Lead Hydroprocessing & Renewables Specialist

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Des Plaines
Posted on: September 2, 2024

Job Description:

The position of the Lead Technology Specialist (Lead Chemical Engineer)
role in the Technology Services Department is a challenging role, which
involves providing technical service to our licensed and non-licensed
technology customers for Hydroprocessing & Renewables Technologies (Naphtha/Distillates/VGO/Pygas
Hydrotreating, VGO/Distillates Hydrocracking, Gasoline Desulfurization,
Ecofining and Renewable Jet among others). This role provides the opportunity to
thrive with the start of a fulfilling and successful Career Growth in the whole
Honeywell UOP organization. It allows networking with most departments in
Honeywell UOP along with direct customer-face relationships, which provides the
right skill set for either continuing a long career on the technical ladder or
transitioning into other career opportunities. Ensuring customer satisfaction with Honeywell
UOP processes and products, understanding customers' needs, fostering and
maintaining strong customer relationships, and looking for opportunities for
further Honeywell UOP business are the main aspects of the role. The role suits a strong problem
solver, able to manage his/her own time and efforts, a keen learner, someone
comfortable working both independently and with cross-departmental teams and
having good communication skills. The position will include regular
interaction with Honeywell UOP's external customers within the region and with Honeywell
UOP personnel worldwide and candidates must be able to handle in-depth
technical discussions with peers and external customers. The Lead Technology Specialist will
work closely with the Service Managers and peer Technology Specialists worldwide
to provide expertise to our customers.-- The Position will report to the Senior
Manager, Technology Services. Key responsibilities:

• Becoming an expert and recognized trusted advisor by internal and external customers for Hydroprocessing & Renewables technologies.
• Ensuring health and safety on daily job through execution of routine Safety trainings.
• Evaluating commercial operations, through remote monitoring or on-site troubleshooting, to assist customers in achieving their goals and effectively communicating Honeywell UOP recommendations, requirements and benefits.
• Providing technical support for new unit start-ups and turnaround support on catalyst changeout and regenerations of Honeywell UOP licensed units.
• Identifying improvement opportunities to unit's designs based on own judgement and commercial experience from support to customers unit's start-ups.
• Providing Field support as part of the Field Service Reserve (FSR) when necessary for customers start-up, restart or troubleshooting either as the main Technical Advisor or as a training opportunity.
• Participating in Engineering review meetings for new units and revamps including Design Basis, PFD, P&ID, HAZOP,
• Model Reviews, and other activities.
• Mentoring less experienced engineers.
• Developing and presenting training materials for Honeywell UOP technology training courses.
• Developing and updating general operating and process technology manuals.
• Leading and/or participating in Technical committees such as technologies Communities of Practice (CoP), Technical Committee Organization (TCO), Peer Reviews and Technical Group Meetings. Creating and providing internal presentations in these Forums.
• Championing changes and improvements in technologies supported via innovation.
• Participating in New Product Introduction (NPI) development projects with R&D as well as commercialization and validation of commercial data vs pilot plant scale data.
• Supporting Honeywell UOP Breakthrough Initiatives (BTI).
• Participating in internal and external Industry Forums and Conferences.
• Creating and publishing industrial magazine articles / white papers / magazine Q&A's.
• Championing internal infrastructure projects to improve productivity and knowledge sharing.
• Supporting the software industrial revolution and IIoT by providing input and support to the Connected Services initiatives.
• Supporting the development of yield estimates, assisting in preparation of Technical Proposals and participating in customer and internal meetings to support catalyst reload or revamp opportunities.
• Supporting the Sales organizations through customer intel of their operations, objectives and limitations to execute catalyst, equipment, service, training and engineering projects in the yearly Sales Pipeline.
• Ensuring Customer Care Excellence (CCE) by providing best-in-class service to our customers through delivering urgent support and precise guidelines to improve their safety, reliability and operations. Ensuring proper capture of knowledge and customers interactions as part of CCE through the Salesforce.com (SFDC) platform.
• Bringing potential business opportunities from interactions and relationships with internal and external customers.
• Championing new ideas to achieve Honeywell UOP's Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Strategic Plan (STRAP) and business goals.
• Leading Resolution projects if and when they arise.YOU MUST HAVE
  • University education in Chemical Engineering.
  • Broad refinery experience, either with Honeywell UOP or Refiner, providing a good all-round knowledge of refining technologies, their equipment and operations.
  • Experience with Hydroprocessing & Renewables technologies in a technical support or operations role.
  • Ability to conduct physical inspections requiring physical climbing and crawling through & walking on pressure vessels, distillation columns, tanks, and piping is required.
  • The position requires significant travel (-25%) and associated personal flexibility. Some trips can be planned in advance, but ability to travel at short notice is a requirement.WE VALUE
    • Strong interpersonal skills.
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills are required to manage the extensive internal and external customer contact that the position demands.
    • Ability to work well independently and in a team environment.
    • Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and adjust to changing priorities.
    • Good problem solving and dispute resolution skills
    • Good computer software skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).--Additional Information
      JOB ID: req460955Category: EngineeringLocation: 50 E Algonquin Rd,Des Plaines,Illinois,60017-5016,United StatesExemptHoneywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

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