HCC Unit Operator
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 10, 2026.
ExxonMobil in China
ExxonMobil has a long history in China dating back to 1892 when its predecessor Standard Oil began marketing kerosene to light the Mei Foo lamps at Chinese homes. Today, ExxonMobil’s business portfolio in China spans the full spectrum of the industry, from upstream to downstream, chemicals and technology center.
ExxonMobil has a long-term commitment to China through investments, products, technologies and partnerships, helping meet China’s growing demand for energy and petrochemical products.
What you will do
This job is part of Higher Olefins and Higher Alcohols Technology in supporting manufacturing plants, identifying process improvement opportunities and investigating new feedstocks or products.
This work requires pilot units which can run at actual manufacturing conditions and simulate process flows. Some pilot runs are focused on catalyst testing, while others produce materials to be validated either in-house or with customers.
The pilot units are supported by a dedicated lab with advanced and even unique techniques required for full characterization of feed, intermediate samples and products
All work requires a “can-do” attitude and needs to be performed with the highest quality standards, continuously ensuring Safe Operations as our number one priority.
Tasks
- Provide operator input during design and construction phase of pilot units
- Assist in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and run Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) of new units
- Coordinate installation and start-up of new units
- Run pilot units in collaboration with other operators and lab technicians
- Prepare feedstocks, load catalysts, take samples and handle final products
- Report run conditions and sample analyses
- Perform Pilot Units troubleshooting and identify improvement opportunities
- Ensure preventive maintenance and contribute to equipment strategy
- Document operating procedures
- Focus on unit safety and operations integrity
- Be functional owner of several pilot units
- Discuss run plans, progress, status and results with principal investigator or work requester.
- Initiate potential units modifications by following the company OIMS requirements.
- Keep the units P&IDs up-to-date
About you
The ideal candidate will have following profile:
- Bachelor Degree, Major in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry preferred
- Experience in running pilot units for chemical product and process development.
- Basic knowledge of process chemistry and catalysis
- Basic mechanical and instrumentation knowledge relevant for pilot units
- Software skills, e.g. MS office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word) and Outlook. DCS software programming skills is a bonus
- Good spoken and written English
- Team player
- Hands-on person
- Well organized
- High focus on safety
- Analytical mindset, focus on details
- Able to work independently
- Flexible, adapt to changing priorities
- Eager to learn
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ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.