Engineer - Production IC

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company seeks a Production Engineer in Al Jubayl to provide process control and automation expertise, optimizing yield and quality. You will monitor key plant parameters, support energy and utility efficiency, and report KPIs to unit management.

The role includes small project changes and budgeting duties in a dynamic petrochemical setting. Based in Jubail's Eastern Province, you will collaborate with licensing, technical support, and operations teams, participate in

Qualifications

• Provides technical support on process control and automation to optimize process capability, efficiency, yield and quality.
• Indicates debottlenecks and opportunities in coordination with licensing and technical support groups.
• Leads process changes using MOC practices and supports capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Performs the process and activities to achieve targets within production budget.
• Identifies debottlenecks and profit opportunities with licensing and technical support.
• Manages chemical, catalyst, and additives processes including BOMs and inventories.
• Supports plant commissioning, turnaround, and troubleshooting efforts.
• Recommends changes to SOPs and work methods for production areas.
• Leads MOC for changes in the unit and collaborates with other disciplines.
• Prepares operating and capital budgets and supports project execution.
• Monitors cost and allocations monthly to ensure budgets.
• Coordinates shutdown/startup activities with planning.
• Determines product specifications with stakeholders and responds to complaints with root-cause analysis.
• Participates in HAZOP/LOPA reviews.
• Follows environmental, health, safety and quality policies strictly.
• Contributes to operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Performs other relevant tasks as directed by Manager Operations.

Skills

Process control

Automation

Project coordination

Budget management

Root cause analysis

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

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 as Production Engineer in Operations - Polyethylene.

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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