Eng Production at Occidental Petroleum in Texas

Eng Production Location: Ector County Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life. The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa. To learn more, visit Oxy Oxy strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business. As the Production Engineer at our Direct Air Capture facility in Notrees, TX you will: • Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products as our highest priority. • Maintain production rates in the plant to achieve Divisional requirements and within product quality specifications. • Provide ongoing engineering assistance to operations, including daily troubleshooting of process operating problems, conducting special tests, developing monthly reports, providing process supervisor relief coverage, providing technical assistance, and reporting of production status. • Track efficiencies in the plant and make recommendations to maximize overall plant profit and efficiency. • Assist with the review, approval, and prioritization of projects of the plant • Provide engineering support to production areas to achieve optimal process efficiencies and raw material usages. • Assist with production reporting and month-end production closing in SAP • Identify and coordinate process improvements and cost reduction ideas with other plant and corporate functions. • Implement process changes to increase production capacity, improve operating reliability, reduce manufacturing costs, reduce energy usage, conserve raw materials, improve product yields, improve product quality, enhance safety, upgrade environmental safeguards, and provide for the overall optimization of process operation. • Provide engineering support for turnarounds and outages. • Develop, manage, and participate in programs, methods, systems, and practices for maintaining a safe working environment. • Maintain proficiency in technology, process knowledge, and plant operation • Represent production and engineering in matters of evaluation, selection, and coordination of vendors supplying necessary operation services, materials, equipment, and other needs of operation. • Provide liaison between the Operations Department and the various corporate and plant support functions, such as Purchasing and the Plant Laboratory. • Maintain safety awareness consistent with plant and corporate standards via attendance and participation in safety meetings, safety training, process hazards reviews, job observations, plant inspections, etc. • Assure compliance and consistency of process changes and process hazard reviews with follow-up documentation and training consistent with OSHA 1910.119 Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Chemical Engineering 2 years’ experience in plant operations Excellent leadership, communication, and interactive skills High proficiency in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) Ability to read, write and speak in English Walking, bending, stooping is required Must be able to lift 40 lbs, climb ladders and stairs Must be able to wear personal protective equipment including the use of a respirator and be able to respond to visual and audible alarms Additional Desired Qualifications: Good working knowledge of SAP Open to future relocation Recruitment Fraud It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process. All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website. Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never: •  Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees •  Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or •  Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process. We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don't know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.