Engineer Production IC

About the Role

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is seeking an Engineer - Production IC 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and process expertise to achieve established targets and objectives, enhancing 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 Material (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/or processes.
• Lead the Management of Change (MOC) process for unit modifications and support other disciplines in executing MOCs related to the unit.
• Prepare operating and capital expense budgets, and support 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 Manager Operations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience as a Production Engineer in Polyethylene Operations.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Al Jubail, Eastern Province, focusing on optimizing plant parameters and managing unit changes within a structured operational framework.