Senior Process Engineer - Hydroprocessing

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Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas is looking for a Senior Process Engineer - Hydroprocessing.

The Senior Process Engineer is a key member of the site Process Engineering Department as well as a critical support member of Business Teams.

The process engineering team is dedicated to being the technical leaders that drive the highest value solution for our partners.

You will be joining a technical community of 30+ chemical engineers dedicated to the troubleshooting, optimization, and design improvement of the refinery units.

Flint Hills Resources is a different kind of company, we are privately owned, we have 9/80 flexible schedules, and our compensation philosophy is based on the value you create.

Come realize your full potential and join our team.

Our Team

At Flint Hills Resources your career and professional development are a top priority.

This includes a personal development plan, assigned mentors, dedicated off-site training, and tuition reimbursement programs.

The Process Engineering Department has a proven track record of upward development leading to increasingly challenging roles across Flint Hills Resources and Koch Industries.

What You Will Do

• Building and expanding technical network internally and externally to the company

• Developing value creation ideas and projects economic analysis for assigned units and technologies

• Monitoring long-term unit performance against industry benchmarks

• Supporting unit monitoring for Hydroprocessing technologies (Hydrocracker, Distillate Hydroprocessing, Naphtha Hydroprocessing)

• Auditing unit performance reports and long-term calculations

• Reviewing and supporting benchmark studies (Solomon)

• Ensuring the technical basis of projects meets business objectives

• Mentoring and supporting Production Engineers during unit troubleshooting, unit monitoring, PHAs, critical procedures, monthly Business Review meetings

• Supporting high-profile unit troubleshooting as needed

• Directing and assisting Operations for the design of experiments and process guidelines

• Owning the Process Engineer modeling programs

• Building out the technology loop model using different software such as HYSYS to drive economic decision-making in unit operations.

• Supporting other Physics-based modeling programs

• Providing turnaround program technical support and technical scoping as needed

• Contributing to process safety and environmental performance through Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) programs, Management of Changes (MOC), investigations team member or leader

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

• Minimum of ten (10) years of refining or chemical plant process engineering experience

• Previous experience with Hydrocracking, Distillate Hydroprocessing, and Naphtha Hydroprocessing units

What Will Put You Ahead

• Fifteen (15) + years of refinery experience

• Five (5) years of experience a...