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Staff Process Engineer

Delek US Holdings

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Big Spring, TX
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Job overview

The Staff Process Engineer applies process fundamentals, equipment knowledge, refinery practices, and technology expertise to support safe, environmentally responsible, reliable, and optimal refinery operations. The role contributes to troubleshooting, economic improvement, reliability, and safety; develops design improvements; supports capital projects and process guidance; and works across refinery functions to optimize unit performance. It also mentors and trains engineers and specialists.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Process EngineeringFixed Equipment OperationMetallurgyRefining ProcessesUnit ManagementRefinery EconomicsPersonal SafetyProcess SafetyProject TurnaroundRelationship ManagementCommunicationInfluencingCritical ThinkingMentoring

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent10+ Years Process Engineering Experience

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance

Full job description

Staff Process Engineer

Location:

Big Spring, TX, US, 79720

Are you looking for a career in a dynamic and innovative company that values versatility, growth, and teamwork? Look no further than Delek US Holdings!

WHAT IS DELEK? WHAT DO WE DO?

We are a boutique-sized diversified downstream energy company with a range of assets, including petroleum refining and logistics.

  • Our refineries in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana have a combined crude capacity of 302,000 barrels per day

  • Our logistics business currently owns and operates 720 miles of crude and product pipelines, a 600-mile crude oil gathering system, and storage tanks and terminals.

DELEK BENEFITS:

We offer fantastic benefits that include up to a 10% match on 401K on your hire start, with a vesting timeline of only one year, along with medical benefits that start on day onewith a 30% premium rebate annually! We value your well-being and all employees now have access to the Calm app for FREE, which is used for meditation, stress management, and better sleep. Through our performance management program, you can earn additional annual incentives as you set and achieve goals. Our pay for performance culture motivates our employees to improve Delek’s year-over-year company, business unit, and individual results. With some of the highest bonus payouts in recent years, we know that our success is due to our talented and dedicated team. We are looking for individuals like you to help us continue this momentum and bring new ideas to the table. At Delek, you will have the opportunity to make an impact and grow your career in a supportive and innovative environment.

JOB SUMMARY

The process engineer uses understanding of process fundamentals, process equipment, refinery practices, and specific technologies to ensure safe, environmentally friendly, reliable, and optimal refinery operation while coordinating and influencing the achievement of these objectives utilizing data driven critical thinking.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

  • 4 year / Bachelor's Degree (Required)

  • In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

  • Ten (10) or more years Process engineering experience or equivalent ability in refining industry (Required)

  • No Licensure or Certification Required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • Process Engineering

  • Fixed Equipment Operation

  • Metallurgy

  • Refining Processes Operation

  • Unit Management

  • Refinery Economics

  • Personal Safety

  • Process Safety

  • Project/Turnaround

  • Relationship Management

  • Communication

  • Influencing

  • Critical Thinking

  • Mentoring

  • Supporting the refinery network, provides input into process engineering monthly report format template and may review monthly monitoring reports and provide feedback

  • Conducts monthly touch base discussion format for each technology specific process unit in functional area and provides notes and receives feedback from Principal Process engineer as needed to gain further insights

  • Significantly contributes to complex process technology troubleshooting, economic improvement, reliability, and safety incidents within the specific technology assigned

  • Determines design improvements and collaborates with site teams to implement with oversight from Principal Process Engineer

  • Develops industry leading engineering judgement for process and equipment design in technology area with mentoring from Principal Process Engineer and through attending industry conferences

  • Maintains and suggests improvements for company process guide and best practices while implementing existing practices as practical; employs materials to and may deliver internal company training including operator process training classes

  • Provides technical quality assurance on medium and smaller capital projects associated with technology expertise

  • Interfaces with corporate LP modelling group to ensure unit constraints and yields are accurately reflected in corporate group’s linear programming model; developing tools as necessary for LP yield vector shifts maintenance

  • Develops and maintains critical cross-functional relationships (i.e., refinery economics, operations, lab, maintenance, refinery leadership, etc.) to optimize unit performance to constraints

  • Mentors and trains Engineers/Specialists

  • While this job description aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the role, it may not detail every task or responsibility required.

CORE COMPETENCIES

CHANGE AGILITY (LEVEL 3 APPLYING):

Identifies, initiates, and adapts to organizational changes that foster enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and ultimately business results.

COLLABORATION (LEVEL 3 APPLYING):

Sees connection points across the organization and partners effectively with others to achieve common goals.

DECISION MAKING (LEVEL 3 APPLYING):

Selects a course of action to reduce risk and uncertainty and create optimal outcomes.

DRIVE FOR RESULTS (LEVEL 3 APPLYING):

Drives to achieve challenging performance objectives.

TEAM BUILDING (LEVEL 3 APPLYING):

Builds trust, fosters openness, and provides support. As the manager of a team, selects and motivates a strong team.

#LI-MK1

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of Delek to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals, employees and qualified applicants for employment consistent with employment requirements and qualifications. Delek is an equal opportunity employer and all employees and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizen status or any other legally protected status or because they have discussed, disclosed or inquired about compensation.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,278 open Process Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$91–142K/yr105 salary ranges
  • US median$40–50/hr251 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 362 open Process Engineer jobs in Texas and 3,278 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Process Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 2,612 postings).
Education
2,126 of the 3,278 open Process Engineer jobs (65%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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