Laboratory Technician, Bayway Refinery

Phillips 66; Linden (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Laboratory Technician at the Bayway Refinery, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring quality control of petroleum products. This position involves testing, analyzing samples, and maintaining safety standards in a fast-paced environment. You'll work on a rotating schedule, contributing to a team dedicated to excellence in the refining industry. With competitive benefits and a commitment to employee well-being, this is an opportunity to fuel your career in a vital sector.

Benefits

Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program

8% 401k company match

Cash Balance Account pension

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

Qualifications

• 1+ years of lab or refinery experience required.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US.
• Willing to obtain TWIC card.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality assurance tests on product/process samples.
• Write reports and document findings.
• Assist and train other technicians.

Skills

Safety Awareness

Report Writing

Data Analysis

Team Training

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate’s Degree in Science

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

The Laboratory Technician, Bayway Refinery plays a key role in testing and analyzing a variety of petroleum products, process streams, and environmental samples in support of quality assurance and control. The Technician works in a technically complex, highly automated laboratory within the largest refinery on the East Coast.

The laboratory at Bayway Refinery supports a 24/7 operating schedule, therefore Technicians are assigned to a rotating EOWEO (every other weekend off) work schedule that could cover days, nights, weekends and holidays.

This position requires the successful completion of an online assessment. If you meet the required qualifications of the position, a link to complete the assessment will be emailed to you immediately after your completed application is received. Please check your spam folder if you do not see the email. The assessment must be completed within 7 days of your application date OR prior to the job posting expiration date (May 27, 2025), whichever is earlier. Your assessment results will be valid for one year.

Responsibilities May Include:

• Demonstrating awareness and commitment to safety
• Upholding company values, understanding and implementing all relevant company policies and procedures to ensure all work meets the required standard
• Taking samples/readings of various process streams
• Writing cohesive reports, documents and memos
• Performing various quality assurance and quality control tests on product/process samples per procedure
• Interpreting data and analyzing validity
• Assisting and training other Laboratory Technicians
• Reporting data using lab information management system
• Performing routine maintenance/troubleshooting on laboratory equipment
• Reviewing QA/QC charts for trends and results
• Documenting and recording findings according to established procedures
• Occasionally required to work outdoors with exposure to weather elements; some lifting is required
• Working with outside contractors and agencies
• Participating in safety reviews
• Participating in annual training refreshers

Required Qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the United States without restrictions
• 1 or more years of laboratory or refinery/petrochemical work experience
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Valid driver’s license
• Intermediate or better proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC). Information can be found at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic
• Willing and able to perform/comply, with or without reasonable accommodation, with the following:
  • Work shift schedule, including but not limited to days, nights, weekend, holidays, rotating shift
  • Wear Nomex fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (such as steel toe shoes, ear and eye protection)
  • Maintain face daily so that a respirator/face mask can seal properly (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)
  • Standing in place for long periods
  • Walking on flat surfaces or slight inclines
  • Lifting and/or carrying objects weighing between 10 and 50 lbs.
  • Bending, stooping, kneeling and reaching below the waist, from waist to shoulder and above shoulder

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree or higher in Chemistry, Biology, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Process Technology
• 3 or more years of lab technician experience in the refining or petrochemical industry
• Experience working in a refinery or industrial setting
• Knowledge of applicable ASTM, EPA, Federal, State, County regulatory requirements
• Ability to learn and perform all procedures used in a Quality Control Lab for product testing
• Demonstrated proficiency in laboratory software

The Bayway Refineryis located on the New York Harbor in Linden, New Jersey. Bayway's facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, solvent deasphalting, hydrodesulfurization and alkylation units. The complex also includes a polypropylene plant with the capacity to produce up to 775 million pounds per year. The refinery processes mainly light and medium, low-sulfur crude oil. Foreign crude oil is supplied to the refinery by tanker, and domestic crude oil is supplied through a combination of rail and marine transportation. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels, as well as petrochemical feedstocks, residual fuel oil and home heating oil. Refined products are distributed to East Coast customers by pipeline, barge, rail car and truck.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

The base pay for this position is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The starting rate is $41.96 per hour with periodic increases until reaching the fully qualified rate of $53.59 after 2.5 years. The starting rate will go up to $43.86 on November 1, 2025. This position has a 7.5% Variable Cash Incentive Program target, 8% 401k match, and Cash Balance Account pension.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Timesfor our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing dateofMay 27, 2025 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer