Refinery Process Engineer

Summary

CHS, Inc has an exciting opportunity at our Oil Refinery facility in Laurel, MT. We are looking for an Refinery Process Engineer to work with a team to prepare designs, specifications, start-up assistance, and support for refinery. You must be a detail-oriented, results-driven individual with a commitment to quality, accuracy, and the ability to organize and prioritize workloads to meet deadlines. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with a strong commitment to customer service and the ability to work in both a team environment and on self-directed tasks are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering activities required to support facility design, process control configurations, and daily unit operations.
• Able to read, review, and approve P&ID drawings and responsible for walking down drawings and keeping them up to date. 
• Apply sound engineering judgment in selecting and applying engineering methods to solve plant issues. 
• Generate and implement technical recommendations to improve refinery operational performance along with safety, environmental, reliability, and economic objectives. 
• Must be able to write/issue technical reports on regular basis. Reports could include tracking catalyst life and performance, unit energy/mass balances, feed and product composition/specification analysis review. 
• Support/lead design analysis, unit modifications and resolution of technical unit constraints utilizing engineering principles. 
• As assigned, perform owner acceptance reviews of process and equipment design packages developed by internal or third-party engineering firms. Support leadership and coordination of engineering projects to ensure effective implementation. 
• Participates in MOCs, PHAs and PSM audits as necessary and completes assigned safety action items. 
• Work with catalyst/chemical vendors in tracking and reviewing catalyst/chemical performance and help select most viable catalyst/chemical options that optimize performance and profitability. 
• Foster an environment of open communication, problem resolution, and stewardship. 
• Perform equipment performance rating, monitoring, and analysis of equipment failures during facility operation. 
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, industry codes and industry standards. 
• Apply industrial safety practices in the performance of all field duties. Identify areas for performance and process improvements. 
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of other engineering disciplines and how to interface effectively across all functional group within the refinery. 
• Perform other duties as needed or assigned. 
• Specify and troubleshoot control safety system instruments, control valves, and two-state valves. 
• Demonstrates creativity in applying engineering standards and specifications to support Refinery Processing Engineering Group on instrumentation design, installation, and modification of instrumentation systems in the refinery. 
• Support refinery turnaround and major maintenance events.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering 
• 2+ yrs. experience in process engineering or related field

Additional Qualifications

• Technical understanding and experience with refinery processes (thermodynamics, unit operations, hazard and risk assessment, and process control).
• Working knowledge of applicable Engineering Standards, Specifications, National Codes, and Industry Best Practices applicable to the Refining Industry. 
• Working knowledge of electrical systems.
• Working knowledge of control systems.
• Knowledge of process simulation software.
• Knowledge of data analysis techniques, root cause analysis tools and applications.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook).