Company:

INEOS Oligomers USA LLC

Organizational Context and Job Purpose

Organizational Context:

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals and oil products. Comprising 36 individual businesses, we operate 194 facilities in 29 countries throughout the world.

INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Our businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.

Purpose of the job:

This position is part of the Oligomers Global Technology Organization at Marina View, TX and reports to the Global Technology Manager for INEOS Oligomers. This role focuses primarily on providing broad business support, knowledge, and expertise primarily in Poly Alpha Olefins (PAO) process technology, but also secondary process support for the other Oligomers product lines as needed.

Environment/Context:

Serve as knowledge manager of our PAO process technology
Provide process technology options to the Oligomers business to effectively enhance margins and growth opportunities
Develop detailed tactics to support business strategy
Work with plant sites to identify and implement both near term and long range technology enhancements
Support business with timely process and economic evaluations for business options
Provide technical insight to differentiate our processes and products from the competition
Influence the manufacturing organization to proactively improve process and product performance
Provide competitive intelligence on customer technology capabilities
Interact with other functional groups (e.g., Sales, Operations, Marketing) to meet customer needs
Establish, maintain and enhance process simulation and modeling tools
Mentor process engineers across the Oligomers organization in the necessary fundamentals and in-depth knowledge of Oligomers technologies
Ensure technology learnings are shared and transferred across the Oligomers organization

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Demonstrates a high level of expertise and makes a significant contribution through innovative solutions to complex technical problems
Provides expert process engineering support to the business, projects and plants
Provides deep expertise in Ineos Oligomers process technologies
Provides expertise and leadership in establishing process modeling tools for the Oligomers technologies
Provides expertise and solid judgment in the economic assessment of new processes and process improvements
Champions development and implementation of innovative and leading edge technology
Demonstrates the ability to evaluate opportunities, utilize problem solving skills, and has a proven track record of delivering results
Interprets competitive technologies through surveillance of patents and other publications and communicates impact thereof to the business
Provides input into the assessment of competitor technologies, capabilities, and impact
Participates in developing and maintaining IP strategy for Oligomers’ product lines
Develops understanding of markets, customer’s technology, and the impact of our product on customer’s process
Identifies opportunities to develop long range technology goals to insure Oligomers has the best in class process technologies
Mentors process engineers both in Global Technology and the sites in essential process knowledge for Oligomers technologies
Identifies best in class methods to insure technology learnings are shared and effectively transferred across the Oligomers organizations

Skills & Knowledge Required

Education/Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering required, advanced degree a plus
Minimum 10 years experience in the chemical industry
In depth knowledge of Oligomers technologies preferred
Fluency in English required, French a plus
Strong interpersonal and communication skills are required
Proven influencing skills are essential

Skills/Competencies

Technical Skills

A high level of process and product knowledge for Oligomers technologies
Possesses a high level of process expertise and is recognized as an authority within Oligomers
Possesses a strong working knowledge for use of process engineering simulation tools
Possesses a strong working knowledge for developing process and project economics
Knowledge of IP processes and the use of IP to defend our businesses
Ability to provide high quality technical support to manufacturing sites
Ability to evaluate opportunities, utilize problem solving skills, with a proven track record of providing innovative solutions which add business value
Understanding and use of staged gate processes
A solid understanding of both business and technical objectives and strategies
Solid technical leadership and networking skills through technical network participation
Understanding of INEOS Oligomers’ technology (both theory and application), experience, and ability to lead/conduct plant tests
Knowledge of competitive technologies and their economics

Behavioral Skills

Provides Safety Leadership by Example
A thorough understanding of product stewardship issues
Demonstrates HSE sensitivity which includes an understanding of the HSE requirements in the design or modification of processes
Maintains Personal Integrity and Ethical behavior
Communicates proactively with technology and manufacturing team members and stakeholders to avoid surprises, and to seek stakeholder buy-in into Technology projects
Effectively uses informal power and influence to achieve results (as opposed to formal authority)
Fosters collaboration broadly across the Global Technology team and the broader organization
Demonstrates the ability to consult with other INEOS Businesses to advance the Oligomers business and technology agenda
Self Development: Continues to sharpen and develop technical and leadership skills (e.g., influence, leadership style, communication, vision)
Seeks out and shares best practices: Always looks for broader applications, benchmarks with intent to find best in class practices, leverages personal networks (internal and external) to add value
Embraces change and positively challenges the “status quo”
Proactively and positively manages conflict
Ability to work under pressure with competing demands
Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in complex technology/product development project

ADA Physical requirements, visual acuity requirements and environmental conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and perform tasks requiring repetitive use of hands. The employee must occasionally walk, stand and travel by car, airplane or other means. Exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Employee must have the ability to see written documents, computer screens and to adjust focus.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

Work Environment: This job is performed mainly in a temperature-controlled office environment.

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.

Process Technology Associate