Process Control & Production Optimization Engineer

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is seeking an experienced Process Control Engineer to provide technical support for optimizing process capability, efficiency, yield, and quality in a Saudi Arabia facility. You will monitor key plant parameters, develop KPIs, and manage small changes in the unit including minor projects.

The role emphasizes collaboration with licensing, technical support, and operations teams, supporting commissioning, turnarounds, and continuous improvement while ensuring

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is seeking an experienced Process Control Engineer to provide technical support for optimizing process capability, efficiency, yield, and quality in a Saudi Arabia facility. You will monitor key plant parameters, develop KPIs, and manage small changes in the unit including minor projects.

The role emphasizes collaboration with licensing, technical support, and operations teams, supporting commissioning, turnarounds, and continuous improvement while ensuring