Refinery Process Engineer: Margin Optimization & Safety

Chevron Corporation; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Corporation in Pasadena, Texas is seeking a Process Engineer to support daily unit operations, optimization, and reliability improvements.

You will troubleshoot processes, run simulations, and provide technical recommendations during outages while collaborating across engineering teams. The role emphasizes process safety, margin optimization, and adherence to Chevron principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Process Engineering and/or Process Design in chemical, petrochemical, refining facilities.
• Familiarity with mass transfer, distillation, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, process control, and kinetics.
• Experience with Process Safety Management concepts such as PHA, LOPA, and Alarm management.

Responsibilities

• Provides process troubleshooting support, makes technical recommendations, answers inquiries, improves process engineering tools, and develops process guidance and procedures.
• Participates in PHA, alarm management, and other studies to improve plant safety and reliability.
• Identifies gaps between current performance and best-in-class opportunities for improvement and influences cross-functional work processes.
• Conducts test runs to optimize process variables and evaluate plant performance and long-term health.
• Provides technical recommendations during planned and unplanned unit outages; may involve work at heights and confined space entry.
• Collaborates across disciplines and leverages internal expertise to drive reliability and margin improvements.

Skills

Mass transfer / distillation

Heat transfer

Fluid dynamics

Process control

Kinetics

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

HYSYS

Pro-II

Pipephase

AFT Fathom

HTRI

PI Vision

SEEQ

Job description

Chevron Corporation in Pasadena, Texas is seeking a Process Engineer to support daily unit operations, optimization, and reliability improvements.

You will troubleshoot processes, run simulations, and provide technical recommendations during outages while collaborating across engineering teams. The role emphasizes process safety, margin optimization, and adherence to Chevron principles.