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Refinery Operator
Job Details
full-time
Grape Gardens, California, United States
Phillips 66
Salary : $40 Hourly
05/21/2025
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Company: Phillips 66
Phillips 66 is seeking skilled and safety-focused Refinery Operators to join our team in the Los Angeles, CA area. As a Refinery Operator, you will be responsible for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing refining processes to produce various petroleum products. You will work shifts in a complex industrial environment, ensuring safe and efficient operations according to strict procedures.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Phillips 66 is seeking skilled and safety-focused Refinery Operators to join our team in the Los Angeles, CA area. As a Refinery Operator, you will be responsible for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing refining processes to produce various petroleum products. You will work shifts in a complex industrial environment, ensuring safe and efficient operations according to strict procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and control process variables (temperature, pressure, flow rates) from a control room or field location using Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and other control interfaces.
- Operate and adjust valves, pumps, compressors, furnaces, and other equipment to maintain process parameters.
- Conduct regular field rounds to inspect equipment, detect leaks, identify potential hazards, and verify process conditions.
- Collect samples of products and raw materials for laboratory analysis.
- Troubleshoot operational issues and respond to alarms and deviations from normal operating conditions.
- Communicate effectively with other operators, supervisors, engineers, and maintenance personnel.
- Ensure strict adherence to all safety procedures, environmental regulations, and company policies.
- Participate in safety meetings, training sessions, and emergency response drills.
- Prepare and maintain accurate logs and reports of operating data and activities.
- Perform minor maintenance tasks and assist maintenance personnel with equipment isolation and preparation for work.
- Respond to emergencies, such as fires, spills, or equipment failures, following established procedures.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency improvements.
- Work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Understand process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
- Ensure proper lockout/tagout procedures are followed before maintenance work.
- Monitor emission control systems.
- Assist with startup and shutdown procedures for process units.
- Maintain a clean and organized work area.
- Report any unsafe conditions or practices immediately.
- Train and mentor junior operators.
- Operate mobile equipment (e.g., forklifts, trucks) if required.
- Conduct basic laboratory tests in the field.
- Ensure proper handling and disposal of hazardous materials.
- Work effectively as part of a team in a high-pressure environment.
- Participate in incident investigations.
- Ensure compliance with all permits and licenses.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate's degree or technical certification in Process Technology, Chemical Engineering Technology, or a related field is preferred.
- 2+ years of experience as a process operator in a refinery, chemical plant, power plant, or similar heavy industrial environment.
- Strong understanding of process operations, including distillation, cracking, and other refining processes.
- Experience using Distributed Control Systems (DCS) or similar control systems.
- Knowledge of safety procedures in a hazardous industrial environment (e.g., LOTO, confined space entry, hot work permits).
- Ability to read and interpret P&IDs and PFDs.
- Excellent observation and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions.
- Physical ability to climb stairs and ladders, walk distances, and lift moderate weight.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Basic computer skills.
- Strong commitment to safety and environmental protection.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Ability to remain calm and effective in emergency situations.
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