Lab Quality Tech, Specialties - Lake Charles Refinery, LA

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The primary responsibilities of the Quality Lab Tech, Specialties is to perform analysis for assurance of final product, intermediate stream, or wastewater in compliance with company or regulatory agency specifications.

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, whichever is earlier.  The job posting expiration date is listed at the bottom of this job posting.  If you last took a Phillips 66 assessment in 2023 or prior, you must retake the assessment for this position.  Your assessment results will be valid for one year.

Responsibilities May Include:

• Performing and documenting quality assurance testing to ensure the accuracy and integrity of analytical results in adherence to the Laboratory Quality Assurance program
• Performing all analyses in accordance with Regulatory, and Refinery protocols and procedures to ensure all quality control procedures were followed and results are valid, complete, and correct.
• Learning and applying analytical standards and methods, and regulatory requirements in order to ensure compliance and completing tasks in a timely manner
• Solve technical problems encountered during the course of completing assigned tasks
• Communicating and consulting with engineers, operators, laboratory, maintenance, and management personnel to ensure accurate analyses
• Demonstrating good interpersonal skills including communication, listening, and teamwork
• Responsible for the safety and health of yourself and those working with you, promoting health and safety of others, and performing quality work in a safe and environmentally conscientious manner
• Responsible for complying with Laboratory, Refinery, and Company policies and procedures, established standards, and governmental regulations (Federal, State, & Local)
• Meeting the minimum standards for physical requirements of the position
• Available for overtime and “call-outs” to support the Refinery
• The work schedule is a 12-hour shift (Days Only) rotation pattern

The Technician also has several maintenance and housekeeping responsibilities such as disposing of remaining sample bottles, restocking supplies to include solvents, gloves, sample bottles, and filters.

Maintenance and Housekeeping Responsibilities May Include:

• Maintaining lab equipment
• Maintain a clean and contaminant-free work area
• Accurate and timely completion of sample testing
• Technicians are also responsible for entering the data into the computer in a timely manner so that the
• respective unit can make the proper adjustments if needed
• Assist chemist(s) with instrument commissioning, calibrations and troubleshooting
• Assist with development of new testing procedures and methods

Basic Qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in job posting country
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Must have valid driver’s license
• Associates degree or higher in chemistry or related field 
• Completed 8 hours or more of college-level science and/or math credits
• Must possess intermediate math and analytical skills
• Basic computer proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word
• Currently hold or be able to qualify to receive a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card prior to employment start date. Note: information regarding TWIC qualification standards may be found at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic
• Willing and able to perform/comply with the following, with or without reasonable accommodation:
  • Must be willing and able to work shift schedule, rotating shift, including but not limited to days, nights, weekends, and holidays
  • Must be willing and able to work overtime
  • Must be willing and able to read technical procedures and materials in English
  • Must be willing and able to work around chemicals, including acids and bases
  • Must be willing and able to work with petroleum products that are under high pressure and heat
  • Must be willing and able to wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (such as steel-toe shoes, ear and eye protection)
  • Must be willing and able to maintain facial hair daily so that a respirator/face mask can seal properly
  • Must be willing and able to learn computer software associated with laboratory operations

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 or more years laboratory experience performing applicable laboratory tests and analyses
• Working knowledge of EPA practices and protocols 
• Knowledge of laboratory and refinery/petrochemical safety procedures
• Knowledge of basic statistics, quality control, and Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS)
• Organizational ability and skill in interpreting scientific results; high mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and analytical thinking
• Ability to manage multiple priorities on a daily basis

*The starting pay for this position is $45.14 per hour.  Future pay changes will be determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

**Relocation assistance is not available for this position. 

The Lake Charles Refinery is located in Westlake, Louisiana. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. Facilities also include a specialty coker and calciner. The refinery processes a mixture of light to heavy, low- and high sulfur and low- and high-acid crude oils. It receives domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil through truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals, including the Beaumont and Clifton Ridge terminals and the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Lake Charles produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include off-road diesel, home heating oil, feedstock for our Excel Paralubes joint venture, specialty graphite petroleum coke and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed in the southeastern and eastern United States by truck, rail car, barge or pipelines and exported to Latin America and West Africa.

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 November 8, 2024.

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.