Production Engineer

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INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA

Job title

Production Engineer

Location        

Battleground Manufacturing Complex – La Porte, TX

Closing date

June 11, 2026

Organizational context and job purpose

Organizational Context and Job Purpose

The Olefins & Polymers USA division of INEOS is one of the largest producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America. From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou and the Battleground Manufacturing Complex, it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $4b.

The 300-acre INEOS Battleground Manufacturing Complex (BMC) was originally built in 1956 and is located on the Houston ship channel east of Houston, Texas. The site is comprised of 7 polyethylene lines; 1 polypropylene line; a 20 MW Cogen facility; and a state-of-the-art polyolefin technical center that supports research and development, technical services and quality assurance. In 2017, a new world-scale bimodal polyethylene unit was brought online to manufacture high-density polyethylene.

How the Role Fits In

The Production Engineer will provide daily engineering support to ensure, stable, complaint and efficient operations of chemical manufacturing units. The Production Engineer will act as the primary technical resources for Operations and Maintenance support, troubleshooting and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

The position is accountable for understanding and putting into practice the INEOS 20 Principles.  Additionally, this position has a special responsibility to cascade the understanding of these principles throughout their work group.

Accountability: SHE Stewardship 

Meet all SHE objectives and comply with all governmental laws and policies for a manufacturing site.

Supporting activities:

• Ensure process hazards are systematically identified, risk assessed, reviewed and managed.
• Always place safe operation or shutdown of the asset ahead of production.
• When in doubt ensure the asset is always taken to its safest state.
• Ensure assets operating envelopes and protective systems are in place to deliver safe operation and maintain asset integrity. 
• Identify and establish operating, maintenance, and CAPEX strategies to drive asset integrity and environmental compliance.
• Promote, ensure and sustain commitment to operating assets with no harm to people and to the environment by visibly demonstrating Safety Leadership. 
• Ensure that a comprehensive SHE management process delivers and improves safety performance through incident reporting, behavioral awareness, compliance with policies, audits, and corrective action tracking/resolution and incident investigation.

Accountability: Key Responsibilities

Daily Operations Support

• Monitor unit performance, production rates, energy usage, and product quality; take action to correct deviations.
• Track key process indicators (KPIs) such as yield, energy efficiency, uptime, and quality metrics.
• Identify performance gaps and implement improvements using data analysis and engineering fundamentals.
• Collaborate with process control engineers to maintain and improve plant automation
• Provide real‑time troubleshooting for equipment and process issues impacting safety, quality, or throughput.
• Work closely with board operators and field technicians to optimize plant performance and reliability.
• Participate in daily or weekly production meetings and communicate technical priorities clearly.

Process Safety Compliance & Risk Reduction

• Ensure all operations comply with process safety management (PSM) requirements.
• Participate in PHAs, HAZOPs, LOPAs, and risk assessments and endorsements.
• Own and complete safety‑related action items (PSM, Investigations, audit findings, MOC tasks).
• Own and update Level 3 safe operating limits (SOLs), unit process safety information, and operator guidance.
• Support safe execution of operations, maintenance activities, and startup/shutdown procedures.
• Initiate and own unit MOCs. Primarily responsible for progressing the MOC to completion
• Support implementation and documentation of process modifications.

Environmental Compliance

• Monitor environmental KPIs such as emissions, flaring, spills, wastewater quality, and waste generation.
• Ensure daily operations remain within permitted environmental limits (air, water, waste).
• Respond to and investigate environmental deviations, excursions, or near-miss conditions.
• Maintain and update engineering and Operator SOPs related to environmental controls (e.g., vent systems, wastewater routing, flare minimization).
• Support environmental reporting by providing accurate production, throughput, and event data.
• Partner with the SHE team to implement environmental improvements that reduce emissions, energy use, or waste.
• Train and coach operators on environmental controls, critical equipment, and compliance expectations.

Maintenance & Reliability Support

• Perform root‑cause investigations for process upsets, and quality incidents.
• Partner with Maintenance and Reliability teams to define priorities for equipment repairs or upgrades.
• Collaborate with Reliability and Maintenance on bad actors, failure analysis, and improvement plans.
• Support the outage readiness process

Continuous Improvement & Projects

• Identify small capital or low‑cost improvements that increase safety, capacity, reliability, or energy performance.
• Provide support to the Technical and Capital Group to support FEL efforts
• Support Technical group led trials, tests, and plant experiments to validate improvements or new operating strategies.
• Support commissioning, startup, and performance testing for new installations or modifications.
• Participate in TAR planning and execution, providing process expertise.

Commercial and Supply Chain

• Communicate daily with Supply Chain on production capability, rate changes, inventory levels, and scheduling needs.
• Provide Commercial teams with operational insights that may impact customer orders, product quality, or supply commitments.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain on product tank levels, loading schedules, drumming/packaging needs, and logistics constraints.
• Alert Supply Chain and Commercial groups to any operational events that may affect product availability, blend schedules, or shipment timing.
• Communicate feedstock constraints or changes that affect unit rates, yields, or product slates.
• Support optimization of feedstock-to-product value chains through operational insights on rate flexibility and unit capability.
• Participate in STOP discussions by supplying technical input on plant capability, constraints, and production forecasts.

Skills & Knowledge Required

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 2 + years of experience in process engineering, production/operations support, or plant engineering in chemical manufacturing or refinery

Most Important Skills & Knowledge

• A strong drive, sense of urgency, and problem-solving abilities will be critical for the success of this individual. 
• The ability to work across all disciplines and throughout all levels of the organization in a persuasive and credible manner is necessary.
• Innovative and technically astute - understands what is required to deliver projects and achieve business objectives.
• Act wisely within the organization and team to achieve goals.
• Environmentally aware - Understands the competitive environment and relative values of alternative technology options
• Displays strong technical skills and knowledge as required in the polyolefin process technologies.
• Able to work and influence in a project mode.
• Strong work ethic. Dedicated and willing to work the hours needed to accomplish a task.
• Ability to prioritize work – ensure the important items are done
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Ability to manage interfaces with other internal and external groups
• Comfortable and effective with communicating to ALL levels in the organization

Since the nature of technical support includes troubleshooting unexpected problems or upsets, the person for this job must be able to work long hours that can extend into nights and/or weekends if the need arises.  In addition, some shift work will be expected on an occasional basis for items such as training, troubleshooting, or project commissioning. 

ADA Physical Requirements, Visual Acuity Requirements, and Environmental Conditions

The process engineer must be able to work in a variety of environments that include both fieldwork and deskwork.  Minimum requirements include:

• Maintaining constant awareness of personal safety and the safety of all other personnel.  This includes knowledge of unit operation, procedures, and rules.
• Being able to work in a safety sensitive environment that includes large rotating equipment and hazardous chemicals. 
• The manufacturing facility is located outside in the Houston ship channel area.  As such, the process engineer must be able to withstand both high temperatures and high humidity while wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment.
• In addition, the engineer must be comfortable working in a loud or dusty environment that could include exposure to fumes / odors or vibration from surrounding equipment.
• Being able to ascend and descend a barrel ladder with continuous vertical length of up to 35 feet. 
• Being able to climb and descend stairs up to a total structure height of 150 feet.
• Being physically able to wear and navigate through the unit with a respirator if needed.
• Being able to pick up a 50 lb object such as a fire extinguisher.
• Being able to work at a desk and operate routine items such as a computer and calculator.

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA is an equal opportunity employer.

If you are selected for a position, your employment will be contingent upon submission to and successful completion of a post-offer/pre-employment drug screen (and alcohol screening/medical examination if required by the role) as well as pre-employment verification of the information and qualifications provided during the selection process.

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA does not accept or retain unsolicited resumes or phone calls and/or respond to them, or to any third party representing job seekers.

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.