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The Polymer Laboratory Technician, Bayway Refinery plays a key role in testing and analyzing a variety of polypropylene and propylene/ethylene polymers, including extruder pellet samples, reactor powder samples, and final product certification in support of quality assurance and process control. This is an opportunity to join a technically complex, highly automated laboratory within the largest refinery on the East Coast.

The polymer laboratory at Bayway Refinery supports a 24/7 operating schedule, therefore Technicians are assigned to a 12 hour per day rotating EOWEO (every other weekend off) work schedule that could cover days, nights, weekends and holidays.

This position requires the successful completion of an online assessment. If you meet the required qualifications of the position, a link to complete the assessment will be emailed to you immediately after your completed application is received. Please check your spam folder if you do not see the email. The assessment must be completed within 7 days of your application date OR prior to the job posting expiration date (May 6, 2024), whichever is earlier. If you last took a Phillips 66 assessment in 2023 or prior, you must retake the assessment for this position. Your assessment results will be valid for one year.

Responsibilities May Include:

• Demonstrating awareness and commitment to safety
• Upholding company values, understanding and implementing all relevant company policies and procedures to ensure all work meets the required standard
• Performing various quality assurance and quality control tests on product/process samples per procedure
• Interpreting data and analyzing validity
• Assisting and training other Laboratory Technicians
• Reporting data using lab information management system
• Performing routine maintenance/troubleshooting on laboratory equipment
• Reviewing QA/QC charts for trends and results
• Documenting and recording findings according to established procedures
• Working with outside contractors and agencies
• Participating in safety reviews
• Participating in annual training refreshers
• Participation in ISO quality program as an internal auditor
• Working overtime when necessary
• Work cooperatively with fellow technicians, chemists, unit engineers and team leaders

Required Qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the United States without restrictions
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Valid driver's license
• 1 or more years of laboratory or refinery/petrochemical work experience
• Intermediate or greater proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC). Information can be found at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic
• Willing and able to perform/comply, with or without a reasonable accommodation, with the following:
  • Work shift schedule, including but not limited to days, nights, weekend, holidays, rotating shift
  • Wear Nomex fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (such as steel toe shoes, ear and eye protection)
  • Maintain face daily so that a respirator/face mask can seal properly (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)
  • Standing in place for long periods
  • Walking on flat surfaces or slight inclines
  • Lifting and /or carrying objects weighing between 10 and 50 lbs.
  • Bending, stooping, kneeling and reaching below the waist, from waist to shoulder and above shoulder

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate's Degree or higher in Chemistry, Biology, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Process Technology
• 3 or more years of lab technician experience in the polymer industry, including experience in Melt Flow, IZOD impact, Flexural, Tensile testing, as well as GC, NMR, FTIR, XRF, polymer extrusion, injection and compression molding and wet chemistry (xylene solubles)
• Experience working in a refinery or industrial setting
• Knowledge of applicable ASTM, EPA, Federal, State, County regulatory requirements
• Ability to learn and perform all procedures used in a Quality Control Lab for product testing
• Demonstrated proficiency in laboratory software

The Bayway Refinery is located on the New York Harbor in Linden, New Jersey. Bayway's facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, solvent deasphalting, hydrodesulfurization and alkylation units. The complex also includes a polypropylene plant with the capacity to produce up to 775 million pounds per year. The refinery processes mainly light and medium, low-sulfur crude oil. Foreign crude oil is supplied to the refinery by tanker, and domestic crude oil is supplied through a combination of rail and marine transportation. Within the refinery, Phillips 66 Partners has a rail receiving facility with 75,000 BPD of offloading capacity. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels, as well as petrochemical feedstocks, residual fuel oil and home heating oil. Refined products are distributed to East Coast customers by pipeline, barge, rail car and truck.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being - physical, emotional, social, and financial - is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results - personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

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Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of May 6, 2024 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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Nearest Secondary Market: Newark