Engineer, Operations (Houston Ship Channel)

Enterprise Products; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is seeking a process-focused engineer to organize and lead improvement initiatives at the Neches River Terminal. You will monitor KPI trends, perform data analysis, and troubleshoot operations to ensure reliable, cost-effective performance.

The role requires a chemical or mechanical engineering degree and several years of plant experience. Responsibilities include designing new terminal processes and equipment upgrades, managing capital projects, maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering is required.
• 3+ years of experience in a chemical plant environment.
• 3+ years of experience with production, process, or mechanical troubleshooting and optimization.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Experience with Process Modeling software such as Hysys is preferred.
• Knowledge of DCS and advanced process control systems is preferred.
• Strong initiative, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, detail oriented.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Team-oriented with strong technical/problem solving aptitude and data-driven approach.
• Ability to quickly absorb key deliverables and not get mired in detail.

Responsibilities

• Organize, lead, and participate in improvement initiatives, projects, and process optimization teams to deliver time-bound objectives.
• Monitor operations daily/weekly, review KPI, DCS trends, quality results, and data sources for reliable operations.
• Intervene to identify and resolve operating issues.
• Design and implement new Neches River Terminal processes and/or equipment upgrades.
• Manage capital project assignments to support terminal improvements.
• Maintain calculation basis for unit permits and prepare emission event calculations.
• Provide production and process optimization, troubleshooting, data analysis, and technical support.
• Develop process standards, operating procedures, diagrams, training materials, and job aids.
• Implement, monitor, and maintain reliability techniques such as predictive/preventive maintenance, RCA, and RBI.
• Track variable costs and pursue cost reductions via optimization.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA 1910.119 / PSM and DOT regulations.

Skills

Strong communication

Data driven

Problem solving

Team oriented

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Hysys

Microsoft Office

Job description

Primary Location

USA-Texas-Houston

What you will be doing

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership’s assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

• Organize, lead, and participate in improvement initiatives, projects, and process optimization teams to deliver specific, focused, time bound improvement objectives.
• Monitor operations on a daily/weekly basis, reviewing KPI's, operating logs, Distributed Control System (DCS) trends, quality results, and other sources of data to ensure reliable, consistent, and cost-effective operations.
• Intervene where appropriate to identify and resolve operating issues.
• Design and implementation of new Neches River Terminal processes and/or equipment upgrades.
• Manage capital project assignments as necessary to support Neches River Terminal improvements.
• Maintain the calculation basis for unit's permits and prepare emission event calculations.
• Provide production and process optimization, troubleshooting, data analysis, and technical support to the operations organization.
• Develop process standards, operating procedures, diagrams, training materials, and job aids as required to properly document, teach, and manage site operations.
• Implement, monitor, and maintain reliability improvement techniques such as predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and risk based inspection.
• Track variable costs and look for ways to reduce those costs via process optimization.
• Ensure compliance with all steps of OSHA 1910.119 / Process Safety Management and DOT regulations.
• Satisfactorily perform other duties as assigned.

What Your Background Should Look Like (minimum Qualifications)

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering is required..
• A minimum of (3) years of experience in a chemical plant environment, or related industry is required.
• A minimum of (3) years of experience with production, process, or mechanical troubleshooting and optimization activities is preferred.
• Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) is required.
• Working knowledge of reliability improvement techniques such as predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, risk-based inspections, and total productive maintenance is preferred.
• Experience with Process Modeling software, such as Hysys, is preferred.
• Must show strong initiative, be self-motivated, work with minimal supervision. Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and in writing, and be detailed oriented with the ability to handle fast-paced projects with constantly changing priorities and scope.
• Must be proficient in balancing multiple priorities and activities and be able to meet deadlines in a timely and accurate manner.
• Must demonstrate a proven track record of working in a team environment, possess a strong technical/problem solving aptitude and be data driven.
• Ability to solve complex problems by identifying and enrolling appropriate resources is required.
• Ability to quickly absorb the key deliverables and not get mired in detail is required.
• Knowledge of DCS and advanced process control systems is preferred.

Shift

Day Job

Travel

Yes, 25 % of the Time

Unposting Date

Ongoing

Job Level

Individual Contributor