Operations Engineering Superintendent

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The Operations Engineering Superintendent reports to the Operations Manager and is responsible for supervising the Unit Process Engineers and providing sound technical service and expertise aimed at enhancing safety and profitability of the Lake Charles Refinery.

Responsibilities May Include:

• Supports process unit and project PHAs by participating in the Hazards analysis, where needed, and by providing critical review of action items to confirm their validity
• Leads incident investigations, where needed, particularly where process unit operations are the focus of the incident. 
• Mentor incident investigation to unit process engineers to ensure their development as future investigation leads
• Responsible for validation of safe operating limits
• Supports refinery safety by participating in risk analysis meetings, where needed
• Ensures refinery safety policies are followed when external (guest) process consultants are used to diagnose process problems or to provide advice for process operations
• Supervise an organization of approximately 4 process engineers 
• Develops technical and leadership abilities of the unit process engineers
• Develops and manages the Operations Engineering budget
• Monitors technology advances in the refining industry    
• Performs and/or assists in economic studies to determine the best course of action in choosing between alternatives
• Stewards Process Engineers’ work processes including unit monitoring, reports, presentations and memos
• Informs BTLs and managers of work progress on Unit Process Engineering Group issues
• Works with Operations and OP&E departments to develop refinery operating plans
• Coordinates efforts with the Technical Department and Maintenance Department to resolve refinery reliability issues and increase operating capability
• Manages and reviews engineering work requests from unit process engineering
• Provides input to developing projects and identifies opportunities for future projects

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering 
• 5 or more years of Unit Process Engineer experience 
• 1 or more years of Supervisory experience
• Ability to troubleshoot operational and process quality problems
• Willing and able to, with or without reasonable accommodation: 
  • work outside in harsh weather conditions
  • work near large, hot, high-speed machines
  • work around chemicals, including acids and bases
  • wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (such as steel-toe shoes, ear and eye protection)
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). Information can be found at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to build and lead a team
• Demonstrated writing & oral communication ability
• Ability to drive continuous improvement of company core values, including valuing people, ethics, safety, and environmental leadershi
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to facilitate
• Understands and uses functional expertise to contribute to the success of the business 

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

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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 08/19/2025.

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.