Staff Process Engineer (TSE)

Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Process Engineering

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

July 31, 2025

Business unit:

Downstream and Renewables

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role

The Olefins Hot Side & Auxiliaries Technical Support Engineer (TSE) provides technical assurance and support for the Olefins area of the Deer Park Site. This role provides mentoring and guidance to the process engineering team supporting the area (typically including 2 – 3 Operation Support Engineers).

What you’ll be doing

• Provide proactive technical support to help ensure that olefins cracking furnaces, downstream quench systems, and numerous Auxiliaries are operated in a safe, environmentally sound, and efficient manner in accordance with established guidelines. Dimensions: 12 cracking furnaces of various designs with a combined ethylene production capacity of over 700 ktpa, downstream fractionation units, process condensate and dilution steam systems, various Auxiliaries (i.e. flares, cooling water towers, boilers, fuel system, etc.)

•  Provide the process engineering Technical Assurance function for Management of Change requirements in your assigned area and provide backup for other areas’ TSE’s. Ensure Process Engineering activities are conducted fully in line with Shell Group and governmental regulations

• Propose appropriate operating targets for the process units and systems to meet established feed and product specifications.  Audit unit/system performance against those targets. Propose changes to enhance the performance of the units/systems within the established operating boundaries. Identify and define process improvement opportunities and develop the business cases for justification

• Review the weekly and monthly operating plans for proper representation of your operating units and systems. Identify and communicate issues to the appropriate technical and operations personnel. Participate, as appropriate, in the operating meeting cadences to ensure process issues or opportunities are fully understood and addressed. Lead (or assist) in evaluation of complex technical or operational problems, problem definition and ensuring solutions

• Ensure process team engagement with Shell P&T specialists to keep them informed as to the major unit/systems issues and progress in resolving those. Collaborate with P&T regularly to advance medium and long-term technical initiatives. Actively participate in the Shell-wide Hot Side network, driving cross-site cooperation & learning

• Coordinate the efforts of other resources to address specific problems or for scheduled startups or shutdowns. Lead the Deer Park Furnace Improvement Team (FIT) to drive short-term and long-term reliability, operability, and process safety improvements of the cracking furnaces. Provide support and leadership to multidiscipline teams addressing cross organizational issues / opportunities. Facilitate problem resolution when the problem requires Process Engineering knowledge and expertise

• Provide technical documentation to ensure knowledge retention, continuity, and organizational learning. Provide technical input & overview for turnaround scoping & planning activities as well as startup/shutdown procedures. Provide technical guidelines for high impact events & abnormal situations. Provide support to long term strategy planning for the units/systems. May prepare or present the technical content of specialized Operator/Craft training

• Provide process engineering participation in regulatory mandated PHA’s and drive resolution of resulting action items. Provide process engineering participation in Incident Investigations within assigned areas

• Provide direct mentoring and coaching to Operation Support Engineers (OSEs), also potentially supervise summer intern(s). Collaborate with the Process Engineering Supervisor on formal development of less experienced OSE’s. Occasional backfill support of Cold Side portions of Deer Park Olefins as needed, occasional backfill of Process Engineering Supervisor in administrative functions

What we need from you

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

• Minimum 5 years’ demonstrable experience supporting Olefins furnace and/or quench systems is required

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering is required

• Highly effective people skills with demonstrated ability to work on teams and with diverse work groups including craft-persons, operators, vendors and various engineering disciplines

• Demonstrate a commitment to the Core Values: Value and Respect all people/Integrity/Customer Focus / Act for the Greater Whole 

• Independently manage a diverse work list with varying length of timelines, varying levels of urgency, interrelationships and varying stakeholders 

• Be proactive, working closely with Operations, Maintenance, and Pressure Equipment Integrity to ensure thorough and complete communication of process issues, priorities, risks and opportunities at hand

What we offer

The base salary range for this position is $122, 000 - $182, 000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives.  For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays.  Additional information on Shell’s US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents

• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in The United States

Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years, leading the sector in energy, petrochemicals and refined products.  Today, we provide millions of Americans with the energy needed to heat and cool their homes and power the economy. 

We operate in all 50 states, from our Deep-Water platforms in the Gulf of America to the Pennsylvania Chemicals complex and our miles of pipelines throughout the US.

We reach our customers through our 13,000 branded retail stations, and we are number 1 in gasoline sales. We also own the #1 brand of motor oil in the U.S. – Pennzoil® – made from natural gas.

We are excited to play a key role in the move to net carbon emissions while providing the oil and gas needed by society for many decades to come.

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