Production Engineer

TPC Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TPC Group in Houston, TX is seeking a Production Engineer to manage engineering support for a product line. The role offers visibility across multiple functions and focuses on optimizing efficiency, reliability, safety, environmental, and production performance.

You will lead troubleshooting, monitor KPIs, support PSM, and drive continuous improvement, working with Operations, Process Control, and maintenance teams to ensure adherence to procedures and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering.
• 4+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Experience with ASPEN and other modeling and data historian tools preferred.
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management is required
• Willingness to provide after-hours support including weekends and holidays

Responsibilities

• Provides engineering support for a specific product or group of products.
• Collaborates with design, process, process improvement, and reliability engineering to solve problems.
• Under general supervision, performs all conventional aspects of engineering work.
• Monitors and leads unit performance by tracking and reporting KPIs and KOPs
• Develops and monitors plant unit capacities MSDR and OSR to lead performance improvement
• Collaborates with Process Control to develop process control strategy, maintain DCS code, and ensure DCS data is maintained
• Identify and evaluate EH&S risks
• Performs incident investigations and root cause analysis teams
• Assist in tracking unit regulatory compliance including validation of emission calculations
• Work with Operations personnel to ensure operating procedures are valid and up to date
• Communicate technical information and issues to plant personnel
• Conducts engineering studies
• Evaluates feasibility and economics of proposed projects
• Support projects for proper execution in all the phases
• Drives MOCs to ensure all process safety risks are properly addressed and changes are thoroughly completed
• Participates in PHA teams and provide technical input for process safety information
• Communicate with Production Planning Managers to ensure the production plan can be achieved and any constraints are known
• Primary point of contact for maintaining unit process safety information (PSI)
• Supports commissioning and inspection activities during schedule and unscheduled outages for the specific unit of responsibility
• Available evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed to support turnarounds, outages, and any other business needs

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

ASPEN

Data historian tools

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Production Engineer is a key role within the organization. The production engineer will manage engineering support for a specific product or group of products. The successful candidate will have visibility across many functional groups and will continuously drive to optimize efficiency, reliability, safety, environmental, and production at TPC.

POSITION DELIVERABLES:

• Leads the technical engineering troubleshooting of the unit and supports plant as needed to drive a continuous improvement mentality.
• Drives unit performance to the optimal capability of the assets with respect to volume, yields, unit consumption, reliability, and quality.
• Supports the achievement of production targets by maintaining and monitoring performance metrics.
• Ensures accurate accounting of all unit production losses and drives actions to minimize or correct.
• Supports unit PSM program and compliance.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Provides engineering support for a specific product or group of products.
• Collaborates with design, process, process improvement, and reliability engineering to solve problems.
• Under general supervision, performs all conventional aspects of engineering work.
• Monitor and leads unit performance by tracking and reporting key (process) performance indicators (KPIs) and key operating parameters (KOPs)
• Develops and monitors the plant unit capacities MSDR and OSR to lead the performance improvement of the unit.
• Collaborates with Process Control to develop process control strategy, maintain DCS code, and ensure that DCS data is maintained.
• Identify and evaluate EH&S risks.
• Performs incident investigations and root cause analysis teams.
• Assist in tracking of unit regulatory compliance including validation of emission calculations for areas of responsibility.
• Work with Operations personnel to ensure operating procedures are valid and up to date.
• Communicate technical information and issues to plant personnel.
• Conducts engineering studies.
• Evaluates feasibility and economics of proposed projects.
• Support projects for proper execution in all the phases.
• Drives MOCs to ensure all process safety risks are properly addressed and changes are thoroughly completed.
• Participates in PHA teams and provide technical input for process safety information.
• Communicate with Production Planning Managers to ensure the production plan can be achieved and any constraints are known.
• Primary point of contact for maintaining unit process safety information (PSI)
• Supports commissioning and inspection activities during schedule and unscheduled outages for the specific unit of responsibility.
• Available evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed to support turnarounds, outages, and any other business needs.

ROLE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE:

• An experienced professional with a full understanding of area of specialization; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
• Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
• Demonstrates ability to drive projects and teams to maximum productivity and completion.
• Demonstrates excellence in troubleshooting operating and maintenance issues and formulating effective preventive strategies.
• Demonstrates ability to assimilate information and draw conclusions that are different from others and are likely to lead to operational success if implemented.
• Expertise and leadership in root cause failure analysis and preventive strategies.
• Demonstrates track record of mentoring other people by setting the example for others in areas of technical knowledge, productivity, initiative, and leadership in core values such as safety, environmental compliance, ethics, and respectful treatment of people.
• Demonstrated support of business goals, company direction, and policy decisions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering.
• 4+ years of Manufacturing experience.
• Experience with ASPEN and other modeling and data historian tools preferred
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management is required
• Willingness to provide after-hours support including weekends and holidays

All applicants must be eligible to work for any employer in the United States without needing any company sponsorship.

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