Refinery Operator
BH-331919
Posted: 14/04/2026
- NA
- United States California Richmond
- Contract
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Oil & Gas
Refinery Operator
Rate is dependent on eperience.
A refinery operator controls and monitors the petroleum refining operations in a refinery. Must be knowledgeable about the refining techniques like distillations, extraction, absorption and other methods.
Duties and Responsibilities
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
Rate is dependent on eperience.
A refinery operator controls and monitors the petroleum refining operations in a refinery. Must be knowledgeable about the refining techniques like distillations, extraction, absorption and other methods.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Comprehensive understanding of refinery policies and procedures and Process and Personal Safety. Ensure that the refining process progresses continuously.
- Evaluate the performance of the machinery and the refining process and make suggestions to improve efficiency. Monitor the machinery for malfunction and report to the officials
- Handle and operate the refinery machinery. Operation of process units utilizing a wide range of control systems and equipment that includes tanks, mixers, heat exchangers, pumps, furnaces and vacuum systems
- Man the input of crude oil and direct the flow of finished products. Operation of manual and automatic valves, meters, pumps and transfer systems that move product between tanks and process units
- Preparing records of operations by reading the panel board values on the equipment
- Take care of maintenance and repair of refinery equipment. Housekeeping to maintain a clean work environment and clean equipment such as filters, tanks, exchangers and other equipment.
- A thorough and strong knowledge about the various processes and techniques involved in distillation of crude petroleum
- A thorough knowledge about the handling of refining machinery and their safety standards
- Ability to evaluate the performance of the process and suggest changes
- Ability to work in extreme heat and physically uncomfortable conditions
- Ability to spot irregular machine behavior and take immediate measures to repair them
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.