Production Engineer - Process Safety & Optimization

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

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.