Complex Facility Process Engineer

Chevron Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Corporation in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Senior Complex Facility Process Engineer to lead advanced process initiatives, mentor early-career engineers, and provide technical expertise for refinery operations and optimization.

The role requires a chemical engineering degree and 10+ years in oil & gas refining, with strong communication and independence. Relocation may be considered; visas sponsorship is not available. Anticipated salary range is disclosed in the posting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years in Oil & Gas downstream refining.
• Demonstrated practical application of mass transfer/distillation, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, process control, and kinetics.
• Experience participating in studies such as PHA, IPR/ROI, LOPA, etc.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.
• Proactive and delivers results.
• Ability to work with little supervision, influence decisions, meet deadlines, and troubleshoot complex unit issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide process troubleshooting support, make technical recommendations, and improve process engineering tools and procedures.
• Mentor unit process engineers and develop early-career engineers.
• Lead complex process initiatives to advance refinery objectives.
• Identify economic value-driven opportunities and apply NPVs and ROCE for prioritization.
• Advise on test runs to optimize variables and evaluate plant performance.
• Champion new technologies to improve viability and reliability of the unit.
• Support during planned unit turnarounds and provide off-hours engineering support.
• Contribute to MOC, operating procedures, and process safety information accuracy.
• Draft engineering guidelines and best practices.
• Be flexible to respond to refinery upsets.

Skills

Chemical engineering fundamentals

Communication and coaching

Independent work

Project leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering

Tools

PI

Seeq

PROII

Job description

El Segundo, California, United States of America

Full time

R000073740

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position Complex Facility Process Engineer through September 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time).

The Senior Process Engineer serves as a refinery process technical expert and a local source of domain knowledge, stewarding more complex process initiatives and advancing near to mid-term business objectives for the El Segundo Refinery run-it PE team. This position is also relied upon for technical expertise to support refinery operations, process optimization, and mentoring early-career process engineers. This position reports to a Process Engineering Team Lead in the El Segundo Refinery. The Senior Process Engineer should develop expertise in multiple technologies to maximize value to the business and maximize ability to lead cross-division technical efforts.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Provide process troubleshooting support, make technical recommendations, answer technical inquiries, improve process engineering tools, and develop process engineering procedures.

• Provide technical mentoring to unit process engineers and serve as a subject matter expert to develop early-career engineers.

• Steward complex process initiatives that advance prompt to mid-term business objectives for the refinery.

• Identify and communicate economic value-driven opportunities for improvement; apply economic metrics (NPV, DPI, ROR, ROCE, VOI) and cost/value tradeoffs to prioritize work and support decision-making.

• Help identify gaps between current performance and best-in-class and recommend opportunities for improvement.

• Advise process engineers on conducting test runs to optimize process variables and evaluate plant performance.

• Maintain awareness of and champion implementation of new technologies that improve the viability, profitability, and reliability of the unit or asset.

• Provide technical recommendations and engineering support during planned unit turnarounds; work may entail work at heights, confined space entry, and off-hours engineering support.

• Provide process engineering input to management of change (MOC), operating procedures, and process safety information accuracy.

• Contribute to (and may author) engineering guidelines and best practices.

• Individual schedule may require flexibility to respond to refinery upsets during off hours.

• Lead investigations or cross-refinery troubleshooting initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.

• Minimum of 10 years in Oil & Gas downstream refining industry.

• Technically competent: demonstrated practical application of the chemical engineering fundamentals of mass transfer/distillation, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, process control, and kinetics.

• Experience participating in studies such as PHA, IPR/ROI, LOPA, etc.

• Possesses strong communication and coaching skills.

• Proactive and delivers results.

• Demonstrated ability to: work with little to no supervision, influence the decision of a team through dialogue and presentation of data, reach consensus when necessary to achieve a larger goal, meet deadlines for critical efforts/initiatives, and troubleshoot large/complex unit operational issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Supervisory experience.

• Oils Planning or Refinery Economics experience.

• PSM/Reliability experience.

• Experience leading turnarounds.

• SME on at least one PHA.

• Multi-site experience.

• Proficient in the use of data visualization tools, process simulation software and hydraulics (PI, Seeq, PROII, etc.).

• Experience leading or participating in an incident investigation using TapRoot or WhyTree methodologies.

• Participation in industry networks or committees (e.g., AFPM).

Relocation Options:

Relocation may be considered.

International Considerations:

Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

Regulatory Disclosure for US Positions

• The compensation and reference to benefits for this role is listed on this posting in compliance with applicable law. The selected candidate’s compensation will be determined based on his or her skills, experience, and qualifications. Please note that the compensation and benefits listed below are only applicable to successful candidates who are hired onto local United States payroll.

• The anticipated salary range for this position is $158,600 – $274,800.

• Chevron offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which includes, but is not limited to, variable pay, health care coverage, retirement plan, protection coverage, time off and leave programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations. Details are available at http://hr2.chevron.com/.

U.S. Regulatory notice:

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, reproductive health decision-making, military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. Through its subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide, the company is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemicals and additives; generates power; and develops and deploys technologies that enhance business value in every aspect of the company's operations. Chevron is based in Houston, Texas. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com .

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