Process Engineer

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HF Sinclair is seeking a Process Engineer. This position conducts engineering duties for the Process Engineering department in direct support to operations and long-term site strategies. This position identifies problems and solutions utilizing company work processes and with fellow production team members. The Process engineer functions as a technologist providing H&MB, Hydraulics, Catalyst, and other process technology specific insights.

The successful candidate will join the Puget Sound Refinery Process Engineering Team and will be assigned to either operations support area, or a role focused on advancing Energy, CO2, and Water strategies based on candidate experience and site need.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: (functions considered essential as defined by ADA)

• Provide process engineering support to ensure safe, environmentally sound, reliable and profitable operation of the units to which they are assigned.
• Be a proactive participant in the Field Support Team (FST), working closely with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, and the other Engineering disciplines to ensure thorough and complete communication of process issues to the team.
• Play an integral role in unit troubleshooting, taking the lead when necessary to facilitate problem resolution when the problem encountered is technical in nature and requires a Process Engineer's knowledge and expertise.
• Identify opportunities to improve unit safety, environmental performance, reliability, and profitability and prioritize and develop these opportunities through site work process including project idea submittals.
• Participate as necessary in unit PHAs, Bow Ties, and Corrosion Control Document Reviews and lead discipline specific Management of Change (MOC) reviews.
• Keep Tech and Ops Management apprised of problematic unit conditions and issues as they arise.
• Utilize Risk-Based Decision-Making skills in prioritizing work and communicating incentives and constraints to Management and to the FST.
• Work closely and effectively with technology licensors and various discipline subject matter experts>
• Maintain a Process Engineering Proactive Monitoring Workbook for each process area of responsibility.
• Maintain proactive monitoring variables, trends, tools, and overall unit proactive monitoring plan to facilitate the performance of the Ensure Safe Production (ESP) process.
• Spend appropriate time in the field in order to maintain a good awareness of operating issues and concerns.
• Support training of operations on heat and material balances, control of separation processes, and other unit operations.
• Utilize field thermography effectively to troubleshoot and optimize heater process and combustion side performance (run length, hotspots, etc.)
• Provide mentoring and quality assurance to operations personnel of proper combustion health and energy conservation for fired heaters (burner cleanliness, flame pattern, excess O2 management, etc.)
• Be an active member in company technical networks for best practice sharing and implementation.
• Participate in and/or Facilitate root cause investigations.
• Expected to support abnormal situations and turnarounds which may require nights and extended durations within fatigue management plans for a 24x7 facility.
• Take an active role in their own development plan and work towards continuous improvement both technically and professionally.

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from timeto time in their sole and complete discretion

A minimum of three years of progressive work experience in a process engineering field. An understanding of basic refinery processes, utility systems and the elements of process safety.

Preferred Experience:

Refinery or petrochemical industry experience with direct support to operations. Some or all of Distillation, CCR, Delayed Coking, hydrotreating, and fired heater experience is desired. Experience with Energy and CO2 reduction is also desirable.

A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline is required.

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering.