Engineer - Production

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company on the Saudi industrial landscape provides process control and automation support to optimize production capability, efficiency, yield, and quality. It collaborates with licensing and technical teams to manage debottlenecks, inventories, and delivery schedules while supporting plant commissioning and turnarounds.

The role entails troubleshooting operational changes, updating SOPs, and leading unit changes through MOC processes in a safety-focused environment,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in process safety, quality, and HAC/HSE policies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides process control and automation support to optimize capability, efficiency, yield and quality.
• Identifies debottlenecks and improvement opportunities with licensing and technical teams.
• Manages chemical, catalyst and additives processes, inventories and delivery schedules.
• Supports plant commissioning, turnaround activities and troubleshooting of process operations.
• Recommends updates to SOPs and work methods for production areas.
• Leads change management for the unit and coordinates with project engineering.

Skills

Process control

Automation

Budgeting

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

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SAU: Jubail, Eastern Province, SA, 35726

Description:

Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, through a wholly owned affiliate Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Company (ACP), has two 50/50 joint venture projects in the Eastern Province Industrial City of Al-Jubail: Saudi Chevron Phillips Company (SCP) and Jubail Chevron Phillips Company (JCP). A third joint venture, Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo), is jointly owned by ACP and National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem).

Job Purpose

Provides technical support on process control and automation to optimize process capability, efficiency, yield and quality, in compliance with the organization's EHS system requirements. Monitors and optimizes key plant parameters, including production quality and utility efficiencies. Develops, tracks and reports Key Performance Indicators to unit management. Responsible for managing small changes in the unit, including minor projects.

Key Responsibilities

Performs the process and activities, may include but not limited to:

• Provides engineering and process expertise to execute established targets and objectives, improve process capability, efficiency, yield and quality, within production budget.
• Identifies debottlenecks and profit opportunities in coordination with licensing and technical support groups.
• Responsible for the chemical, catalyst, and additives management process, creating annual consumption projections, updating BOMs, tracking consumption trends, and outlining delivery schedules to maintain minimum inventories.
• Supports projects during plant commissioning and turnaround activities.
• Supports troubleshooting activities arising from changes in process operations or new production plant projects.
• Recommends changes and improvements to Standard Operating Procedures and work methods for specific production areas and/or processes.
• Leads the MOC process for changes in the unit, participates and supports other disciplines in executing MOC's related to his unit.
• Prepares operating and capital expense budget, provides support for capital projects as a liaison between plant project engineering and operations.
• Monitors cost and cost allocations on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with budgeted projections.
• Coordinates with T/A planning to assist in developing shutdown and startup activities related to operational tasks to support T/A objectives.
• Determines product specifications, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to meet customers’ requirements and standards. Responds to customer complaints, providing detailed responses regarding root cause and corrective action and inputting all information to CFS.
• Participates in HAZOP/LOPA review.
• Strictly follows established environmental, health, safety and quality policies and procedures in order to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/services and a responsible environmental attitude.
• Undertakes accountabilities in the operational excellence process as set out in the schedule of responsibilities.
• Contributes to the processes of continuous improvement for the area assigned.Performs any other relevant task as directed by Manager Operations.

Required Qualifications:

• Academic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Should have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

S-Chem is considered one of the pioneer companies in developing the industrial foundation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, specifically the petrochemical industry. The objective is to lead the way for the private sector to invest through the petrochemical industry.

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