Operations Engineer

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Job Description

Are you ready to move your career forward and help shape our company’s and customers’ futures?

If you aspire to challenge yourself, work with the best in the industry and join a successful team where you can make a meaningful contribution, then we invite you to join us at Ketjen Corporation, a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.

Ketjen Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Albemarle Corporation, is seeking an FCC Operations Engineer to support our facility in Bayport, TX.

The FCC Operations Engineer is responsible for monitoring the day-to-day production rate, schedule, quality, and environmental compliance. The engineer is responsible for monitoring those aspects at 2 different units in FCC while also managing FCC wastewater treatment rates and effectiveness. He/She is also the liaison between TR for new product trials and new process designs/improvement projects.

The Operations Engineer is responsible for monitoring the day-to-day production rate, quality, and environmental compliance in the Vespa Unit.

He/She is also the liaison between Technology Resources and Operations for all new product trials and new process design/improvement projects.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide support for unit safety, environmental, quality, and cost goals.

• Provides technical support and solutions for production.

• Day to day monitoring and optimization of production quality, rates, and yields.

• Uses multiple tools available to troubleshoot complex issues in the unit. These tools may include process data, engineering calculations, or basic statistics.

• Develops and implement safety, environmental and quality improvement projects.

• Leads start-up and commissioning efforts, as assigned, on larger projects.

• Initiates improvement projects focused on safety, environmental, quality, cost improvement, or productivity.

Required Education and Experience:

• B.S. Chemical Engineering.

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a chemical manufacturing plant as an Operations or Process Engineer.

• Solid academic background and work history.

• Practical knowledge concerning design and operation of common process equipment such as pumps, blowers, heat exchangers, piping, etc.

• Desire to work in an operating unit on a day-to-day issues and identify / solve long term problems.

• Proven record of working with operators, maintenance technicians, etc.

• Basic instrumentation knowledge (e.g. level, flow, pressure, etc.).

Desired Qualifications:

• Batch operations experience.

• Experience in start-up and commissioning of new equipment.

• Basic process control knowledge – loop tuning.

• Basic knowledge of Distributed Control Systems.

• Direct manufacturing experience.

• Experience in advanced statistical software for SPC such as Minitab or Northwest Analytics. 

Benefits of Joining Albemarle

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive benefits package

• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

We are partners to one another in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities. When you join Albemarle, you become our most essential element and you can anticipate competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and resources that foster your well-being and fuel your personal growth. Help us shape the future, build with purpose and grow together.