Job Description:

• 1) Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of preheat furnaces, catalytic reactors, quench and stripper towers, absorbers, stabilizer, rerun continuous stills, and auxiliary equipment, such as inert-gas generating system, condensers, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, and blowers to produce petrochemicals, such as butadiene, styrene, butylene, and ethylbenzene: Trains workers in operation of equipment.

• 2) Coordinates operation of various units in system to ensure required production yields, referring to run sheets, test books, order books, logbooks, and pumping records.

• 3) Observes recording-instrument charts, flowmeters, and gauges to verify conformity of temperatures, pressures, flow rates, and liquid levels to process specifications.

• 4) Correlates instrument readings and test results to diagnose process malfunctions.

• 5) Inspects equipment and cathodic-protection system to detect defects and malfunctions.

• 6) May be designated according to product as Butadiene Operator, Chief; Ethylbenzene-Cracking Supervisor; Isobutylene Operator, Chief; Styrene Operator, Chief.

• 7) Performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.