* Paid Vacation Time
* Annual Vacation Incentive (40-120 hours of pay) for Eligible Employees
* Paid Holidays
* Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
* Remote Work Days available for eligible positions (options are department and/or location specific)
* Paid Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability
* 9/80 Work Schedule Option (where applicable)
* Excellent 401(k) Match
* Pension Plan
* Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans; FSA and HSA options
* Paid Life Insurance
* Healthy Rewards Program
* Service Awards Program
* Educational Assistance Plan
* Dependent Children Scholarships
* Reimbursement for Gym Membership
* Employee Discount Programs
* On-site Health Clinic
* On-site Cafeteria (select locations)
* On-site Fitness Center (select locations)

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Relocation Benefits are available for this position.

Employer will not sponsor visas for position

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry and operates under the well-known CITGO brand. CITGO operates three refineries located in Lake Charles, La.; Lemont, Ill.; and Corpus Christi, Texas, and wholly and/or jointly owns 38 active terminals, six pipelines and three lubricants blending and packaging plants. With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of approximately 769,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), CITGO ranks as the fifth-largest and is one of the most complex independent refiners in the United States. CITGO transports and markets transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, and other industrial products, and supplies a network of approximately 4,300 locally owned and operated branded retail outlets, all located east of the Rocky Mountains. CITGO Petroleum Corporation is owned by CITGO Holding, Inc.

 

Job Responsibilities:

The Associate Chemical Engineer has a vital role as a project team member who participates in all aspects of project development and implementation for both strategic and non-strategic capital projects. Primary tasks include performing process studies, justifying recommendations based on study findings, developing project scopes, and supporting the engineering effort to define, design, implement, and start-up the projects.

 

Additional duties include:

• Assist in development of process studies to evaluate potential options (both technically and economically), identify the optimum solution, and participate in development of the scope for the selected option. The selected option could be based on economics, safety, and/or environmental.
• Review basic process design work performed by engineering contractors on design data, process flow diagrams, P&ID's, process equipment data sheets, and process bid tabulations
• Support the engineering effort to help define, design, implement, and start-up the assigned project. Assigned projects could be strategic, non-strategic, capital, expense, regulatory, or safety driven.
• Assist in development of engineering solutions to projects which arise from both planned capital expenditures and from technical service activities in the Refinery

Minimum Requirements:

• B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Overall GPA of 3.0 or above (A=4.0) (Must provide proof of current GPA at time of hire to verify eligibility requirements are met)
• Refinery/Petrochemical process plant engineering experience providing project engineering or technical support, preferred
• Valid driver’s license required

Eligibility Requirements:

The Maritime Transportation Security Act requires all persons who will need unescorted access to a regulated facility to have a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), issued in accordance with the rules established by the United States Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration. Candidates selected for employment must meet eligibility criteria to obtain a TWIC card. To obtain more information on the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), please visit the Transportation Security Administration’s website https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic

 

(Equal Opportunity Employer)