Manager, Reliability, Sweeny Refinery

Phillips 66; Sweeny (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

VCIP bonus

8% 401k company match

Cash Balance Pension

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits with

Job summary

Phillips 66 is seeking a Manager, Reliability at the Sweeny Refinery in Texas. You will lead reliability-focused teams to improve asset performance, drive safe and cost-efficient outcomes, and align maintenance with site strategy.

You will coach engineers, manage risk, and use data and KPIs to strengthen asset health while fostering a strong safety culture across operations and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 6 years of relevant work experience in reliability, maintenance, or industrial operations.
• Possess a valid driver’s license.
• Travel up to 5%, operate company vehicle on site, work extended hours, and handle physical tasks as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability-focused teams and initiatives to improve asset performance and operational effectiveness.
• Coach and develop team members, provide direct feedback, and scale leadership practices.
• Oversee reliability performance, identify risks, and support safe, timely, and cost-effective outcomes.
• Promote a strong safety culture by monitoring performance, addressing gaps, and removing barriers.
• Use data and KPIs to improve equipment performance and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Coordinate across operations, engineering, and other functions to align reliability priorities.
• Translate strategy into clear plans, anticipate risks, and keep teams informed during change.
• Develop reliability strategies and business cases to support investment decisions.
• Champion continuous improvement of reliability processes and workflows.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent

Job description

Phillips 66 & YOU – Together we can fuel the future

As a Manager, Reliability in our operations organization, you will lead efforts to improve asset reliability, operational performance, and overall equipment effectiveness across the site to help keep facilities running safely, reliably, and efficiently. You will use data, reliability insights, and cross-functional collaboration to support a strong culture of safety in a complex industrial environment. You will coach other engineers, align reliability priorities to strategy, and help teams navigate change in a fast-moving environment.

At Phillips 66, Lead Forward is our leadership approach. It defines how leaders show up, make decisions, and support their teams while delivering results in a complex, fast changing environment. Leaders at this level focus on setting clear direction, building trust, and helping their teams succeed. You’re expected to act with integrity, make timely and thoughtful decisions, and take ownership of outcomes while supporting collaboration across teams. This role is about leading people well, even when priorities change or the path forward isn’t always clear.

What You’ll Do

• Lead reliability-focused teams and initiatives that improve asset performance and operational effectiveness, setting clear direction that links day-to-day work to broader business strategy.
• Coach and develop team members, modeling integrity, giving direct feedback, and scaling strong leadership practices so teams are engaged, accountable, and performing at a high level.
• Oversee reliability performance for your area, taking ownership for identifying risks, improving asset health, and supporting safe, timely, and cost-effective outcomes.
• Drive a strong health, safety, and environmental culture by monitoring performance and behaviors, addressing gaps quickly, and removing barriers so teams can work safely and raise concerns.
• Use data, key performance indicators, and reliability insights to make sound decisions that improve equipment performance, reduce unplanned downtime, and strengthen long-term asset health.
• Partner across operations, engineering, and other functions to align reliability priorities, coordinate activities, standardize work practices, and ensure smooth cross-functional handoffs.
• Lead your teams through change and ambiguity by translating strategy into clear plans, anticipating risks, adjusting course as conditions shift, and keeping people informed and focused on what matters most.
• Develop and present reliability strategies and business cases that align with site and enterprise priorities, using financial and quantitative analysis to support investment decisions and secure needed resources.
• Champion continuous improvement in reliability processes and workflows by applying structured problem-solving and feedback from the field to simplify work, improve quality, and sustain results.

What You’ll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent
• 6 years of relevant work experience in reliability, maintenance, or industrial operations
• Possess a valid driver’s license
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to comply with the following:
  • Travel up to 5%
  • Operate company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads up to 5%
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional duties
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment
  • Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal. Some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

• 6 years of experience planning, managing, and organizing teams or supervisors within an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Experience leading engineers in an operations or reliability setting, with a track record of building cohesive, high-performing teams
• Experience in a large, complex industrial facility with a strong focus on equipment reliability and health, safety, and environmental performance
• Demonstrated ability to use data, key performance indicators, and financial analysis to shape reliability strategies and investment decisions
• Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives that improve asset reliability, safety, and cost performance
• Professional certifications or formal training in reliability, maintenance, or asset management
• Working knowledge in reliability tools such as root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, GE APM software, and Asset Strategies
• Strength in coaching engineers through change and ambiguity while fostering inclusive, trust-based team cultures and quality decision making

Compensation Range

This position has a base salary range of $160,200 - $195,800.

The Sweeny Refinery is located in Old Ocean, Texas. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrodesulfurization, and aromatics units, as well as access to the on-site vacuum tower and delayed coking unit, which is an asset owned by Phillips 66 Partners. Sweeny processes heavy, high-sulfur crude oil and some light, low sulfur crude oil. Domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil is transported by truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, heating oil and petroleum coke. The refinery receives crude oil by pipeline and via tankers, through terminals on the Gulf Coast, including a deepwater terminal at Freeport. Refined products are distributed throughout the Midcontinent region, southeastern and eastern United States by pipeline, barge and rail car. Refined products are also exported to Latin America by waterborne cargo.

Total Rewards

Benefits

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.

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 Times for 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, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue 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 date of 09/01/2026.

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