Flex Shell Chemical Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

New Jersey, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Discipline Engineering

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

September 2, 2026

Business Unit:

Trading and Supply

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

Shell is looking for an Asset Engineer to join our team at the Sewaren Terminal in New Jersey.

This role is responsible for providing engineering leadership and technical expertise to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of terminals, pipelines, marine facilities, storage facilities, and related infrastructure. The position leads risk management, reliability improvement, maintenance strategies, and project execution while partnering across operations, maintenance, integrity, HSSE, and project teams to optimize asset performance and deliver business value.

This position is primarily site-based at the Sewaren Terminal in New Jersey, with a requirement to be on site at least four days per week. Travel of up to 40% within the region is required to support other assets.

Accountabilities:

• Provide day-to-day facility engineering support for terminals, pipelines, storage facilities including API 653 inspections on Tanks, marine infrastructure, and related assets to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant operations

• Monitor asset performance and reliability, identifying opportunities to improve equipment availability, efficiency, lifecycle performance, and overall operational effectiveness

• Lead technical troubleshooting and problem-solving efforts, investigating equipment failures, operational issues, and performance gaps while developing sustainable engineering solutions

• Manage technical risks and asset threats through risk assessments, Management of Change (MOC) processes, incident investigations, and mitigation planning using a risk-based approach

• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, process safety expectations, and asset management system requirements, providing technical assurance across assigned assets

• Develop and implement maintenance, asset care, and reliability strategies in partnership with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and Asset Integrity teams to achieve reliability and availability targets

• Lead and support capital and expense projects from concept development through design, construction, commissioning, startup, and handover to operations

• Develop project scopes, manage contractors, and oversee procurement activities, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and aligned with business and operational needs

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including Operations, Maintenance, HSSE, Asset Integrity, Project Delivery, Technical Authorities, and Engineering Specialists, to drive asset performance and business outcomes

• Support asset planning, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives, identifying threat mitigation opportunities, reliability enhancements, and value-creation projects across the asset portfolio

What you bring

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, preference is Mechanical or Process Engineering or in any related field

• At least 5 years of experience in facility engineering, operations engineering, project engineering, reliability engineering, or related disciplines

• Experience in Project Management, experience managing contractors working within an operating environment

• Experience managing Turnarounds, Maintenance Engineering is required

• Working knowledge of process safety and risk management

• Experience supporting operating assets and/or capital project delivery

• Experience in terminal operations, pipelines, storage facilities, refining, chemical, or other asset-intensive industries preferred

What we offer

The base salary range for this position is $124,000 - $186,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell's US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents

• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in The United States

Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years, leading the sector in energy, petrochemicals and refined products. Today, we provide millions of Americans with the energy needed to heat and cool their homes and power the economy.

We operate in all 50 states, from our Deepwater platforms in the Gulf of America to the Pennsylvania Chemicals complex and our miles of pipelines throughout the US.

We reach our customers through our 13,000 branded retail stations, and we are number 1 in gasoline sales. We also own the #1 brand of motor oil in the U.S. - Pennzoil - made from natural gas.

We are excited to play a key role in the move to net carbon emissions while providing the oil and gas needed by society for many decades to come.

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