What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Process Engineer position at Ember Grey?
Seeking a Process Engineer III to support refinery operations, improve process performance, and contribute to capital project development. This role works closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Process Safety teams to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable refinery performance.
Reporting to the Process Engineering Supervisor, this position supports the Operations Superintendent in monitoring product specifications and optimizing refinery units. The role includes small capital project design and development, operational troubleshooting, process optimization, and support of Process Safety Management (PSM) activities. The engineer will collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and consultants to improve performance, reliability, and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to assigned refinery process units
- Perform daily monitoring, troubleshooting, and process optimization
- Design and develop small capital improvement projects
- Work with drafting and engineering teams to ensure proper equipment design and sizing
- Support catalyst and chemical evaluations, vendor communications, and bidding processes
- Assist with unit startups, shutdowns, and turnaround activities (including extended shifts as needed)
- Track and analyze operational performance data
- Support control system improvements (TDC/APC)
- Collect and provide operational and lab data for project engineering and vendors
- Research emerging technologies to improve refinery strategies
- Participate in incident investigations
- Support PSM activities including Management of Change (MOC) and Process Hazard Analyses (PHA)
- Maintain clear communication with supervisors regarding progress and issues
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Petroleum Engineering
- Chemical Engineering degree preferred
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of relevant engineering experience
- Refinery or oil industry internship experience preferred
- Knowledge of economic principles and project management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Familiarity with process modeling software preferred
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively in team environments and lead when needed
- Comfortable working in a manufacturing/industrial setting
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and schedules
- Fluent in English (written and verbal)