Principal Process Engineer

Rosehill Resources is looking for a Principal Process Engineer – Fractionation to join the Process Optimization & Support team. The Principal Process Engineer – Fractionation serves as Fractionation Subject Matter Expert providing best in class support for refinery optimization and project support.

Responsibilities may also include:

Reports to Technology Advisor, Fractionation and Crude units
Provides higher level troubleshooting and debottlenecking capability.
Responds to refinery requests for assistance.
Provide technical leadership to further develop Rosehill Resources Process Chemical treatment program.
Assists plants with investigation and implementation of strategic projects.
Assists in the development and application of distillation and Crude and Vacuum unit technologies across the sites.
Stays abreast of emerging technology in in Distillation, Crude and Vacuum units.
Assists with establishing Key Processing “Best Practices” to improve profitability, including: operating conditions, feedstock processing, hardware change recommendations, monitoring process conditions, and unit performance reporting/comparison (benchmarking).
Supports capital development process in technology selection and front-end engineering as requested.
Conducts regular site visits to assist in evaluation, monitoring, troubleshooting, process design, performance tests, and optimization.
Conducts site visits during turnarounds/outages to assist with tower inspections, scope development, and solution evaluations.
Acts as primary contact with and monitors performance of Consultants, Vendors, Construction Contractors, and Subcontractors, etc. employed for the projects.
Communicates formally and informally to management at the refinery.
Develops and releases monthly Progress Reports.
Resolves technical/commercial/schedule issues and conflicts.
Controls project changes and directs communication with the refinery management regarding changes and change control.

Qualifications



 
Bachelors of Science (B.S.) degree or higher degree in Chemical Engineering required.
15 years of process engineering experience in a refining or petroleum industry, including field experience with startups and operating plant troubleshooting required.
Field experience in P&IDs review, Instrument Identification, Unit operations, and troubleshooting-data acquisition required.
Field experience in troubleshooting fractionating towers and separators and in optimization of operating distillation columns required.
Experience with process design of fractionating internals and their hydraulic ratings required.
Ability to quickly assess unit/tower/separator performance issues, arrive at actionable recommendations and provide clear communications to operations, refinery leadership and corporate leadership required.
Strong written and presentation skills is highly preferred.
Experience in primary crude fractionation operation, including desalting and vacuum systems preferred.
Experience with leading unit startups, including revamps and new units preferred.