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Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

As a Director, Process: Distillation, Heat Transfer, and Crude/Vacuum Units on our Refining Process technology team, you will help our refineries run safely, reliably, and efficiently. You will connect long-term refining strategy to practical improvements, guiding teams through complex technical challenges. In this role, you'll partner across sites and functions, shaping high-impact solutions that strengthen our competitive position and elevate performance across the refining system.

What You'll Do

• Lead the technical agenda, setting a clear vision, standards, and priorities that align with company strategy and demonstrate a consistent commitment to safety, ethics, and doing what is right.
• Develop, coach, and coordinate a network of refinery process engineers, building cohesive, high-performing teams that share best practices, learn from one another, and deliver consistent, high-quality results across sites.
• Be a key member of a portfolio of high-impact studies and projects from needs assessment and feasibility through design, implementation, and optimization, taking accountability for outcomes, tracking progress, and adjusting plans to meet business objectives.
• Design and refine complex process solutions, including column internals, Desalter optimization, Vacuum Tower overhead systems, heat integration schemes, fired heater performance, and energy-efficiency improvements, using advanced engineering tools and data to validate concepts, manage risk, and ensure compliance with internal standards and external regulations.
• Partner closely with refinery operations, technical, maintenance, projects, and commercial teams to break down silos, integrate work plans, and ensure expertise is embedded in day-to-day operations, turnarounds, and capital projects.
• Lead structured troubleshooting and root cause investigations for challenging issues, providing clear direction amid incomplete or conflicting information and helping teams navigate uncertainty with focus and discipline.
• Use data, engineering judgment, and business insight to drive timely, well-reasoned decisions on technology selection, process changes, and investment options, knowing when to decide independently and when to escalate for broader input.
• Establish and steward knowledge management that encourages innovation, supports continuous improvement, and makes it easier for teams to apply lessons learned across the refining system.

What You'll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC)
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
• 10 or more years of experience in process engineering with a focus on distillation, fractionation, heat exchangers or crude/vacuum units
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with the following:

• • Travel up to 25%
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

• Master's degree or equivalent level of education
• 15 or more years of experience in refining or closely related process industries, with deep distillation and heat transfer expertise
• Fractionation modeling and tray rating experience preferred
• Experience leading enterprise or multi-site initiatives focused on distillation performance, energy efficiency, or margin improvement
• Proven track record designing and troubleshooting complex distillation systems, including column revamps, heat integration projects, and debottlenecking efforts
• Background in feasibility studies and business case development for major process changes or capital projects
• Experience building and sustaining communities of practice or technical networks that share knowledge and align standards across multiple locations
• Demonstrated ability to lead through change, collaborate across organizational boundaries, and scale strong leadership behaviors such as accountability, inclusive teaming, and sound decision making

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of $222,300 - $271,700.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role's requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

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

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

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, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue 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 06/04/2026.

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.