Engineer Production

About the Role

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is seeking a Production Engineer to join their team in Al Jubail, Eastern Province. This full-time role involves providing technical support for process control and automation to optimize plant operations, ensuring compliance with EHS system requirements. The position requires 2-5 years of relevant experience.

Role Purpose

The Production Engineer provides essential technical support to enhance process capability, efficiency, yield, and quality. This includes monitoring and optimizing key plant parameters such as production quality and utility efficiencies, as well as developing and reporting Key Performance Indicators to unit management. The role also involves managing minor changes and small projects within the unit.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and process expertise to achieve established targets and objectives, improving process capability, efficiency, yield, and quality within the production budget.
• Identify debottlenecks and profit opportunities in coordination with licensing and technical support groups.
• Manage chemicals, catalysts, and additives, including creating annual consumption projections, updating Bills of Materials (BOMs), tracking consumption trends, and outlining delivery schedules to maintain minimum inventories.
• Support projects during plant commissioning and turnaround activities.
• Assist in troubleshooting activities related to changes in process operations or new production plant projects.
• Recommend changes and improvements to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and work methods for specific production areas and processes.
• Lead the Management of Change (MOC) process for unit changes and support other disciplines in executing MOCs related to the unit.
• Prepare operating and capital expense budgets, and provide support for capital projects as a liaison between plant project engineering and operations.
• Monitor costs and cost allocations monthly to ensure compliance with budgeted projections.
• Coordinate with Turnaround (T/A) planning to assist in developing shutdown and startup activities related to operational tasks to support T/A objectives.
• Determine product specifications in collaboration with relevant stakeholders to meet customer requirements and standards.
• Respond to customer complaints, providing detailed responses regarding root cause and corrective action, and inputting all information into CFS.
• Participate in HAZOP/LOPA reviews.
• Adhere strictly to established environmental, health, safety, and quality policies and procedures.
• Undertake accountabilities in the operational excellence process as outlined in the schedule of responsibilities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement processes for the assigned area.
• Perform other relevant tasks as directed by the Operations Manager.

Experience and Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in a relevant engineering field.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in process control and automation.
• Ability to manage small projects and implement changes effectively.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Al Jubail, Eastern Province, within the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company. The role involves working within a dynamic operational environment, collaborating with various technical and operational teams.

Application Information

Salary for this position will be disclosed during the recruitment process. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.