Job ID: 12593
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Category: Engineering & Manufacturing
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Date Added: 11/08/2026
Job Description
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx
Description:
The Senior Process Engineer is a key member of the site Process Engineering Department as well as a critical support member of Business Teams. The process engineering team is dedicated to being the technical leaders that drive the highest value solution for our partners. You will be joining a technical community of 30+ chemical engineers dedicated to the troubleshooting, optimization, and design improvement of the refinery units. Our company is a different kind of company, we are privately owned, we have 9/80 flexible schedules, and our compensation philosophy is based on the value you create. Come realize your full potential and join our team.
What You Will Do:
- Building and expanding technical network internally and externally to the company
- Developing value creation ideas and projects, economic analysis for assigned units and technologies
- Monitoring long-term unit performance against industry benchmarks
- Supporting unit monitoring for Hydroprocessing technologies (Hydrocracker, Distillate Hydroprocessing, Naphtha Hydroprocessing)
- Auditing unit performance reports and long-term calculations
- Reviewing and supporting benchmark studies (Solomon)
- Ensuring the technical basis of projects meets business objectives
- Mentoring and supporting Production Engineers during unit troubleshooting, unit monitoring, PHAs, critical procedures, monthly Business Review meetings
- Supporting high-profile unit troubleshooting as needed
- Directing and assisting Operations for the design of experiments and process guidelines
- Owning the Process Engineer modeling programs
- Building out the technology loop model using different software such as HYSYS to drive economic decision-making in unit operations.
- Supporting other Physics-based modeling programs
- Providing turnaround program technical support and technical scoping as needed
- Contributing to process safety and environmental performance through Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) programs, Management of Changes (MOC), investigations team member or leader
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
- Minimum of ten (10) years of refining or chemical plant process engineering experience
- Previous experience with Hydrocracking, Distillate Hydroprocessing, and Naphtha Hydroprocessing units
- Fifteen (15) + years of refinery experience
- Five (5) years of experience as a Process Engineer or Project Engineer leading projects in an oil refinery
- Process modeling simulation with Aspen HYSYS
- Experience leading cross-functional teams
