Manufacturing Chemical Process Engineer

About Baton Rouge

Located on the banks of the Mississippi river in southeastern Louisiana, Baton Rouge is the state capital with more than 800,000 residents (the second largest city in the state). Famous for its fusion of cultures, Southern hospitality, diverse cuisine and college football, it is also a significant port and a major industrial and petrochemical center.

Our Baton Rouge operations began in 1909 and have grown into an integrated complex that includes the Baton Rouge Refinery, the third largest refinery in the United States, the Baton Rouge Chemical Plant and several other plants and terminals. Its scope of products produced includes everything from traditional gasoline and diesel fuel to sophisticated chemical compounds that are used in diapers, shampoos, truck bed liners, makeup, crayons and hundreds more!

As the second largest employer in the state, our daily challenges include safely operating eight interconnected sites on a round-the-clock basis. We’re required to constantly adjust and respond to fluctuating markets and resource availability. We oversee the production of more than 2.9 billion pounds of products annually, while constantly searching for ways to improve and optimize our operations.

Our Baton Rouge complex is known for more than its size. In 2016, three of the six manufacturing plants that received Distinguished Safety Awards by the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers association were located at the Baton Rouge complex.

Learn more about what we do in Baton Rouge here.

What role you will play in our team

We are seeking Chemical Process Engineers to join us as a Chemical Process Engineer for our manufacturing sites in Baton Rouge, LA. 

Our Chemical Process Engineers play a pivotal role in the successful operation of our plants and are responsible for initiating and leading improvements to unit performance in safety, production, and reliability in a dynamic team environment. You will think strategically, execute thoughtfully, and collaborate across many teams, levels, and situations. In this role, you will serve as a process technical resource, providing technical and operational expertise to address complex processes across business teams.  

Process Engineers serve primarily to set longer term visons for unit performance and troubleshooting in addition to supporting day-to-day activities.  

What you will do

Serve as a technical leader by:  

• Mentor less experienced engineers on design practices, unit health monitoring, and troubleshooting 
• Provide support of abnormal and non-routine operations, including unit Turnarounds
• Aid in the development of long term vision and strategy for product line improvements 
• Organize and design plant testing and product trials 
• Influence others and drive toward solutions without direct authority 
• Work in a team environment with other engineering disciplines, operations, and mechanical personnel and interface with corporate technology support
• Ability to interface with 3rd party vendors (cost optimizations as well as developing/driving solutions)
• Lead/support incident investigations as technical lead 
• Provide support for developing and implementing various capital projects to drive margin or mitigate SHE risk
• Provide assistance in the field during plant startups, shutdowns or upsets 
• Demonstrate courage of conviction to drive healthy tension for both business team and corporate technology support to promote fit for purpose outcome 

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• B.S. Chemical Engineering
• 3-10 years of experience in refining and/or chemicals manufacturing roles

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Process design exposure
• Familiarity with advanced control strategies/optimization software  
• Risk assessment and HAZOP experience 
• Understanding of safety relief limits (modelling and evaluations) 
• Understanding of modelling software (PROII, ASPEN, etc) 

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
 

We offer you: 

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com. 

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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