Valve Program Manager-TX Gulf Coast Refinery

Location:

Corpus Christi, TX

Flint Hills Resources, www.fhr.com, is an independent refining and chemicals company. The company has expanded its operations through capital projects and acquisitions worth more than $6.2 billion since 2002. Its refineries and ethanol plants produce fuels that power much of Texas, the Midwest and the Alaska interior. Its petrochemicals are used to manufacture goods such as plastics, building products and packaging materials. Its asphalt is used in communities across the Midwest and Alaska. The base oils it markets are the principle raw material used to produce premium motor oil, commercial lubricants and sealants and coatings.

Job Description & Duties

• Own and ensure compliance with the site's Valve Mechanical Integrity Program (includes pressure relief devices, flame arrestors, detonation arrestors, and critical check valves)
  
• Manages Pressure Relief Device Inspection program, owns and coordinates program work flow process: specification & maintenance history reviews, scope development, purchasing, planning/scheduling, execution, shop inspections, record keeping and inspection interval adjustments
  
• Audit and maintain measures for the Pressure Relief Device Inspection Program per Mechanical Integrity Program requirements
  
• Perform and/or participate in root cause failure analysis for valve failures
  
• Own and develop pressure relief device standards and toolbox procedures
  
• Provide support for capital projects including: scenario and sizing verification and specification and standard reviews of pressure relief devices and other valve types

Work Experience & Skills Required

• Engineering degree with 5+ years of experience within a refining, chemical, or heavy industrial environment
  
• Knowledgeable in pressure relief device specifications, applications (psv, p/v vents, flame arrestors, and detonation arrestors), testing and maintenance
  
• Experience in performing root cause failure analysis
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Work Experience & Skills Preferred

• Knowledge and experience in developing pressure relief device overpressure protection scenarios and performing sizing calculations
  
• Familiar with pressure relief device failure modes
  
• Knowledge and experience related to pressure vessels, piping, heat exchangers, fired process equipment and the factors that affect the reliability of fixed equipment
  
• Experience in developing equipment reliability strategies
  
• Proficient in the use of Maximo CMMS, Meridium, and ioMosaic software
  
• Experience developing and managing equipment standards
  
• Knowledgeable in ASME and API codes
  
• Refinery corrosion mechanisms and materials experience

Education Required

• Bachelor's of science degree in mechanical, civil, reliability, or chemical/petroleum engineering (or similar) from an ABET- accredited program

Education Preferred

• Knowledgeable and experience in applying API 520, API 521, and Api 2000
  
• Knowledgeable and experience in applying ASME Section I and VIII as pertaining to overpressure protection devices

Other Considerations

• Able to travel up to 10% of the time
• Some overtime may be required, including nights, weekends, and holidays during turnaround and outages