HSRC Plant Engineer II

Hunt Consolidated; Heidelberg (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunt Consolidated is seeking a Mechanical/Civil Engineer to provide on-demand support for refinery operations, maintenance, and turnarounds. The role involves developing technical solutions with cost and performance considerations and preparing specifications for equipment work.

You will lead project engineering efforts for new construction or revamps, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to improving reliability and safety in the refinery environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• 3–6 years in a Petroleum Refinery, Chemical Plant, or related industrial experience.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities; ability to lead projects and coordinate with multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-demand mechanical engineering support for operations, maintenance, and turnarounds.
• Develop technical solutions based on cost-benefit analysis and refinery impact.
• Prepare specs, drawings, bid packages and cost estimates for equipment repair or replacement.
• Lead project engineering activities for new construction and revamps.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations and maintenance to improve reliability and operability.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Multi-tasking

Cost analysis

Project engineering

Root cause analysis

Refinery operations

Education

B.S. in Mechanical or Civil Engineering

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide on demand mechanical engineering support for operations, maintenance, and turnaround groups.
• Serve as a skilled troubleshooter while multi-tasking between tactical and strategic issues.
• Develop technical solutions independently based on knowledge of cost benefit analysis, budget impact, and refinery performance impact of technical decisions.
• Prepare specifications, drawings, bid packages, quotation analysis and other applicable documents for purchase, construction and/or repair of refinery equipment and facilities.
• Serve as a "go-to" technical resource for assigned area or technology to others in Engineering Services, Operations, and Maintenance.
• Application of engineering principles to solve equipment and system reliability issues.
• Provide Project Engineering and Management activities in support of new construction and revamp projects.
• Develop detailed scopes of work, engineering and construction schedules, and cost estimates for small-medium scale projects (<$1MM) by using company's project methodology (FEL-1, 2, or 3 deliverables).
• Provide equipment repair, replacement and metallurgical recommendations.
• Participate in formal root cause analysis discussions to ensure effective solutions and prevent recurrence.
• Stay abreast of current technologies and equipment for application within the refinery.
• Perform fitness for service evaluations of refinery equipment; apply life extension analysis and techniques.
• Assist in auditing of Maintenance and Operations practices to improve reliability and operability of refinery process equipment.
• Coordinate services of engineering and other consultants as required.
• Assist in the development and upkeep of company engineering standards, specifications, and published lessons learned.
• Provide engineering, coordination and management support for unit Shutdowns and Turnarounds.
• Assist in identification, development and implementation of training programs as needed for others in the engineering, maintenance, and operations departments.
• Communicate with appropriate personnel as necessary for safe and efficient performance of operations, maintenance and construction activities.
• Serve as On-Call representative for the Plant Engineering Group per rotational assignment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise contract personnel during plant shutdowns, construction projects, etc.
• Lead cross-functional teams of company and contract employees as required.
• Mentor cooperative education students and take interest in their work assignments during their development in the program.
• Supervise mechanical engineering cooperative education student on a rotational basis to aid in the development of the cooperative education student by providing meaningful work assignments.
• Provide vacation relief for various departmental positions as required.

Interpersonal Skills

• Seeks win/win outcomes, has a positive attitude and an objective mindset, strong work ethic, takes initiative, thinks of new ideas and approaches.
• Exemplify the company core values: Commitment to Excellence, Honesty, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Teamwork, Creativity, Humility and Community-Centric.
• Develop relationships and influences effective business results.
• Display willingness to learn, make continuous improvement and be coachable.
• Must be able to handle complex, high-pressure situations and be adaptable to a changing work environment.
• Confident when making presentations, facilitating project team meetings, leading troubleshooting discussions, PSSRs, large technical meetings, etc.
• Strong ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks based on EHS and business needs of the refinery, and consistently meet and/or deadlines for assigned tasks or projects.
• Recognized as a change agent on technical issues.

Leadership Skills

• Ability to proactively recognize opportunities and/or threats to the company, pull a team together and develop and execute an action plan to capitalize on the opportunity and/or mitigate the threat.
• Ability to lead project and technical teams with confidence and drives for results to meet and/or exceed the expectations of stakeholders.
• Ability to pull together teams across multiple departments and lead to in such a way to drive for results.
• Exhibits attitude of servant leadership.
• Has high emotional intelligence and shows a willingness to improve upon current emotional intelligence.

Language Skills

• Ability to speak and read English fluently.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical information in such a way that others can easily understand said information to make business decisions.
• Utilizes effective communication techniques to train and interact with operators, managers and executives to promote business opportunities and economics.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, common scientific and technical/professional journals, technical procedures, governmental regulations and detailed design and/or construction drawings.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Education and Experience

• B.S. degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Three to six years in a Petroleum Refinery, Chemical Plant, and/or Pulp and Paper Mill or other related industrial experience.