Lead Refinery Process Engineer, Complex Systems & Mentorship

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

Job summary

Chevron's El Segundo Refinery seeks a Senior Process Engineer to act as a refinery process technical expert and mentor. You will lead complex initiatives, support operations, and optimize processes to meet near- and mid-term objectives.

You will apply mass transfer, distillation, heat transfer, and kinetics principles, guide early‑career engineers, and evaluate economics using NPV and ROCE metrics. Relocation may be considered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering is required.
• Minimum of 10 years in Oil & Gas downstream refining industry.
• Experience with mass transfer, distillation, heat transfer, fluids, and process control.
• Experience with studies such as PHA, IPR/ROI, LOPA, etc.

Responsibilities

• Provide process troubleshooting support, make technical recommendations, improve tools, and develop procedures.
• Mentor unit process engineers and serve as a subject matter expert for early-career staff.
• Lead complex initiatives advancing refinery objectives and communicate economic value opportunities.
• Identify gaps between current performance and best-in-class, and recommend improvements.
• Advise on test runs to optimize variables and evaluate plant performance.
• Champion new technologies to improve viability, profitability, and reliability.
• Provide engineering support during planned turnarounds and may work off-hours.
• Contribute to MOC, operating procedures, and process safety information accuracy.

Skills

Mass transfer/distillation

Heat transfer

Fluid dynamics

Process control

Kinetics

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering

Tools

PI

Seeq

PROII

Job description

Chevron's El Segundo Refinery seeks a Senior Process Engineer to act as a refinery process technical expert and mentor. You will lead complex initiatives, support operations, and optimize processes to meet near- and mid-term objectives.

You will apply mass transfer, distillation, heat transfer, and kinetics principles, guide early‑career engineers, and evaluate economics using NPV and ROCE metrics. Relocation may be considered.