Process
Engineer
Location: Martinez, CA
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary Range: $92,000.00 – $196,000.00/ year
(commensurate with experience, qualifications, and internal equity)
Role Overview
Our client is seeking a results-driven Process Engineer
to join their team in Martinez, CA. In
this key technical role, you will focus on optimizing operating unit
performance to achieve the facility's safety, environmental, and economic
targets.
Reporting directly to the Process Engineering Group while
embedded closely with unit operations teams, you will provide daily and
specialized engineering support, lead process optimization initiatives, and
drive continuous improvement across the plant.
Key Responsibilities
Unit Optimization & Safety
- Monitor,
analyze, and optimize process operations to hit production and product
quality targets while controlling operating expenses.
- Leverage
technical expertise to identify and proactively resolve potential
underlying process safety concerns.
- Debottleneck
operations, remove process constraints, and enhance unit throughput and
reliability.
Operational Support & Change Management
- Provide
hands-on engineering support for routine operations, troubleshooting,
project execution, and non-routine events such as unit turnarounds and
maintenance outages.
- Support
Management of Change (MOC) processes by evaluating proposed operational
and equipment modifications.
- Collaborate
closely with internal operating departments and external technical
resources to solve complex process challenges and unlock operational
value.
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
- Work
Environment: Combination of office-based analytical work and active
field inspections/testing within refinery production units.
- Physical
Demands: Ability to climb ladders, walk up and down stairs, lift up to
50 pounds, and enter operational areas.
- Environmental
Exposure: Ability to work safely at elevated heights and outdoors in
varied, inclement weather conditions.
- Schedule
& On-Call: Standard full-time schedule with required off-hours
and weekend availability for emergency response and site support.
Extended or altered work hours may be required during major maintenance
turnarounds and outages.
Candidate Qualifications
- Bachelor
of Science (B.S.) in Chemical Engineering.
- 3+
years of process engineering experience within an oil refinery or petrochemical
setting with distillation and cracking.
- Strong
technical acumen in process troubleshooting, yield optimization, and
continuous improvement methodologies.
- Valid
Driver's License and active TWIC® card (or ability to obtain).