Remote Refinery Process Engineer: Optimize Yields & Safety

Placements24; Winschoten; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote

Health insurance

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a specialized Refinery Chemical Engineer to join our remote team, focusing on optimizing refinery operations. This role requires expertise in process analysis, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement within complex petrochemical environments.

You will work on challenging projects aimed at enhancing yield, reducing costs, and improving safety and environmental performance, all from a remote location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical Engineering.
• 5+ years of refinery or petrochemical process engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of refining unit operations, process chemistry, and simulation tools.
• Proven ability to analyze complex operational data and identify improvement opportunities.
• Excellent remote communication and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with process safety management in a refinery context.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize unit operations within refinery processes (e.g., distillation, cracking, reforming).
• Troubleshoot operational issues and implement solutions to improve process efficiency, product quality, and asset reliability.
• Conduct techno-economic evaluations for process upgrades and new technology implementations.
• Develop and maintain process models to support operational decision-making and performance monitoring.
• Collaborate with on-site operations and maintenance teams to implement process improvements and manage change.
• Ensure adherence to safety, health, and environmental standards in all process-related activities.

Skills

Process optimization

Troubleshooting

Data analysis

Remote communication

Safety awareness

Education

Chemical Engineering degree

Tools

Process simulation tools

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a specialized Refinery Chemical Engineer to join our remote team, focusing on optimizing refinery operations. This role requires expertise in process analysis, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement within complex petrochemical environments.

You will work on challenging projects aimed at enhancing yield, reducing costs, and improving safety and environmental performance, all from a remote location.