Americas Synthetics Customer and Application Development Technical Professional
Baytown, TX, US
About us
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About Baytown
With a population of more than 77,000, Baytown, Texas, is located in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, just east of Houston, the nation's fourth largest city. Those who live and work in Baytown will find an area rich in history, as well as opportunities for outdoor activities due to its proximity to scenic waterways, namely Galveston Bay, the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou.
Founded in 1919, ExxonMobil's Baytown Complex is located on approximately 3,400 acres along the Houston Ship Channel, about 25 miles east of Houston. Employing a workforce of more than 8,500, it is comprised of four manufacturing sites, including one in nearby Mont Belvieu, and a global technology center. These include the Baytown Refinery, one of the largest refineries in the United States, and the Baytown Olefins Plant, one of the largest ethylene plants in the world.
Its scope of products includes fuels, lube oils, and chemical compounds used in a diverse range of products, from auto battery cases, diapers and tire inner tubes to pharmaceutical uses, food packaging, trash bags and more.
The Baytown area sites are highly integrated, which makes the plants and products more efficient as we develop technologies to make cleaner fuels and work together to operate more safely and reliably.
Learn more about what we do in Baytown here.
What role you will play in our team
- Provide technical support, advice on product fitness for use, and new applications to support existing and new customers of ExxonMobil’s Synthetic base stocks business
- Provide technical interactions and support to sales and customers
- Location is Houston area (Baytown, TX or Spring, TX)
What you will do
- Comply with all Corporate policies for internal and external activities
- Provide technical interactions and support to sales and customers for the technical qualification of ExxonMobil synthetic base stock products into new or existing applications and formulations
- Assess and evaluate Synthetic base stock fitness-for-use in intended applications and formulations
- Develop new and support existing sales pipeline opportunities together with commercial departments to support market introduction of Synthetic base stock products & formulations
- Identify and develop new applications where existing or step-out products can provide performance benefits throughout the value chain
- Support trials at customers if required
- Participate in cross-functional teams (Marketing, Sales, Technology) to build and maintain sector, end-use, and competitive product technical knowledge
- Interface with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and external customers to resolve product performance or product quality complaints
- Work with internal and external labs to lead testing and summarize / evaluate findings and results to support quality queries
- Provide advice on safety, health, environmental and regulatory benefits associated with use of Synthetic base stock products
- Provide technical advice on regulatory related matters and advocacy
- Present technical papers at industry conferences and customer seminars
- Develop and conduct technical training for internal employees and external distributors/resellers
- Document completed efforts and segment knowledge such that others can leverage it to enable efficient future similar efforts. Identify opportunities to improve work processes.
- Mentor broadly across technology and the business
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or similar
- Minimum of 3+ years of Technical experience in base stock application development
- Lubricant formulation knowledge and understanding of how base stocks impact formulation performance and end use
- Functional/behavioral skill proficiencies consistent with the Job role requirements
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- Masters or PhD Degree in: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or similar
- Technical experience with Group IV and V base stocks
- Technical experience in base stock product development
- Technical experience in Lubricant Formulation
- Technical knowledge of Lubricant end-uses
- Technical knowledge of Synthetic base stock Process Chemistry
- Experience with Customer Technical Support or Commercial Relationship Management
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams (Technical, Sales, and Marketing) to acquire knowledge on application requirements and customer needs
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
- Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
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