Job: Production Engineer

Apply technical skills to optimize plant operations, improve plant performance and reduce operating costs while meeting EHSS commitments and plant production targets.
This position will also serve as a coach to develop other technical resources and plant operating personnel. Responsibility specify the most important activities an incumbent would be expected to perform.
Backup Process Coordinator in monitoring daily operations, production rates and product quality.
Identify operational improvement opportunities.
Participate in PHA’s, PSSR’s, and lead incident investigations and unit troubleshooting.
Lead troubleshooting/process improvement teams.
Lead the effort to implement process optimization measures.
Assist in the development/implementation of procedures as required.
Assist in the coaching of operation personnel in techniques to enhance day to day operations.
Identify and evaluate EHSS risks.
Actively participate in the Reliability Operations Team for the PIB plants.
Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis teams.
Complete project scopes to hand off to capital for estimating as required.
Initiate AFE’s (capital and expense) and lead followthrough on driving that AFE to completion.
Assist in achieving EHSS commitments.
Support the execution of the daily production plan.
Monitor daily operations, production rates and product quality to be able to properly support operations teams.
Idenification and implementation of improvement opportunities.
Support the effort in developing unit knowledge of the process within the operating personnel. Authority specify the resources or key decisions that the incumbent would control.
Indirect authority for operator training on a daily basis in the form of teaching process principles and troubleshooting efforts.
Lead the mentoring effort within the unit.
Development of process improvement strategies.

Expert level of problem solving and optimization skills.
Respects operating staff’s experience - operations knows what happened now and in the past.
Self-starter
Embraces change
Listens and seeks input from employees
Ability to drive projects and teams to maximize productivity
Effectively communication skills
Leads teams
Champions the company’s safety, environmental and ethics policies
Excellence in troubleshooting

Experience Required:
2+ years engineering experience within a petrochemical/chemical plant or refinery
Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent