Refinery Chemist
Posted on: 6 Feb 2021
Ardmore, OK
Job Description
Description
Performs laboratory operations, maintains regulatory compliance (especially reformulated gasoline), oversees and trains Lab Technicians and Shift Chemists, and completes special projects. Performs environmental chemist duties, to include the required chemical testing of wastewater and storm water for TNRCC/NPDES permits and the non-permit testing of other environmental samples, as well as any reports and record keeping needed to validate the results.
* Performs analyses, calibrations, methods, and maintenance and repairs of instruments.
* Performs special projects as assigned by Laboratory Superintendent.
* Maintains analytical specialization in certain areas.
* Assists with regulatory compliance, especially with reformulated gasoline.
* Trains and oversees Lab Techs and Shift Chemists in the use of instruments
* Performs eleven required tests on wastewater for permits.
* Tests storm water for COD, oil and grease.
* Tests sour water stripper samples for ammonia and sulfide.
* Other duties as assigned (ordering of instrumentation, supplies, etc.)
This position is salaried exempt status, which means you are not eligible for overtime pay.
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Valero
San Antonio, TX
Valero Energy Corporation operates as an independent petroleum refining and ethanol producing company in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Ethanol, and VLP (Valero Energy Partners LP). The company is involved in oil and gas refining, marketing, and bulk selling activities. It produces conventional and premium gasolines, gasoline meeting the specifications of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), diesel fuels, low-sulfur and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuels, CARB diesel, other distillates, jet fuels, asphalts, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined petroleum products.
As of December 31, 2018, the company owned 15 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day. It markets its refined products through wholesale rack and bulk markets; and through approximately 7,000 outlets under the Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco brand names. The company also produces and sells ethanol, distiller grains, and corn oil primarily to refiners and gasoline blenders, as well as to animal feed customers.
It owns and operates 14 ethanol plants with a combined ethanol production capacity of approximately 1.73 billion gallons per year. In addition, the company owns, operates, develops, and acquires crude oil and refined petroleum products pipelines, terminals, and other transportation and logistics assets that provides transportation and terminaling services. The company was formerly known as Valero Refining and Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997. Valero Energy Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
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IndustryOil and Gas
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No. of Employees10,261
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