Instrument Technician, Sweeny Refinery

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The Instrument Technician, Sweeny Refinery is responsible for the installation, preventive maintenance, calibration, repair, and troubleshooting of refinery process control instrumentation. The positions are straight day jobs, subject to occasional shift work, turnarounds, call outs, and overtime.

This position requires the successful completion of an online assessment. If you meet the required qualifications of the position, a link to complete the assessment will be emailed to you immediately after your completed application is received. Please check your spam folder if you do not see the email. The assessment must be completed within 7 days of your application date OR prior to the job posting expiration date (February 8, 2026), whichever is earlier. Your assessment results will be valid for one year.

What You’ll Do

• Install, remove, calibrate, and repair refinery electronic digital, analog, and pneumatic process control instruments
• Tune instrument control loops
• Test and maintain instrument safety systems
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and overhaul process control valves
• Fabricate and install small‑diameter instrument tubing
• Test and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers
• Prepare schematic drawings, sketches, and reports to reflect activities
• Maintain compressor control systems
• Maintain service reports with documentation compliance
• Collaborate and work closely with Instrument group and engineering

What You’ll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the United States without restrictions
• Valid driver's license
• Associate’s degree or higher in Instrument Technology or Electronics Technology
• Willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to: 
  • Lift up to 75 pounds
  • Climb up to 250 feet in height
  • Work near large, hot, high-speed machines
  • Work in enclosed spaces, such as tanks and silos
  • Work overtime
  • Work with petroleum products that are under high pressure and heat
  • Work outside in harsh weather conditions
  • Maintain your face daily so that a respirator/face mask can seal properly (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (including but not limited to items such as steel-toe shoes, ear and eye protection, fall protection)
  • Work around chemicals, including acids and bases, that may be under high pressure
  • Read at a level to understand safety procedures, work procedures, work permits, and instruction manuals written in English

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

• Prior experience working in a refinery or chemical plant as an Instrument Technician

Compensation

The hourly rate for this position is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The starting pay rate is $44.74 per hour with an increase every year until reaching the top rate (currently $53.60 per hour) after 4 years. Benefits include 8% 401k match, Cash Balance Account pension, and 7.5% annual cash bonus target.

The Sweeny Refinery is located in Old Ocean, Texas. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrodesulfurization, and aromatics units, as well as access to the on-site vacuum tower and delayed coking unit, which is an asset owned by Phillips 66 Partners. Sweeny processes heavy, high-sulfur crude oil and some light, low sulfur crude oil. Domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil is transported by truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, heating oil and petroleum coke. The refinery receives crude oil by pipeline and via tankers, through terminals on the Gulf Coast, including a deepwater terminal at Freeport. Refined products are distributed throughout the Midcontinent region, southeastern and eastern United States by pipeline, barge and rail car. Refined products are also exported to Latin America by waterborne cargo.

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 February 8, 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.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer