TotalEnergies · 4 hours ago
Engineer - Process Support
Port Arthur, TX
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
0+ years expTotalEnergies is a leading company in the petrochemicals and refining sector, seeking an Engineer - Process Support to provide technical assistance in monitoring and optimizing unit operations. The role involves troubleshooting, engineering calculations, and ensuring compliance with environmental standards while supporting maintenance and turnaround activities.
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Responsibilities
Technical process support of delegated units
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 shut down), economic impact of these shut downs and technical support for operating conditions during partial shut down)
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, ect.)
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 captial project design and installation
Monitor unit catalyst performance and issue catalyst life projections; Evalute new proposed catalyst systems; recommend and intitiate 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
Qualification
Required
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
Company
TotalEnergies
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unknown2023-05-30Acquired
2016-09-16Undisclosed
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