Supervisor - Process Engineering (Dallas or Midland, TX area)

ONEOK, Inc.; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Annual bonuses

Job summary

ONEOK, Inc. is seeking a Supervising Process Engineer to lead and develop a team of Process Engineers across the Midland region.

The role emphasizes safety-first operations, regulatory compliance, and driving process improvements in gas plant operations, including dehydration, gas treating, and cryogenic processing. The ideal candidate will oversee performance analyses, scope development, and project support in a fast-evolving midstream environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, coach, and develop Process Engineers within the assigned region.
• Establish regional priorities, oversee staffing, and allocate resources with safety and operational risk in mind.
• Coordinate with Operations, Commercial, Projects Engineering, Reliability, Environmental, and Automation teams.
• Ensure process safety, regulatory compliance, and incident investigations support.
• Support project development including opportunity screening, FEED, and commissioning.
• Monitor regional performance, budgets, and engineering workload; drive optimization and profitability.

Job description

Dallas, TX

Midland, TX

Full time

R9110

#WeAreONEOK - Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.

JOB SUMMARY

Looking for more than just a job? At ONEOK, you'll find work that matters, long-term stability, competitive rewards, and a safety-first team that has your back. We work hard, build strong relationships, and do the job right guided by innovation, inclusion and diversity, ethics, and excellence.

Your ideas have a place here—step into a role where your work directly drives solutions in a fast-evolving energy industry. At ONEOK, you'll contribute to delivering energy products and services that power progress while leading process engineers in gas plant operations. The Supervisor will need a deep knowledge of gas plant operations such as; gas treating, dehydration, and cryogenic processing. This role requires experience in trend analysis, process modeling/simulations, and troubleshooting complex situations. The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of proper plant operations and design, as-well-as aligning engineering support with operational, commercial, and strategic business objectives.

ONEOK offers a highly competitive total rewards package, including comprehensive health benefits, a 6% 401(k) match plus 4 additional company contributions through the company's profit sharing, $100,000 in life insurance, annual bonuses for all employees, and paid time off that recognizes your industry experience. Join a Fortune 500 company where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported, and your impact matters.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, coach, and develop Process Engineers within the assigned region, including but not limited to:
• Performance management, career development, succession planning and mentoring
• Technical and leadership competency development
• Recruiting, selection, onboarding, retention, and staffing decisions
• Consistent application of company personnel policies and procedures
• Establish regional Process Engineering priorities and oversee utilization of personnel and technical resources through assessing, scheduling and prioritizing work based on safety, operational risk, customer need and value to the organization, including but not limited to:
• Operational support and complex troubleshooting
• Optimization and performance improvement
• Process safety and regulatory compliance support
• Business evaluation and project development support
• Strategic and emergent business needs
• Maintain awareness of regional operating performance and ensure engineering resources support safe, reliable, compliant, and profitable operation, including but not limited to:
• Throughput, recoveries, efficiency, and asset utilization
• Reliability concerns, significant downtime events and recurring technical issues
• Facility capabilities, capacity limitations and operating constraints
• Emissions performance and operating cost improvement opportunities
• Partner with Operations leadership to identify, prioritize and support implementation of opportunities that improve regional asset performance and business results.
• Ensure Process Engineering is appropriately engaged in project and business development activities, including but not limited to:
• Opportunity screening and project conceptualization
• Process scope development and FEED support
• Business evaluations and preliminary technical assessments
• Commissioning, startup and performance testing support
• Incorporation of operating knowledge, facility limitations and lessons learned
• Coordinate process engineering support with Operations, Commercial, Projects Engineering, Reliability, Environmental, Automation and other stakeholders.
• Maintain regular communication with key internal stakeholders regarding regional priorities, technical challenges, resource needs, optimization opportunities and significant business risks.
• Ensure appropriate engineering participation in process safety and compliance activities, including but not limited to:
• Process Hazard Analyses and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews
• Management of Change activities
• Incident investigations and action-item follow-up
• Operating procedure and overpressure protection support
• Regulatory and company compliance activities
• Promote adherence to company standards, engineering practices and applicable industry and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with other regions on technical governance, standards, lessons learned, engineering consistency and technical review processes. Support implementation of standards and design philosophies but do not own or approve them.
• Monitor, review, develop and prepare information including but not limited to:
• Engineering workload and resource plans
• Regional performance and optimization summaries
• Budget planning and analysis
• Engineering analyses and recommendations
• Incident, audit, and regulatory response information
• Employee development and succession plans
• Administer technical and professional training programs and promote knowledge