TotalEnergies

Process Support Engineer

LocationPort Arthur, TX

About This Job


Contexte et environnement

Join our dynamic US Refining & Chemicals Technical Team as a Process Support Engineer at our Port Arthur Platform!


What does joining the Process Support Engineering team look like?

It’s about working with a team to monitor and track unit performance at the site.

It’s about troubleshooting and making recommendations for any operating problem that may arise.

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.


What does it take to be a Process Support Engineer?

It is about leadership, coordination, teamwork, and execution. It is having knowledge and experience in process support engineering and being able to work with stakeholders to ensure the work is completed in a timely fashion.


Read on for more, and don’t hesitate to apply today!



Activités


Activities:


Daily Monitoring- (Ensure compliance with Environmental permits, ensure reliable operation and on-spec product, and search for problems that could prevent the ability to maintain capacity). Support environmental department (emissions calculations)
Troubleshooting- (pressure surveys, temperature surveys, identifying and correcting potential problems, determining need and frequency of exchanger cleaning and means of cleaning (during shut down or partial shutdown), economic impact of these shutdowns and technical support for operating conditions during partial shutdown)
Engineering calculations- (Size orifice plates, size control valves, size relief valves, size restriction orifices, calculate pressure drops, size piping for small projects, perform heat/material balances, size/rate heat exchangers, calculate fluid properties, determine system volumes/residence times)
Mass/volume balance- (Update spreadsheet for material balances, ensure orifice calculations reflect current operating conditions and are otherwise correct, calibrate or rearrange meters if necessary, and provide recommendations to correct mass/volume balance discrepancies.)
Make recommendations to Operations on following safe work practices while maintaining quality, complying with environmental permits, ensuring reliable operation, making on-spec product, maintaining capacity, and increasing profitability.
Support turnaround/maintenance activities such as: Catalyst unloading/loading supervision, chemical cleaning supervision, vessel inspection, shutdown/startup coverage, including revision/development of operating procedures, sample procurement, and recommendations for maintenance (exchanger cleaning, screen cleaning, etc.)
Additional Responsibilities: Evaluate economics to determine profitable modes of unit operation, Lead/participate in Process Hazards Analyses, Define and execute small (non-capital) projects, Assist groups with capital project design and installation
Monitor unit catalyst performance and issue catalyst life projections; Evaluate new proposed catalyst systems; recommend and initiate procurement process for new catalyst
Maintain working material balances for delegated operating units
Ensure that refinery quality and safety initiatives are carried out in daily activities


Profil du candidat

Requirements: Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering and 0-3 years’ experience preferably in petroleum refining as a process technical service, or design engineer (under 1 year requires 2 internships).

Chemical Engineering knowledge: heat transfer, mass transfer, fluid operations, heat/material balances, chemistry, physics, economic fundamentals. Basic chemical engineering fundamentals
Computer knowledge: use of spreadsheets (i.e. Excel), DCS control data historians (i.e. PI Process book), process simulation software (i.e. Pro2 Hysim) helpful, and be able to understand new systems as they come (i.e. SAP)
Good problem-solving skills, good physical fitness required for access on/into towers, vessels, and other equipment
Work nights during turnarounds or other special circumstances where 24-hour technical coverage is needed
Interpersonal and communication skills required for interaction with every group in the refinery at one time or another and with vendors



Informations supplémentaires

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics, including disability and protected veteran status.

TotalEnergies valorise la diversité, promeut le développement individuel et offre des opportunités d'emploi égales à tous les candidats.

More about the Port Arthur:

Located in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, Port Arthur is one of TotalEnergies’ biggest refining and petrochemicals platforms, employing nearly 650 TotalEnergies employees. It is the largest TotalEnergies facility in the United States.

The city of Port Arthur is located on the shores of Sabine Lake with wetlands and Gulf beaches at its southern tip. There’s a strong sense of community and true southern hospitality. For adventure further afield, the Cajun culture of Louisiana is at your doorstep, and being not far from Houston, both local and international travel is only a stone’s throw away.


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