What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer Internship position at PEMEX Deer Park?
Job Description
Job Description
PEMEX Deer Park is a highly complex refinery located 18 miles east of Houston in Deer Park, TX, and is a part of the PEMEX group which is a fully integrated oil company in the Americas, working across the entire value chain : exploration, production, industrial processing / refining, logistics and marketing. PEMEX Deer Park provides a diverse and inclusive work environment that employs approximately 1000 employees with another 1200 contractors on site. The refinery’s rated capacity is 340,000 barrels per day and has the feed flexibility to process multiple grades of crudes to produce the high-quality transportation fuels the world needs. The PEMEX Deer Park site is co-located with other 3rd party chemical facilities allowing for further integration and optimization of the refinery and its products. We set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors and offer challenging and fulfilling job opportunities in a number of fields. We take great pride in our ability to ensure the health and safety of our workers and the environment while being a good neighbor and have a positive impact on the local community where we work.
BENEFITS :
We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive compensation and an extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.
PEMEX Deer Park is hiring one Mechanical Engineering Intern for Summer 2025. The position is for individuals who are currently enrolled full-time students in an accredited Mechanical Engineering program. The goal of the position is to provide an opportunity for an intern to obtain the skills and experience to help prepare for a successful career. It will allow interns to apply knowledge learned in school to a real-world manufacturing setting, and gain insight into the operation of a large-scale refinery.
As A Mechanical Engineering Intern You Will
Work with Mechanical Engineers to provide engineering support to the assigned production area and deliver improvements to asset integrity and reliability of equipment, ensuring safe operations and sound environmental performance. To accomplish this, the role is empowered to own the performance of static and rotating equipment within their operating units.
- Work with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering counterparts to solve day-to-day problems, ensuring safe and reliable unit operation
- Assist with the troubleshooting of rotating equipment in the field and provide technical support as needed.
- Utilize causal reasoning to solve problems within the area production team.
- Perform investigations on failures related to mechanical equipment bad actors.
- Seek to understand the root cause of failures and mitigate findings with robust solutions to prevent reoccurrence.
- Work collaboratively with team members with different backgrounds and perspectives at all levels of the organization.
- Participate in other opportunities as assigned by the intern supervisor.
- Provide regular updates on the project status to stakeholders.
- Develop and deliver a presentation for the VP of Engineering and other management staff to communicate outcomes from the assigned project, in addition to learnings and accomplishments. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in presenting to senior management.
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