Traveling Chemical Engineer — Refinery Optimization

Trindent; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Trindent Consulting is expanding its refinery expert team across Europe, seeking a Chemical Engineer and/or Chemist with hydrocarbon lab experience. You will analyze crude oil, refined products and intermediates to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance in refinery operations.

This highly client-facing role involves travel to client sites across Europe, with occasional assignments in North America.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering.
• Proven experience in an oil refinery laboratory.
• Interest in a consulting role, not a laboratory role, working on multiple client projects.

Responsibilities

• Assist refinery clients to optimize refining processes, systems and behaviours to reduce operational inefficiencies.
• Review samples to determine product quality giveaway.
• Ensure compliance with ASTM / ISO standards on sampling and analysis.
• Laboratory results help confirm product streams meet specifications before shipment.

Skills

Oil refinery lab experience

Travel willingness

Client-facing

Education

Degree in Chemistry or Chemical/ Petroleum Engineering

Job description

Trindent Consulting is expanding its refinery expert team across Europe, seeking a Chemical Engineer and/or Chemist with hydrocarbon lab experience. You will analyze crude oil, refined products and intermediates to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance in refinery operations.

This highly client-facing role involves travel to client sites across Europe, with occasional assignments in North America.