Project Interface Engineer – ECU BOOST

  • Contract
  • Full Time
  • USA

Total Energies


Country
USA

Location
USA

Domain
Industrial Projects

Type of contract
Regular position

Experience
Minimum 10 years

Candidate Profile

·       Chemical Engineering degree with at least 10 years experience in ethane cracker processing, refinery processing, operations, and planning.

·       Familiarity with project management.

·       Must have understanding of all Ethane Cracker Unit stakeholders / departments sufficient to identify needed integration interfaces.

·       Must be able to work with limited direct supervision. 

·       Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to enable conveyance of lots of information rapidly.

Must be familiar with current Ethane Cracker Unit operations to recognize areas of Project impact.

Activities

  • Lead integration activities including procedure completion, document management, operational spare parts procurement, PM and other maintenance activity setup, compliance systems setup and all other support activities related to the SHP boiler project.
  • Lead coordination between Boost Team, project execution team, ECU business team and other stakeholders to ensure safe, efficient and high-quality project development, execution, commissioning and startup of Boost Team led projects.
  • Ensure capital projects requiring an outage are fully planned, long-lead items procured, tie-ins and other basic engineering completed and ready to execute in case of opportunity shutdown outages.     
  • Ensure that Ethane Cracker Unit quality and safety requirements are fully considered in alll phases of project implementation and carried out in daily activities.

Work with PAR turnaround group and ECU business team to ensure readiness for 2027 turnaround (or potentially earlier based on SHP boiler project timing).  Coordinate with ECU business team, OneTech and PAR turnaround group towards scope development and other critical milestone completion.  As this will be the first turnaround for the Ethane Cracker, ensure return of experiences from other TotalEnergies steam crackers are incorporated into planning to minimize risks.  Ensure capital projects to be completed in the turnaround are progressing as needed and lead schedule recovery efforts as needed

Context & Environment

·       Evaluate changes that the ECU Boost Team brings to Ethane Cracker Unit and Port Arthur Refinery platform.

·       Coordinate information flow between the Ethane Cracker Unit and the ECU Boost Team. 

·       Work with Platform to develop logistics, including the impacts on future turnaround planning and execution.

Challenges include working with various departments to gain consensus and achieve common and separate goals.  Other challenges include managing multiple projects that are subject to changing priorities

Additional Information

As one of TotalEnergies’ six refining and petrochemicals platforms worldwide, the Port Arthur Platform has a daily processing capacity of over 200,000 barrels per day and is our largest facility in the United States. The refinery can process heavy crude oil as well as lighter domestic crudes. It also has a dedicated unit to produce low-sulfur fuels, which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Why TotalEnergies Port Arthur Platform? 
“The TotalEnergies Port Arthur Platform is the company’s largest site in the U.S. But your role at the Port Arthur Platform is much more than just a job. The heartbeat of our site is made up of the talented people who work here. If you’re looking for large growth opportunities with the feeling of support that comes from smaller, tight-knit teams, this platform offers just that and more. There are unique opportunities to grow both locally and beyond for those who so desire. We want our people to succeed and our commitment to you is to give you all the training, tools and space to contribute your unique expertise, to not only meet our company’s goals, but also your own.”

TotalEnergies operates the Baystar (50:50 Joint Venture with TotalEnergies and Borealis) Ethane Cracker within the Port Arthur Refinery complex.  The Baystar Ethane Cracker is a 2B USD investment and is a critical part of the RC branch strategy for North America.  The unit was first started in September 2021, has worked through several challenges including the redesign / reconstruction of a ground flare and has realized beneficial production since the second half of 2022.  However, the Baystar Ethane Cracker still has challenging technical issues to be resolved before fully realizing its potential.

A support team is being mobilized to boost the local Baystar Ethane Cracker business team.  This “Boost Team” will be located at the Port Arthur Refinery site. Boost Team members will not be part of the normal day-to-day operations team, but rather will focus on resolving on-going and new technical issues and setting up sustainable systems to ensure long-term successful operations.  Members will work closely with the local business team along with technical experts from Borealis and TotalEnergies. 

    

The Boost Team will be a key contributor to the successful realization of a major TotalEnergies strategy.  Being a part of the Boost Team is an excellent opportunity to advance your career by working with a motivated team on challenging topics. 

To apply for this job please visit totalenergies.avature.net.