Solids Handling Engineer

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

The polymer process engineering group provides support to manufacturing sites, polymer product development programs and other development activities that require handling solids.  We are looking to add an experienced engineer with knowledge of solids handling or polymer finishing (extrusion, pelletization, etc.) 
 

The position will be a resource on global activities.  It is expected to be located at our Baytown Technology and Engineering Center.  

What you will do

• Position will provide engineering expertise to polymer manufacturing sites located in the US and Asia.  
• This is part of a centralized process engineering team
• Technical mentoring is provided to earlier-career engineers located at manufacturing sites and at our engineering center in Malaysia
• Engineering guidance / support is provided to new technology areas requiring solids experience
• Provide technical guidance to earlier career engineers 
• Design solutions for projects which require solids handling and extrusion components
• Optimize existing site systems to improve, safety, quality, reliability and increase production rates in the solids handling and extrusion areas
• Develop new methods in solids handling and extrusion to address new ExxonMobil initiatives such as Carbon, Lithium, Plastics Recycling, Coke, etc.,

About You

Skills and Qualifications

• Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
• Industry experience (>5years) supporting solids handling and / or extrusion of polyolefins
• Experience in pneumatic conveying of powders, granules or larger forms of products.  This may include products such as polyolefins, polymer additives, refinery coke, minerals and ores
• Candidate will have the theoretical knowledge to design a pneumatic system including calculation of conveying velocities, air flow requirements, pipe sizing, as well as necessary equipment such as dust collectors, rotary feeders and divert valves

Preferred Qualifications / Experience:

• Experience in multi-level sizing such as grinding, classifying, or sifting with vibratory or centrifugal equipment
• Familiarity with loading and unloading railcar and bulk truck equipment
• Experience in pelletizing of polyolefin products using underwater pelletizers
• Familiar with rheological properties of polymers
• Familiar with polyolefin additive weighing systems such as loss in weight feeders, vacuum conveying and effective oxygen exclusion
• Familiar with dust hazards and knowledge of NFPA 660, NFPA 654, NFPA 68 etc.,

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
• 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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