Refinery Process Engineer — Margin & Safety Focus

Chevron Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Pasadena refinery is seeking a Process Engineer to support daily operations, process optimization, and margin improvement. The role reports to a Process Engineering Team Lead and involves technical expertise, safety, and cross-functional collaboration.

Required: Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering and 2+ years in process engineering or design within chemical or refining facilities; familiarity with process simulators such as HYSYS and Pro-II is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering is required.
• Minimum 2+ years in Process Engineering or Process Design in chemical/refining facilities.
• Strong fundamentals in mass transfer, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, kinetics, and process control.

Responsibilities

• Provide process troubleshooting support and make technical recommendations.
• Participate in PHA, alarm management, and safety studies to improve reliability.
• Identify gaps to improve performance and propagate best practices.
• Support unit daily operations and optimization for margin improvement.
• Conduct test runs to optimize variables and assess plant performance.
• Support outages with engineering input and safe work practices.

Skills

Mass transfer/distillation

Heat transfer

Fluid dynamics

Process control

Kinetics

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Process simulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

HYSYS

Pro-II

Pipephase

AFT Fathom

HTRI

PI Vision

SEEQ

Job description

Chevron Pasadena refinery is seeking a Process Engineer to support daily operations, process optimization, and margin improvement. The role reports to a Process Engineering Team Lead and involves technical expertise, safety, and cross-functional collaboration.

Required: Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering and 2+ years in process engineering or design within chemical or refining facilities; familiarity with process simulators such as HYSYS and Pro-II is preferred.