Swift Worldwide Resources is an international recruitment firm specializing in talent acquisition within the oil and gas industry. Swift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey recruitment solution to capture top technical and management talent by designing bespoke packages that align with the unique needs of our clients. With approximately 3,000 employees in over 30 countries, Swift has an expansive global footprint in the oil and gas recruitment industry.

Our client, a major specialty chemical company, is seeking an experienced Chemical Licensing Engineer to join their team in La Porte, Texas.

As part of our client’s strategy to compete in an ever growing global market, this role will provide support for technology licensing efforts around the world, primarily in China. This individual will be expected to provide direct on-site process support for start up of licensed facilities, and travel as needed to do so. Anticipated start-up activity will result in significant time spent on assignment outside the US, the specific time and duration of the assignments are undefined at this time. Travel destination, length of assignment, and time between both domestic and foreign assignments will be contingent on license sales and needs but is expected to be primarily foreign assignments for the first few years following the training period. When not traveling in support of licensees, home base and job responsibilities will be at the LaPorte, TX site.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and implement process improvement ideas that result in improvements in yield performance, energy efficiency, and operating cost reductions.

• Provide technical support to operations areas, assisting with troubleshooting of complex problems associated with unit start-up or normal operation.

• Development of project justifications, including economic analysis, to ensure proper marginal value.

• Prepare and execute projects that improve the safety, operability and environmental performance of the plant

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION & TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• 5 years work experience in the petroleum and/or chemical processing industry in a plant environment

• Ability to work effectively with all personnel regardless of function/level

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering

• Experience with PC-Based applications (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint minimum)

• Demonstrated skill in process or production engineering in a plant environment

• Must be available for international travel up to 80%, including long periods on assignment.