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Senior Refinery Chemistry Engineer - TSI

Senior Refinery Chemistry Engineer - TSI

  • Location India - Pune
  • Travel required Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
  • Job category Engineering Group
  • Relocation available This role is eligible for relocation within country
  • Job type Professionals
  • Job code RQ075315
  • Experience level Senior
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Job summary

Entity:

Production & Operations


Job Family Group:

Engineering Group


Job Description:

About bp

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) center in Pune, strives to build on bp’s existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide! TSI brings together diverse engineering capability to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable, and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work!

Job Description

The Senior Refinery Chemistry Engineer - TSI is responsible for providing insight and expertise with respect to chemical applications used in refining processes to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations. The candidate shall be considered a Subject Matter Expert (SME), with a deep technical expertise in the refinery's specialty chemical applications that include desalting; cooling, boiler, & wastewater treatment; and general corrosion & scaling applications.

This role will support refinery operations with process and refinery chemistry insights across several regions, with the goal of optimizing performance, maintain compliance with recognized standards and regulations, and early adoption of best practices and innovations present on the industry. Working with various subject areas, sub-functions, and contractors, the Senior Refinery Engineer responds to process-related challenges, supports the implementation of practical solutions, emphasizing risk reduction, production streamlining, defect elimination through the monitoring of chemistry threats and the health of the barriers in place to handle / mitigate these threats. This is a leadership role, providing guidance and mentoring for the refinery chemistry team, the role will participate / lead in codifying standard processes and continuous improvement into technical standards, support their implementation and self-verification across operating entities.

Responsibilities Core Responsibilities:

Provide Refinery Chemistry expertise for teams & squads across P&O (Operations, Maintenance & Reliability, Projects Ops, TAR) as the need arises to handle threats. Management of chemical applications used in refining to support wastewater treatment, cooling water systems, boiler / steam systems, refinery scaling inhibitors and antifoulants. Provide capability and support for refinery operations, process efficiency, lead on emulsions and desalting, and product quality. Corrosion Prevention and Control: Interfacing with Integrity Management teams to provide capability and support to handle corrosion threats. Provide support for all refinery or process related refinery chemistry trouble shooting or incident investigations. Ensure pragmatic solutions are identified and implemented to handle risk, improve efficiency, and apply standardized programs to deliver safe, reliable, and compliant operations. Lead team, provide training and supervision of internal and contracted personnel, visible leadership and behaviors, and continuous improvement. Support Bio feedstock technical assessment and Bio feedstock pretreatment operation troubleshooting and optimization. Ensure processes meet environmental regulations to minimize or eliminate impact on the environment. Record relevant learning in shared learning systems, incorporate into local activities, specifications/ practices/ procedures and raise high priority lessons. Contribute to improving refining Chemical Managed Services strategy and contract performance.

People and business related:

Provide visible safety leadership in accordance with bp safety leadership principles, lifesaving rules and process safety fundamentals to model desired safety behaviors. Record relevant learning in shared learning systems, incorporate into local activities, specifications/ practices/ procedures and raise high priority lessons. Support performance management through implementation, measurement, and analysis of relevant KPI’s to drive continuous improvement. Support staff development of junior chemists / engineers.

Education Must have education requirements:

  • Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related subject area (engineering)

Must have certifications:

  • Working towards professional accreditation (Professional or Chartered Engineer, Chartered Chemist) Preferred education/certifications

Experience required:

  • 14+ years’ experience working in the field of Process Engineering in refining operations. Must have experiences/skills:
  • Refinery operations experience, with relevant chemistry, and process experience.
  • Deep technical expertise in chemical products used to handle refinery threats (desalting, cooling and wastewater processes, boiler, and steam systems).
  • Deep technical expertise in the application of chemical products to handle general refinery corrosion, scaling and process fouling threats.
  • Proven track record in practical application of engineering standards and practices.
  • Technical understanding of process safety engineering, working knowledge of hazard analysis, understanding of process modelling tools, and understanding of risk management.
  • Experience in bringing value through the formation and delivery of efficient chemical programs.

Ability and confidence to engage with an


Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role


Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country


Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working


Skills:

Application of hierarchy of control, Application of hierarchy of control, Asset health monitoring, Commercial Acumen, Defect Elimination, Design case for safety, Design development and delivery, Design performance standards, Economic evaluation methodology, Emergency process isolation and shutdown systems, Environment and Social Impact Assessment, Facility layout, Fluid characterisation, Hazardous area classification, Hydraulics, Layer of Protection Analysis, Lean Practices, Major accident risk, Operational performance standards, Personal Safety, Plant Layout, Process and process safety design philosophies, Process control and automation, Process performance monitoring, Process safety assurance {+ 5 more}


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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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