Senior Process Engineer - Safety-First Process Leader

Oxychem; Deer Park (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OxyChem seeks a Sr. Process Engineer for the Deer Park, TX facility to lead process improvements, increase production capacity and reliability, and enhance product quality while reducing costs and energy use.

This role emphasizes safety, environmental stewardship, and collaboration across plant and corporate teams to deliver results with minimal supervision. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential, along with the ability to work weekends or callouts when needed and lift up

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering required.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a chemical/manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety and environmental considerations in engineering design, recommendations and operability.
• Ability to communicate with a broad spectrum of plant and corporate personnel in a multi-disciplined team environment.
• Strong understanding of MOC (Management of Change), PHAs, and Incident Investigations.
• Self-starter able to work with minimal supervision but deliver results.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; English literacy and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain protection of the environment and safety of employees, customers, and communities as a top priority.
• Identify, evaluate, develop, specify, justify, install, and start-up process improvements to increase capacity and reduce costs.
• Participate in safety improvements, environmental safeguards, and overall process optimization.
• Provide engineering support to operations including troubleshooting and reporting production status.
• Coordinate between Production, Project, Maintenance and Corporate Engineering for capital projects and AFEs.
• Assist production and engineering in vendor evaluation, selection, and coordination.

Skills

Safety culture

Teamwork

Problem solving

English communication

Self-motivated

Time management

Physical ability

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

SAP

DeltaV

PLCs

OSI PI ProcessBook

ASPEN

PipeFlo

iPRISM

Job description

OxyChem seeks a Sr. Process Engineer for the Deer Park, TX facility to lead process improvements, increase production capacity and reliability, and enhance product quality while reducing costs and energy use.

This role emphasizes safety, environmental stewardship, and collaboration across plant and corporate teams to deliver results with minimal supervision. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential, along with the ability to work weekends or callouts when needed and lift up