Hydroprocessing Engineer

What role you will play in the team

ExxonMobil is a place where we believe people should think independently, take initiative, grow to their full potential, and help shape the future of energy. With a long history of industry leadership and cutting-edge innovation, we are committed to addressing the dual challenge facing society today: meeting the world’s growing demand for energy while reducing environmental impacts, including the risk of climate change.

You will be an integral part of our process engineering team providing deep technical insights into a specific process engineering technology area (i.e. Hydroprocessing) and provide support to ExxonMobil’s manufacturing facilities globally.

Currently, we have an opportunity for an experienced Hydroprocessing Engineer to join our Kuala Lumpur Technology Center team. The position is based in Kuala Lumpur, and you will be working very closely with our global process engineering team and manufacturing sites’ teams.

What you will do

If successful, your key deliverables will include:  

• Provide active technical leadership in Hydroprocessing and Hydrocracking within the company
• Enhance organizational capability in Hydroprocessing and Hydrocracking by mentoring, reviewing technical work, developing and delivering technical training
• Evaluate, develop, and deploy technologies within your area of expertise to deliver value to the business
• Provide process engineering technical leadership and support to operating sites on unit operation, optimization and troubleshooting during abnormal operation
• Serve as the process technology technical lead for capital project development from screening studies through unit startup
• Support installation, commissioning, and startup of greenfield or revamped facilities
• Lead or provide guidance on process modelling development, sustainment and enhancement
• Collaborate with third parties to develop, design, manufacture, test and deploy new technologies  

About you

Skills and Qualifications

To be eligible for this role, you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering (required)
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in Oil and Gas, Petrochemical or Refining Industry
• Prior experience in Hydroprocessing and Hydrocracking for fuels and base stocks in the downstream oil refining industry
• Proficiency in the following areas of Hydroprocessing and Hydrocracking
  • Unit operation, troubleshooting and optimization
  • Process Modelling
  • Catalyst selection
• Experience in project development from early screening studies, through lead case selection, detailed engineering, and unit startup and commissioning
• Expertise in new technology evaluation, development, and deployment
• Turnaround support, including reactor inspection and startup
• Able to demonstrate the following:
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, especially in multi-cultural global team
  • Strategic thinking and able to develop creative fit for purpose solutions to resolve operational problems
  • Ability to influence and promote change to achieve desired results with no or minimal direct authority
  • Willingness to travel internationally as needed for business reasons. Expect about 10% of time required for travel

Your Benefits:

We are committed to providing benefits that are competitive and support the needs of our employees.

Application Process

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