. The senior chemist puts into place all QA/QC techniques and procedures required to verify that data is within acceptable tolerances, e.g. - standards, spikes, duplicates, etc. For certain values, statistical techniques are used, and the senior chemist will perform these duties. The senior chemist is frequently called upon to coordinate the interaction between internal and external customers. Additionally, the senior chemist may be asked to perform special projects, which fall beyond the routine requirements of the testers. The senior chemist is expected to educate themselves on the latest innovations, procedures, methods, techniques and developments, which affect the industry. On a daily basis the senior chemist writes memos, documents, procedures, etc. Miscellaneous duties may include shipping, conducting safety meetings, ordering supplies, and accommodating vendors.

Activities

Join our dynamic US Refining & Chemicals Laboratory Team as a Senior Chemist at our Port Arthur Platform! 
 
 What does joining the Laboratory team look like?
 
 It’s about working with a team to maintain and troubleshoot the day-to-day lab activities.
 
 It’s continuous improvement to our practices and protocols via lessons learned.
 
 It’s interacting with stakeholders and ensuring their needs are met and exceeded.
 
 It’s being a part of a great team and having the opportunity to make an impact.
 
 Read on for me, and don’t hesitate to apply today!
 
 Activities
 
 * Ensure that hourly workers are properly trained including training scheduling and record keeping, in support of Lab Supervisor.
 * Maintain and troubleshoot analytical equipment.
 * Verify that analytical results are accurate.
 * Participate in special projects as identified by lab supervisor, operations, engineering, etc. for the optimization of the refinery.
 * Maintain hardware and software systems on Lab computers and analyze