Process Operator
Pasadena, TX
Work Schedule: 12 hour rotating shift (Days / Nights / Weekends / Holidays)
Primary Job Functions
- Rotating shifts and positions, including console and outside operator functions
- Responsible for analyzing process and lab data to determine if adjustments are required and to ensure the plant is operating is a safe and environmentally compliant state
- Responsible for the sampling of hydrocarbon feeds and products and other utility and catalyst streams
- Work with technical staff for troubleshooting and optimization
- Review, utilize and update operating procedures for normal and emergency operations
- Manage line-ups, communications and other requirements needed for effective pipeline and tank transfers outside of the facility
- Support truck loading and unloading activities, including line-ups, volume measurement, scale operations, safety checks and DOT requirements such as issuing a bill of lading
- Serve as a member the site Emergency Response Team (ERT), including completion of all necessary ERT training
- Support the PSM effort through participation in permitting activities, safety studies, updates to operating procedures, training, etc.
- Support site maintenance activities through equipment clearing and isolations, preventative maintenance activities and monitoring of contractors
- Responsible for maintaining a clean and orderly facility
- Manage internal and external critical communications, especially during emergency situations
- Participates in and completes company-required training programs
Qualifications & Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Previous refinery or petrochemical operations experience or equivalent technical training required
- Specific experience with the sulfuric acid alkylation and/or olefin dimerization technologies preferred
- Experience in commissioning and startup of new processing facilities preferred
- Experience in developing and reviewing operating procedures preferred
- Experience interpreting engineering drawings, equipment drawings, and piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs) preferred
- Experience with Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) and Confined Space Entry (CSE) preferred
- Experience and/or training in emergency response preferred
- Direct operating experience using a DCS platform preferred
Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrate a strong safety mindset
- Demonstrate the ability to resolve conflicts
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly present critical information in emails and daily turnover logs
- Proficient with MS Office software
Physical Requirements
- Work outside in environmental conditions which at times include extreme heat or extreme cold
- Ability to wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) without restriction and pass relevant medical examinations associated with the use of PPE
- Lift 50 pounds floor to waist
- Push and pull 50 pounds horizontally
- Carry 20 pounds while walking
- Climb stairs and ladders