Senior Refinery Process Engineer – Optimize Safety

Ember Grey; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Ember Grey in Oklahoma seeks a Senior Process Engineer to join a refinery. You will provide process engineering support, optimise operations, and lead capital project scopes. Use PRO/II, HYSYS, or ProMax to evaluate scenarios and support process safety analyses.

You will work with cross-functional teams to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and refinery margins, while mentoring less experienced engineers and coordinating with external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required.
• 8+ years of engineering experience preferred, with strong refinery process engineering experience.
• Experience across a broad range of refinery process unit technologies.
• Strong understanding of refinery operations, process optimisation, troubleshooting, and process design.
• Experience with capital and operating cost estimating and economic analysis.
• Experience participating in or leading PHA/HAZOP/What-If or Fault Tree Analysis studies.
• Working knowledge of MOC/HAZOP/PSV/SOL/IOW development and evaluation.
• Experience with process modelling and simulation software such as PRO/II, HYSYS, or ProMax.
• Strong ability to interpret and create/edit P&IDs and PFDs.
• Experience developing equipment specifications and evaluating process technologies and vendor proposals.

Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering support to refinery operations, including monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance safety, reliability, efficiency, and margins.
• Develop and execute small capital projects and support larger capital projects.
• Perform process engineering studies, including material and energy balances, modelling, and economic analysis.
• Utilise PRO/II, HYSYS, or ProMax to evaluate unit operations and scenarios.
• Lead PHA analyses, including HAZOP, What-If, and fault tree studies.
• Support MOC, HAZOP, PSV, SOL, and IOW development and evaluation.
• Review and develop P&IDs, PFDs, equipment specs, and other documentation.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Controls, Safety, Economics, and Purchasing teams.

Skills

Process engineering

Refinery operations

Process modelling

PHA/HAZOP

P&IDs/PFDs

Excel

Technical writing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

PRO/II

HYSYS

ProMax

P&ID software

Job description

Ember Grey in Oklahoma seeks a Senior Process Engineer to join a refinery. You will provide process engineering support, optimise operations, and lead capital project scopes. Use PRO/II, HYSYS, or ProMax to evaluate scenarios and support process safety analyses.

You will work with cross-functional teams to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and refinery margins, while mentoring less experienced engineers and coordinating with external partners.