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Process Engineer – Production

Methanex

Geismar, Louisiana, 70734

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Salary:

$75000 - $80000 Year

Job type:

Monday to Friday

Job Schedule:

Day shift

Job benefits:

Health insurance
Paid time off
Employee discount
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
401(k) matching
Flexible schedule
Parental Leave
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible spending account
Retirement plan
Others

Description:

To provide effective process and utilities engineering services to Methanex New Zealand in order to achieve daily operational excellence and to drive down unit cost of production, improve production capability, and/or minimise overall risk of harm to people, risk of harm to the environment or risk of lost production. Provide technical advice to Operations on plant operating rates, conditions and procedures.

Position Responsibilities
Ensures that an effective Process Engineering service to the Operations Department is consistently provided in order to achieve daily excellence in the areas of plant operation with particular support in defining daily targets such as:
Plant rate
Operating conditions/profiles
Inventory management
Short term shutdown/start-up planning
Provides engineering input into troubleshooting operational problems.
Reviews operating procedures that require technical input.
Identifies, evaluates and executes continuous improvement opportunities to drive down unit cost of production, improve production capability and/or minimise overall risk of harm to people, the environment.
Manages and completes work to meet or exceed relevant Process, Utility & Project KPIs.
Provides process engineering support for plant changes using the Plant Change Request procedures.
Provides Process support to other Methanex sites Process staff as required.
Assists Senior Production Engineer with production reporting, develop as understudy and backfill as required.
Supervise water treatment programs with support of water treatment vendor, develop knowledge of all matters pertaining to pre-treatment, demineralizer plant, cooling water, boiler feed water and steam systems
Support environmental advisor and Responsible Care Department with environmental reporting and provide process engineering for improvement of environmental performance.
When and if required, participate in the Gas Nominations team to manage gas volumes into the plant. This may involve on call work which will be compensated for.
Ensures compliance with the requirements of Process Safety Management to minimise overall risk of harm to people, harm to the environment or loss prevention through completion of audits and timely close out of assigned PSM element corrective actions.
Participates in risk/safety reviews required for plant changes.
Good working knowledge of relevant/assigned Technical Engineer Procedures. Contributes to the development & maintenance of relevant systems, procedures & standards within MX.
Undertakes to maintain the corrective actions database and incident database assigned actions to achieve a ZERO overdue target.
Position Qualifications
BE, BSc or equivalent, in Process Engineering. Preferably working towards a Chartered member of IChemE.
Minimum of four years’ experience in Process / Utilities Engineering encompassing all aspects including trouble shooting, monitoring, auditing, conceptual design etc. Minimum 2 years’ experience working with Hydrocarbon processing facilities.
Competent user of Process related design and hazard review/assessment software, e.g. HYSYS, PHAPro.
Competent user of standard computing packages (e.g. Microsoft Office).
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Applications close Sunday 28 January 2024 NZT

Skill:

Communication
Leadership
Teamwork
Interpersonal
Learning/adaptability
Self-management
Organizational
Computer
Problem solving
Open mindedness
Strong work ethic
technology
Others

Others Requirements:

Minimum 2 years’ experience working with Hydrocarbon processing facilities

Category:

Manufacturing

Positions:

On going position

Location:

In-person