Engineer, Staff Process Job Listing at Enterprise Products in Houston, TX (Job ID 000FUO)

Description

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

The Staff Process Engineer is a technical resource for Enterprise's natural gas processing, hydrocarbon liquids processing, separation, and petrochemical facilities and projects. 

 Process Engineering

• Work with Plant Managers and Operations personnel to troubleshoot, resolve, and document plant operational and mechanical issues.
• Plant data analysis.
• Responsible equipment sizing, plant and equipment performance test, fired equipment optimization, hydraulic analysis of piping and equipment.for providing process design and design oversight, commissioning and start-up assistance
• Equipment efficiencies and performance evaluations to include:  Exchanger design vs. actual duty, pump efficiency calculations, relief valves calculations, equipment sizing, plant and equipment performance test, fired equipment optimization.
• Technical expert in the area of distillation system design, simulation and operation
• Serve as mentor in area of expertise for other process engineers
• Support definition of a project scope.
• Work closely with project parties to ensure scope of work and project details meet project objectives.
• Stay current with regulations, industry standards, and other applicable technologies.
• Set up process models and utilize available computer tools/systems to perform process design, evaluation, and performance predictions.
• Evaluate and review all process design aspects for reliability, fit-for-purpose, safety, maintainability including  exchanger design and service rating, pump reliability and service calculations,

Safety and Environmental

• Provide support and guidance on Process Safety Information
• Responsible for HAZOP, PSM, and related action items assigned to engineering.
• Assist with pre start-up safety reviews.
• Participate and provide technical assistance in the Management of Change process.
• Support and inform the Environmental/Permitting group of incidents and changes that impact plant permits.
• Work with others to develop and share best practices.

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• Has a BS in Chemical Engineering.
• Has a minimum of 15 years experience as a Process Engineer.  Minimum 10 years experience with distillation design, operation/troubleshooting, and simulation.
• Must have demonstrated proficiency in process simulation software such as BR&E ProMax, Aspen HYSYS, Honeywell Unisim, and other equipment/systems design software.
• Has specific experience with troubleshooting and designing hydrocarbon distilations systems.
• Must be able to develop work scopes to support the Corporate and Project goals and objectives effectively.
• Must have working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets.
• Must have good technical writing ability and be able to adapt and learn new methods in performing the job function.
• Must be proficient in balancing multiple priorities and activities and meet deliverables.
• Must be willing and able to travel 25% with minimal overnights domestically.
• Must be able to handle multiple fast-paced projects with constantly changing priorities and scope.
• Must be able to focus on the key deliverables and work scope and maintain effective communication and guidance to support timely issue of deliverables.
• Must be detailed oriented, but also maintain focus on overall goals and objectives of the project.