Process Engineer, Wood River Refinery

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As a Process Engineer I, you will provide process technical expertise and services focused on enhancing the safety, reliability and profitability of the process units. This position interfaces with all departments throughout the refinery including operations, maintenance, optimization, and technical services. By partnering with stakeholders, the Process Engineer collaborates to build technically sound strategies around business improvement opportunities, safety enhancements and sustainability while reducing cost and maximizing profitability.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the implementation and optimization of industrial processes and equipment to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

• Analyze data, specify process steps, and help develop engineering solutions that meet cost, quality, and regulatory standards.

• Support technical troubleshooting, participate in research activities, and create engineering drawings to communicate and validate ideas.

• Help draft and evaluate engineering standards, contribute to project management efforts, and design test procedures to ensure robust solutions.

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement, safety enhancements, and sustainability.

• Provide technical support for projects, maintenance, and unit operations, including major turnarounds and startups.

• Play an active role in process safety management activities and maintain key process documentation.

• Demonstrate a commitment to workplace safety and build your capabilities through ongoing learning, staying current with industry best practices and emerging technologies.

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country · Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC). · Possess a valid driver's license ·
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to comply with the following:

• Travel up to 5%

• Operate company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads up to X%

• Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional duties.

• Transport articles up to 50 pounds

• Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet

• Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions.

• Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment.

• Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal. (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

• 1 or more years of Engineering experience in the Energy industry

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

• 3 or more years of experience working as a Process Engineer at a refinery

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of  $111,600 – $136,400.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Wood River Refinery is located in Roxana, Illinois, about 15 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. The refinery processes a mixture of light, low-sulfur; heavy, high sulfur; and high-acid crude oil. The crude supply is sourced domestically or from Canada. Wood River produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, asphalt and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed to customers by pipeline, rail car, barge and truck and are shipped to markets throughout the Midcontinent region.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 01/02/2026.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1).  Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.