Chemical Engineer

Engineer, Chemical Operations
Engineer, Chemical Operators CU

Job Summary

Our manufacturing organization in Bergen op Zoom is one of the production facilities of the production of advanced engineering thermoplastics. We are looking for an Operations Engineer for the Chlorine & Utilities plant to support daily operations, which includes troubleshooting, plant optimization, raw material management, debottlenecking and production loss accounting. The operations engineer is responsible for the maximum unit availability in a safe and economical manner by providing support to plant personnel using available resources. This role is within the CU (Chlorine & Utilities) organization, which exists of about 50 employees from which 40 working in shifts. The Ops Engineer reports to the Sr. Manager Operation CU.

How You Can Be The Impact

• Responsible for plant production performance monitoring, including operation performance improvement (raw material and energy usage, quality).
• Support daily operations and maintain regular communication with operations personnel this includes troubleshooting and debottlenecking of unit operations and related equipment including identifying the problem source. Evaluate alternatives and suggest solutions and improvements.
• Together with operations, make sure that the plant capability (output) targets are realized on a day-to-day basis. He/ she proactively advise and assist the operational teams in preventing performance gaps and in case of immediate performance gaps, resolve plant output- and quality problems effectively.
• Working in SAP to ensure raw material supply and registration.
• Execute on short-term operational safety actions initiated from HAZOP`s, safety events and incidents.
• Maintains contact with service departments to optimize plant performance.
• Assist in commissioning of new equipment and other unit/control modifications.
• Reviews design packages for operability, functionality and safety.
• Participate as team member in Incident Investigations, HAZOP and PSSR.
• Maintains statistical process control (or similar methods) monitoring of all major Chemical operations unit equipment and makes recommendations for proper maintenance and operation.
• Responsible for the operation part of turn-around scope, and participates in the unit turn-around team to develop the total scope.

What Matters to SABIC

• BSc / MSc level in either mechanical engineering or chemical engineering.
• Experience in a (petro-) chemical unit (troubleshooting) and with SAP system is a plus.
• Fluent in English
• Dutch nice to have
• A dynamic, flexible, structured and enthusiastic personality
• You have the ability to listen generously and practice open advocacy. You are able to provide people the information to perform their assigned roles by spoken and written word.
• You know how to evaluate a particular situation or scenario and quantify the probability and consequence of an undesirable event (risk-based thinking).