Process Engineering Supervisor

• Quintana, TX, US
• Posted On: 12/16/2024
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Job Class: Engineering

At Freeport LNG Development, L.P., we value the strengths of our employees who each bring their unique skills and experience to our team. As part of the Freeport LNG team, you will be working side by side with top performers in the LNG industry. We believe that when employees are fairly compensated, work in a safe environment and their families are provided with excellent benefits, they have peace of mind.

FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Freeport, TX

Job Summary

The Process Engineering Supervisor is the technical contact for all matters related to the process technology employed in the facility. Key responsibilities include plant performance monitoring and troubleshooting, process studies and modeling support for plant optimization, process safety and regulatory compliance support, and Communities of Practice and Lessons Learned ownership. This position drives technical consistency and assurance across operating sites through regular operating site presence, interaction, and application of internal and external technical standards. Will oversee and supervise team of Engineers. The Process Engineering Supervisor is the primary technical contact for all matters related to the process technology support at all of Freeport’s operating facilities.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering expertise and guidance to Operating facilities to make improvement recommendations related to process systems design and controls.
• Provide design solutions and performance tests requirements towards optimizing production or solving process related incidents.
• Support the technical review and closeout of critical Management of Change (MOC) activities at Operating facilities.
• Participate in Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) and Hazard and Operability Reviews (HAZOP) to ensure safety in design and facility operations and participate in Pre Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs).
• Participate in incident investigation to analyze equipment and system failures and deviations and provide solutions and corrective actions to root causes.
• Technical lead to coordinate community of practices, knowledge, and lessons from various sources including technology providers and licensors and ensure deployment across Operating facilities and project development groups for appropriate evaluation and recommendations.
• Assure Operations requirements are considered on major projects, and support Operations Readiness and Turnaround activities.
• Interact with and support Commercial Operations, Regulatory Affairs, and other departments to ensure that appropriate process data and analyses are available to support Company’s business objectives.
• Oversee engineers within team as supervisory role within the Technical Dept.
• Coach, mentor and develop less experience staff within the process engineering practice.
• Provide ownership to the process engineering competency model.
• Additional duties as assigned

Essential Functions

• Develop and conduct process simulations in conjunction with Operating facilities to investigate system steady state responses in support of diagnostics and troubleshooting
• Develop process design basis, preliminary cost estimates, and schedules to support capital and facility upgrade projects.
• Develop, review and participate in the bidding of engineering services and technical contracts

Minimum Qualification/Work Experience

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Minimum Experience: 10 years’ of Process Engineering experience in a LNG Export/Import or Petrochemical Manufacturing Facility

Preferred Education: Master’s Degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer’s (PE) License

Preferred Experience: 15 years’ of Process Engineering experience in a LNG Export/Import or Petrochemical Manufacturing Facility Supervisory experience

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong teamwork, leadership and administrative abilities are required.
• An acute sensitivity to safety issues in a hazardous environment.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization and with individuals and groups from different disciplines, industries, and governmental agencies.
• Able to work with a culturally diverse group of technical individuals whose skills cover the range required to engineer, operate, and maintain the LNG terminal and Liquefaction production facilities.
• Possess the personality and ability to relate to and to establish a mutually respectful relationship with 1) management, 2) peers and 3) the various facility level workers (Plant Manager, plant supervision, and plant workers) whom are all responsible for ensuring good operations.
• Organized, planning skills, able to manage multiple activities and programs in timely fashion and with a high degree of accuracy, able to meet work deadlines.
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills.
• Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable): Transportation Worker Identification Card

HSE Roles and Responsibilities

Support the policies, efforts, and programs of Freeport LNG Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System. Actively participate in the HSE Management System Policies. Ensure that HSE concerns are given priority in all activities completed within their area of responsibility. Implement routine inspections to ensure safe operating conditions.

Working Conditions and Physical Expectations

• Must be able to wear all necessary PPE equipment to perform job functions.
• Operates in a professional office environment within or outside of an industrial plant environment.
• Possible exposure to indoor and outdoor weather conditions.
• Possible exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid or windy weather conditions.
• Possible exposure to moving mechanical parts and electrical circuits.
• Possible exposure to constant, or intermittent sounds of a pitch level sufficient to cause marked distraction.
• Routinely uses standard office and field communications equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers w/scanner and fax, and radios.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to drive to other Company work locations as required.
• Ability to move throughout all areas of the facility.
• Stand and/or sit continuously and perform job functions for a full shift.
• The incumbent is required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Physically able to walk, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, crouch, handle and move items weighing up to 20 lbs. without assistance.
• Visual acuity corrected to perform job functions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this role, the incumbent will be required to talk and hear.
• May be required to enter confined spaces.
• May be required to work at elevated heights.

Freeport LNG does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), age, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), gender identity/transgender status, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.