Energy Optimization Engineer – Refineries & Emissions

Phillips 66; Sweeny (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program

401k company match

Pension

Job summary

Phillips 66 is seeking an Engineer, Energy to enhance refinery energy performance, reliability, and emissions management. You will analyze energy use across heaters, boilers, and process units to drive measurable improvements and support capital projects.

This role offers exposure to design reviews, MOC, HAZOPs, and cross-functional teams in a large refining network. You will build and maintain energy roadmaps, develop preliminary project economics, and work with Instrumentation, Electrical,

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 3 or more years of experience in energy engineering, refinery or process engineering.
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
• Valid driver’s license.
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with the following:
• Travel up to 5% of the time
• Occasional on-call duties
• Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Transport articles up to 50 pounds
• Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines
• Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet in height
• Work around chemicals, including acids and bases
• Work around hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat
• Work outside in harsh weather conditions
• Wear fire-retardant clothing and required personal protective equipment, including steel-toe shoes, hearing and eye protection
• Maintain facial hair in a manner that allows a respirator or face mask to seal properly

Responsibilities

• Develop and analyze Energy Intensity Index (EII) and other site energy KPIs using historian, APM, utilities balance, and EII tools to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Identify and prioritize energy losses across heaters, boilers, heat exchangers, steam and condensate systems, pumps, and compressors; quantify energy, cost, and emissions opportunities and drive defect-elimination plans.
• Support routine refinery operations and abnormal conditions by evaluating and optimizing heater, boiler, heat exchanger, steam, power, and utilities performance within safe and reliable operating limits.
• Maintain a multi-year Energy Improvement Roadmap that connects operating improvements, maintenance and reliability actions, and capital projects to site margin, reliability, sustainability, and emissions goals.
• Develop preliminary economics for energy-related expense and capital projects and provide energy subject-matter expertise through design, MOC, HAZOPs, PSSRs, construction, commissioning, and related project reviews.
• Plan and support energy-related turnaround and outage work, including equipment improvements, steam and condensate repairs, metering, field troubleshooting, recommissioning, and post-turnaround benefit reviews.
• Improve energy metering, data quality, dashboards, and analytics in partnership with Instrumentation, Electrical, Process Control/APC, and digital teams; support HSE, process safety, incident investigations, corrective actions, and knowledge sharing.

Job description

Phillips 66 is seeking an Engineer, Energy to enhance refinery energy performance, reliability, and emissions management. You will analyze energy use across heaters, boilers, and process units to drive measurable improvements and support capital projects.

This role offers exposure to design reviews, MOC, HAZOPs, and cross-functional teams in a large refining network. You will build and maintain energy roadmaps, develop preliminary project economics, and work with Instrumentation, Electrical,