Senior Project and Process Engineer

ChampionX is seeking a Senior Project and Process Engineer located in Freeport, TX. This position will work in the office and out in the plant, reporting to the Technical Superintendent.

What’s in it For You:

• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best
• Thrive in a company that values sustainability, and drives a safety-focused culture
• Comprehensive benefits package starting day 1 of employment- medical, dental, vision, matching 401k, and more!

What You Will Do:

• Provide daily tactical support for the production unit.
• Troubleshoot problems and recommend appropriate actions.
• Strive to constantly improve process capability and production volume
• Maintaining and improving quality standards.
• Ownership of cycle time data accuracy and improvement/reduction.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues which arise during production operation.
• Performs investigation studies, trial production runs and provide recommendations.
• Optimize processes systems to assure that housekeeping and safety standards are maintained in accordance with company standards.
• Perform and maintain Management of Change (MOC) Process
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives (CI) to unlock throughput and employee engagement.
• Participate on the plant environmental/compliance team and support safety initiatives as appropriate.
• Assist with design reviews and PHAs where critical thinking is required.
• Manage Product Set-Ups and Scale Ups from R&D and Marketing.
• Develops goals, action plans and timelines for the engineer project completion.
• Ensure that all design and project work comply with applicable legislation, accepted engineering codes and standards and Company policies and standards.
• Understands the safety, environmental and PSM procedures to ensure that the site is in compliance and that all new projects meet the needed requirements.
• Lead various cost savings projects/initiatives to deliver conversion cost targets.
• Coordinates projects to effect timely, cost-effective, and safe completion within set quality standards.
• Facilitates the implementation of new policies or procedures.
• Multi-task both day-to-day batch operations support and long-term support of the plant with assigned projects.
• Must be comfortable working on individual projects, as well as leading or participating in cross-functional teams.
• Oversees capital budget and ensures projects are spending to forecast. Interfaces with corporate engineering to align capital spending metrics.
• Provides assistance or management, including start-up, as dictated by project demands.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 year experience as a Process Engineer with project exposure in a chemical plant environment
• No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity

Preferred Skills, Abilities, Knowledge:

• Minimum of 5 year's experience with Batch Chemical Manufacturing, Reaction Chemistry
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
• Strengths: Action-oriented, Collaborates, Communicates effectively, Plans and Aligns, Drives Results
• Excellent written, oral, and visual communication skills to communicate effectively with all levels and teams of the organization, our customers and third parties.
• Ability to read, understand and create technical drawings such as PFDs, P&IDs, isometric drawings, and loop diagrams.
• Knowledge and experience of relevant Safety, Health, and Environmental regulations
• Experience in Data Analysis and Data visualization (PowerBI)
• Project management and contractor management experience
• Strong grasp of Management of Change processes
• Strong communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Excellent mathematics and IT skills
• Previous experience with maintenance planning systems (SAP)

About ChampionX:

ChampionX is a global leader in providing chemistry programs and services, drilling technology, artificial lift solutions, and automation technologies for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. Our world-class safety culture fuels our purpose to improve lives through our commitment to deliver sustainable operation.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

At ChampionX, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran. 

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce.  

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.