Water Treatment Advisor

Profil der Bewerberin/des Bewerbers

• Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering and/or minimum 10 years experience on industrial water and process chemical treatment (raw water, steam generation, waste water and close loop cooling towers, desalters), preferably in refining or petrochemical industry
• Chemical Engineering knowledge: heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, chemistry, chemical reactions, thermodynamics, filtration, corrosion control, oil-water emulsions
• Interpersonal and effective communication skills, demonstrate autonomy and self-driven
• Good problem-solving skills, good physical fitness required for access on/into towers, vessels, and other process equipment. Work nights, weekends and holidays during turnarounds or other special circumstances when 24-hour technical coverage is needed.

Aktivitäten

Join our dynamic US Refining & Chemicals Team as a Water Treatment Advisor in our Process Support Team at our Port Arthur Platform!

What does it take to be a Water Treatment Advisor? It is about leadership, coordination, teamwork, communication, and execution. Being able to work with all levels of the organization and being able to drive sustainable improvements and change.

Read on for more, and don’t hesitate to apply today!

Some of the main activities include:

• Lead the Refinery Chemical Optimization- Minimize the specific operating cost ($/gal) of chemicals. Manage deactivation and fouling rates to meet maintenance &T/A cycles. Supervise chemical treatment programs. Organize monthly and/or quarterly technical review with chemical and catalyst suppliers on-site. Record and communicate his/her activities by means of regular process reports documents, participation to Month End closure, troubleshooting/test-run reports and presentations to refinery management.
• Monitor the assigned units- Ensure compliance with Environmental permits, Operating window limits, Product Specifications, Catalyst and chemicals budget. Evaluate economics to determine profitable modes of unit operation with Operations and HSE.
• Support for - HSE- Environmental: on emissions calculations for reporting and RCA investigation of environmental events. PSM: primary loss of containment calculation, participate actively in PHA, initiate and collaborate in MOCs and provide input for Risk assessments. Health: by ensuring proper SDS review and validation is made before purchasing/introducing new chemicals. Maintain relief devices database. Operation excellence- make recommendations to Operations on daily basis and to P&E on weekly/monthly basis to ensure process conditions meet: 1- HSE constraints, 2- Availability target (long term sustainable operation), 3- Product on specification and 4- Profit target.
• Industrial Availability Network- is the main interface with Total’s SME, Report KPIs, participate in surveys, benchmark and network meeting in representation of PAR. Share in both directions PAR↔IND return of experience. Ensure implementation of MSR and iREX.
• Troubleshooting- perform pressure surveys, temperature surveys, efficiency assessment to identify potential and actual problems, propose process conditions adjustments. Support Performance Control estimating the economic impact of slowdowns and unavailabilities.
• Mass Balance- Update spreadsheet for material balances, ensure orifice calculations reflect current operating conditions, request calibration or rearrange of meters if necessary, provide recommendations to correct mass/volume balance discrepancies.
• Contribute to PAR Availability target- support the initiatives of the area availability team, work closely with the Availability Coord. to implement recommendations from RCAs and Vulnerability studies. Ensure consistency of risk based inspection data base and OWL database with the unit mass balance. Support the corrosion specialist in the evaluation and mitigation of corrosion mechanisms.
• Turnaround and Major Maintenance - Verify assembly of process internals (distributors, trays, resin, filters) and justify T/A extra work orders (EWO). Document finding and propose scope of work changes for next T/A. Provide coverage for shutdown/startup off hours.
• Projects and Modifications- Identify, propose, justify and defend modification projects. Support capital project through all phases.
• Sampling and Analysis schedule- review on yearly basis the schedule with HSE, Total QA/QC laboratory and chemical vendor.
• Procurement- define technical specification for procurement of materials and services as: catalyst, resins, chemicals, gammascan, tracer studies, rental of process equipment in compliance with TOTAL purchasing rules. Perform the technical evaluation and ranking of offers. Ensure the refinery quality, safety, cost control culture and energy efficiency committement are carried out in daily activities.

Kontext & Umgebung

• Technical process support to assigned unit(s)
• Respond to unit upsets and offer recommendations during off hours and holidays

Zusätzliche Informationen

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.

TotalEnergies believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Located in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, Port Arthur is one of TotalEnergies’ biggest refining and petrochemicals platforms, employing nearly 650 TotalEnergies employees. It is the largest TotalEnergies facility in the United States.

The city of Port Arthur is located on the shores of Lake Sabine with wetlands and Gulf beaches at its southern tip. There’s a strong sense of community and true southern hospitality. For adventure further afield, the Cajun culture of Louisiana is at your doorstep, and being not far from Houston, both local and international travel is only a stone’s throw away.