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What to Expect

As an Equipment Operator, you will work in the maintenance department of the Lake Charles Refinery. The positions are straight day jobs, subject to occasional shift work, turnarounds, call outs and mandatory overtime. You will run heavy equipment within the refinery and from time to time on public roadways. Equipment includes mobile cranes up to 120-ton capacity, backhoes, front end loaders, road graders, forklifts, cherry pickers, and trucks. This work takes place in all areas of the refinery, outside exposed to the weather elements and to blowing air, heat, noise, and vibration. The refinery processes involve hazardous and volatile materials under high temperatures and pressures.

What You'll Do

• Safely operate various heavy equipment in support of maintenance work and construction projects
• Utilize load charts to determine safe lifting parameters for crane lifts
• Perform/confirm safe rigging for lifts
• Infrequently make critical deliveries via intercity, over-the-road trucks
• Perform routine maintenance and inspection on vehicles and equipment
• Coordinate work of others as needed
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

What You'll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• 18 years of age or older
• High school degree or GED equivalent
• Valid driver's license
• 5 or more years of experience as a journeyman level equipment operator in an oil refinery or a chemical process or similar facility
• Recognized certification in mobile crane operation
• 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, with or without reasonable accommodation, to:
• Work outside in harsh weather elements
• Work near products that are under high pressure and heat
• Operate a forklift

What Makes You Stand Out

• Completion of a recognized apprenticeship, military, vocational or technical school program in heavy equipment operation
• Valid Drivers License with a Class A CDL or the ability to obtain one within first 180 days of employment

Compensation

This position has a base hourly pay of $49.90.

The Lake Charles Refinery is located in Westlake, Louisiana. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. Facilities also include a specialty coker and calciner. The refinery processes a mixture of light to heavy, low- and high sulfur and low- and high-acid crude oils. It receives domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil through truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals, including the Beaumont and Clifton Ridge terminals and the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Lake Charles produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include off-road diesel, home heating oil, feedstock for our Excel Paralubes joint venture, specialty graphite petroleum coke and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed in the southeastern and eastern United States by truck, rail car, barge or pipelines and exported to Latin America and West Africa.

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 07/09/2026.

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.