Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50, 000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity. The Operations Engineer will support day-to-day operations with responsibilities including troubleshooting, process optimization and improvement, and improving product quality. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Organize, lead, and participate in improvement initiatives, projects, and process optimization teams to deliver specific, focused, time bound improvement objectives.
• Monitor operations on a daily/weekly basis, reviewing KPI's, operating logs, Distributed Control System (DCS) trends, quality results, and other sources of data to ensure reliable, consistent, and cost-effective operations.
• Intervene where appropriate to identify and resolve operating issues.
• Design and implementation of new Neches River Terminal processes and/or equipment upgrades.
• Manage capital project assignments as necessary to support Neches River Terminal improvements.
• Maintain the calculation basis for unit's permits and prepare emission event calculations.
• Provide production and process optimization, troubleshooting, data analysis, and technical support to the operations organization.
• Develop process standards, operating procedures, diagrams, training materials, and job aids as required to properly document, teach, and manage site operations.
• Implement, monitor, and maintain reliability improvement techniques such as predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and risk based inspection.
• Track variable costs and look for ways to reduce those costs via process optimization.
• Ensure compliance with all steps of OSHA 1910.119 / Process Safety Management and DOT regulations.
• Satisfactorily perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering is required..
• A minimum of (3) years of experience in a chemical plant environment, or related industry is required.
• A minimum of (3) years of experience with production, process, or mechanical troubleshooting and optimization activities is preferred.
• Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) is required.
• Working knowledge of reliability improvement techniques such as predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, risk-based inspections, and total productive maintenance is preferred.
• Experience with Process Modeling software, such as Hysys, is preferred.
• Must show strong initiative, be self-motivated, work with minimal supervision. Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and in writing, and be detailed oriented with the ability to handle fast-paced projects with constantly changing priorities and scope.
• Must be proficient in balancing multiple priorities and activities and be able to meet deadlines in a timely and accurate manner.
• Must demonstrate a proven track record of working in a team environment, possess a strong technical/problem solving aptitude and be data driven.
• Ability to solve complex problems by identifying and enrolling appropriate resources is required.
• Ability to quickly absorb the key deliverables and not get mired in detail is required.
• Knowledge of DCS and advanced process control systems is preferred.