Process Operator

At Motiva, our employees’ energy, passion, and dedication to excellence are what make us who we are and what allows us to generate energy that makes a house a home, gets us from point A to point B, and enables our health and wellbeing. We invest in every aspect of our employees’ lives because, at Motiva, our people matter.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines, distributes and markets petroleum products throughout the Americas. The company’s Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex in Port Arthur, TX, is comprised of North America’s largest refinery with a total throughput of 720,000 barrels per day, the largest base oil plant in the western hemisphere, and an integrated chemical plant. Under exclusive long-term brand licenses with Shell and Phillips 66 (for the 76® brand), Motiva’s commercial operations supply more than 12 billion gallons of fuel to customers annually. Motiva is wholly owned by Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies.

Position Overview:

Motiva is seeking Process Operators to join our Refinery and Chemicals facility in Port Arthur. The Process Operator is responsible for monitoring, controlling, and conducting activities that pertain to unit operation and taking corrective action when necessary to ensure that all unit conditions and operations are in compliance with Motiva safety, environmental, and operating policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Operate process related systems within critical limits.
• Implement Operating Procedures to ensure operational control and product quality.
• Conduct visual inspection of piping and equipment in assigned area and take corrective action if deficiencies are found.
• Monitor, adjust, and record process variables as required to ensure safe, reliable, and environmentally compliant operations.
• Select, use, and maintain personal protective equipment.
• Complete all compliance activities on time (i.e. mandatory training, hearing tests, respirator fit test, medical evaluations, etc.).
• Ensure reliability centered maintenance is performed.
• Secure or remove all equipment according to Inclement Weather Procedures.
• Issue permits for all activities within the assigned process area in accordance with the Permit Procedure.
• Control personnel entry into and around assigned operating area through the use of documentation and barricades as detailed in procedures.
• Check all piping to ensure blinds and/or plugs are in place.
• Document all pertinent shift activities in end-of-shift write-up.

Experience and Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent education
• Valid driver’s license

After submitting your application, you must achieve a passing score on the online assessment to be considered for an interview. It is required that the assessment is completed without assistance.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Associate’s degree or higher education
• Formal education and/or training related to process operations
• Experience working in an industrial environment
• Previous military experience

Physical Requirements:

• Willing and able to work outside in inclement weather with or without accommodation
• Willing and able to work in compact and confined spaces with or without accommodation

• Must be willing and able to climb and work at heights, walk on high elevation grating and to walk up and down stairs with or without accommodation

• Motiva emphasizes safety in all phases of its business, therefore, with proper training, you must be willing and able to use safe lifting techniques to lift 50 pounds from the ground to waist level with or without accommodation
• Must be willing and able to work in self-contained breathing apparatus

This role is subject to a pre-hire physical abilities test.

Other Requirements:

• This role works a 12-hour rotating shift schedule. The successful candidate must be willing and able to work overtime, holidays, nights, and weekends
• Must be willing and able to be on call and meet callout standards to respond to site responsibilities and emergencies
• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the requirement of a work visa
• Must currently hold or be able to qualify to receive a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card
• Must support and comply with the company’s drug free work environment, which will include random drug screenings
• Must support and comply with the company’s harassment free workplace environment policy
• Must support and comply with the company’s safety policies and initiatives
• Must support and comply with the company’s diversity and inclusion work environment policies

We reserve the right to amend or withdraw Motiva jobs at any time, including prior to the closing date. Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and/or grade.

Applicants for regular U.S. positions must be authorized to work in the United States for Motiva Enterprises LLC without the need for sponsorship of an immigration authorization or visa (for example, TN, H-1B, or other employment-based immigration authorization or visa).

Motiva participates in E-Verify.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status under federal, state, or local laws.