Senior Process Engineering Lead — Refinery Ops & Turnarounds

PBF Energy

Oregon (OH)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

8 days ago

Get a reply from this employer

Your resume and cover letter, tailored to exactly what they’re hiring for.

Get past ATS filters

Job summary

PBF Energy's Toledo Refinery in Oregon, OH is seeking a Staff Lead Process Engineer to provide technical leadership for unit process engineers and direct support during upsets, startups, outages, and turnarounds. The role emphasizes process optimization, safety, and cross‑functional collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and Business Teams.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering with substantial refinery experience, strong leadership, and a proven track

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited university.
Minimum of 8 years of relevant refinery or oil & gas engineering experience, 10 years preferred.
Demonstrated experience troubleshooting refinery process and operational issues.
Demonstrated leadership and mentoring ability.
Experience working across multiple refinery process units.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Business Teams, and other refinery functions.
Ability to balance hands-on technical involvement with effective delegation and development of Unit Process Engineers.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced refinery environment and respond to changing operational priorities.
Strong commitment to safety, process safety, environmental compliance, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Provide technical direction and support to assigned unit process engineers and ensure they are effectively supporting their assigned refinery Business Teams.
Lead troubleshooting and technical support during significant unit upsets, outages, startups, shutdowns, and other abnormal operating conditions.
Support development and implementation of process improvements, optimization opportunities, and best practices.
Provide technical review and guidance for process engineering work performed by unit process engineers.
Ensure appropriate technical rigor is applied to engineering recommendations, calculations, studies, and projects.
Establish priorities with unit process engineers and regularly review progress, workload, and competing priorities.
Ensure unit monitoring programs, material balances, long-term monitoring, catalyst health programs, and other critical technical programs are maintained and effectively utilized.
Understand refinery operating constraints and use available business and economic information to support sound process optimization decisions.
Review and approve appropriate process engineering calculations and documentation, including emissions and release calculations prepared by Unit Process Engineers.
Understand key refinery environmental requirements and support efforts to maintain compliance with applicable limits.
Participate in turnaround planning, scope development, execution, and post-turnaround follow-up.
Provide technical leadership during turnarounds, including unit preparation, startup, shutdown, equipment inspection, catalyst loading/unloading, and evaluation of as-found equipment conditions.
Be available to provide engineering leadership and technical support outside normal working hours when required by refinery operations, significant events, or turnaround activities.
Cover assigned units and act as a backup engineer when resources are unavailable.