Renewables Process Engineer

PBF Energy; Chalmette (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PBF Energy is seeking a Renewable Diesel Process Engineer to provide technical support for Pretreatment and Renewable Diesel Units at the Chalmette Refinery in Chalmette, LA. The role focuses on process monitoring, troubleshooting, asset improvement, and technology selection to optimize unit performance.

The candidate will monitor operations, issue guidance to ensure targets are met, and drive efficiency, safety, and asset improvement across the site in a team setting.

Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Engineering required.
• Chemical engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience.
• Oil refinery or petrochemical complex engineering experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Follow and promote the site’s Loss Prevention System and ensure all activities are safety and loss prevention focused.
• Perform daily unit monitoring and troubleshooting to analyze and optimize process unit operating performance.
• Issue technical guidance to operations to achieve unit operation targets.
• Drive operating limits, efficiency, and raw material/capacity utilization improvements.
• Develop and support test runs and data collection and analysis.
• Support Process Safety Management programs, including Management of Change and Incident Investigations.

Job description

Renewables Process Engineer

PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF) is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, operating, through its subsidiaries, oil refineries and related facilities. We are a growing organization seeking a talented Renewable Diesel Process Engineer to join our team as a pivotal member here at PBF Energy. This role is located at Chalmette Refinery in Chalmette, LA.

JOB SUMMARY

The Renewable Diesel Process Engineer provides technical support to the Pretreatment and Renewable Diesel Units with a focus on process monitoring, troubleshooting, asset improvement, and technology selection.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow and promote the site’s Loss Prevention System and ensure all activities are safety and loss prevention focused.
• Perform daily unit monitoring and troubleshooting to analyze and optimize process unit operating performance.
• Issue technical guidance to operations to achieve unit operation targets.
• Understand key operating limits and unit constraints.
• Drive operating limits, efficiency, and raw material/capacity utilization improvements.
• Identify opportunities/projects to improve unit operation.
• Develop and support test runs and data collection and analysis.
• Respond to plant operational events and support planned and unplanned unit outages/turnarounds, including day/night shift during these events and confined space entry.
• Generate regularly scheduled unit health summary and environmental reports.
• Monitors chemical and catalyst usage and performance.
• Participates in catalysts and chemicals selection.
• Monitor and manage consumables inventories for the Pretreatment and Renewable Diesel Units.
• Support Process Safety Management programs, including Management of Change and Incident Investigations.
• Drive site asset improvement in the areas of safety, reliability, environmental performance and process unit capability and efficiency in a team setting.
• Communicates and interacts regularly with Operations, Technical, Economics and Planning, and Maintenance business team members.
• Conduct unit field visits as needed to assist in data collection for unit troubleshooting and project development, includes climbing ladders and stairs and occasionally working from heights with the use of a harness.
• Mentor interns and less experienced engineers.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. Degree in Engineering required; Chemical engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience.
• Oil refinery or petrochemical complex engineering experience is preferred.

Candidates should include their salary requirements in order to be seriously considered for this position.

CORE COMPETENCIES & CHARACTERISTICS

• Proactively and constructively pursues improvement.
• Maintains high ethical standards.
• Results focused mentality.
• Demonstrates and accepts personal accountability for quality of work.
• Uses measured risk approach and risk-value analysis methods in all business decisions.
• Sets high standards for safety, integrity, and operational excellence.
• Maintains productive and mutually beneficial relationships with business partners, suppliers & peers.
• Continually improves functional knowledge and critical working skills.
• Effectively uses written and verbal communications to drive desired results.
• Flexibility to handle multiple assignments and interact across all levels of the organization.

This description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.

PBF Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, reproductive health decision making, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, veteran and military status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by law.

About Us

Welcome to PBF Energy (NYSE: PBF), one of the largest independent petroleum refiners and suppliers of unbranded transportation fuels, heating oil, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants and other petroleum products in the United States. Our subsidiaries own and operate refineries located in California, Delaware, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Ohio.

For more information on our companies, please visit our website at http://www.pbfenergy.com/.