Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

The Process Engineering Superintendent provides process engineering and optimization support to the refinery via technical leadership to a team of process engineers. The role also ensures that technical resources are allocated and prioritized appropriately.

In this role you will (be):

Provide Support to Current Operations:

- Manage process changes required to accommodate process equipment maintenance

- Ensure equipment and process are supervised and trouble-shooting expertise is provided.

- Ensure that the technical guidance required for proper target setting is available daily

- Ensure that equipment performance is being reflected in the optimization targets.

- Understand, monitor, and manage unit heat and material balances.

- Leading all aspects of catalyst performance monitoring and management.

- Ensure consistency in process of technical evaluations, reviews, reporting etc.

- Participate in incident investigations

- Manage resourcing, together with Process Safety, for HAZOP/LOPA studies

- Provide technical support and leadership on product quality issues and find opportunities for improvements

- Provide technical ownership of commercial contracts as applicable

- Ensure regular plant tests are conducted to maintain accurate models and identify asset performance deterioration.

- Support TAR planning and execution via allocation of resources and unit scope definition.

- Ensure cover is provided to support current operations

- Ensure process engineering expertise is available to support the business goals of the Refinery.

- Ensure participation in the refinery process technology networks

- Maintain current knowledge of technology specialty

- Support the innovation process in the business unit by identifying and initiating growth and innovation projects.

- Ensure team provides technical feedback into Regulatory and Sustaining Projects as requested.

- Provide management administration to team members.

- In conjunction with the other Superintendents, generate, maintain and complete a succession and development plan for the engineering team

- Provide leadership and coaching to PE team, in both technical and work prioritization aspects

- Work closely with Operations Superintendents to ensure that process engineering support needs are being met

- Managing the accountabilities' delivery of CMS contractors

- Responsible for bottom-up build of variable cost budget including energy costs

- Support incident management as a member of the Incident Management Team (IMT)

What you'll need to be successful:

- Bachelor’s Degree (preferably Masters Degree) or equivalent experience in Chemical Engineering required.

- Demonstrated ability to work in multi-functional teams with excellent interpersonal communication skills.

- 10 years of proven experience in a refining or manufacturing environment preferred.

- The ability to deliver technical solutions that improve on stream availability eliminates failures and optimizes the refinery's assets.

- Recognized technical expertise in a refining process technology area or unit operations.

- Understanding of the manufacturing process including economics, commercial awareness, optimization opportunity identification and proper use of technology

- Experience managing technical engineering teams in a refinery or chemical plant preferred.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Application of hierarchy of control, Application of hierarchy of control, Asset health monitoring, Commercial Acumen, Defect Elimination, Design case for safety, Design development and delivery, Design performance standards, Economic evaluation methodology, Emergency process isolation and shutdown systems, Environment and Social Impact Assessment, Facility layout, Fluid characterisation, Hazardous area classification, Hydraulics, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Lean Practices, Major accident risk, Operational performance standards, Personal Safety, Plant Layout, Process and process safety design philosophies, Process control and automation, Process performance monitoring, Process safety assurance {+ 5 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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