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Today, ExxonMobil’s business portfolio in China spans the full spectrum of the industry, from upstream to downstream, chemicals and technology center.\nExxonMobil has a long-term commitment to China through investments, products, technologies and partnerships, helping meet China’s growing demand for energy and petrochemical products.\nWhat you will do\nThis job is part of Higher Olefins and Higher Alcohols Technology in supporting manufacturing plants, identifying process improvement opportunities and investigating new feedstocks or products.\nThis 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.\nThe pilot units are supported by a dedicated lab with advanced and even unique techniques required for full characterization of feed, intermediate samples and products\nAll 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.\nTasks\nProvide operator input during design and construction phase of pilot units\nAssist in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and run Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) of new units\nCoordinate installation and start-up of new units\nRun pilot units in collaboration with other operators and lab technicians\nPrepare feedstocks, load catalysts, take samples and handle final products\nReport run conditions and sample analyses\nPerform Pilot Units troubleshooting and identify improvement opportunities\nEnsure preventive maintenance and contribute to equipment strategy\nDocument operating procedures\nFocus on unit safety and operations integrity\nBe functional owner of several pilot units\nDiscuss run plans, progress, status and results with principal investigator or work requester.\nInitiate potential units modifications by following the company OIMS requirements.\nKeep the units P&IDs up-to-date\nAbout you\nThe ideal candidate will have following profile:\nBachelor Degree, Major in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry preferred\nExperience in running pilot units for chemical product and process development.\nBasic knowledge of process chemistry and catalysis\nBasic mechanical and instrumentation knowledge relevant for pilot units\nSoftware skills, e.g. MS office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word) and Outlook. DCS software programming skills is a bonus\nGood spoken and written English\nTeam player\nHands-on person\nWell organized\nHigh focus on safety\nAnalytical mindset, focus on details\nAble to work independently\nFlexible, adapt to changing priorities\nEager to learn\nStay connected with us\nLearn more at our website\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nExxonMobil 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.\nFunctional Skills","description_format":"text","description_chars":3256,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Fossil Fuels","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T16:35:54Z"}],"liveness":{"score":50,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.671,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":16,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:34","velocity","win:late","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-27T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/exxonmobil-hcc-unit-operator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/exxonmobil-hcc-unit-operator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T03:45:54Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2323,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2677,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}