Solutions engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines, distributes, and markets petroleum products throughout the Americas. The company’s Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex in Port Arthur, TX, is comprised of North America’s largest refinery with a total throughput of 720,000 barrels per day, the world’s second-largest lubricants plant, and an integrated chemical plant. Under exclusive long-term brand licenses with Shell and Phillips 66 (for the 76® brand), Motiva’s commercial operations supply more than 12 billion gallons of fuel to customers annually. Motiva is wholly owned by Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies.

Position Overview :

The Senior Solutions Delivery and Integrations Engineer collaborates with stakeholders across the business to evaluate project requests, enhancements, and integrations. They will design, develop, and implement approved solutions in accordance with Motiva Business Advisory Council directives. This role plays a vital role within the Corporate IT Systems of Motiva IT Department. They work closely with Solution Architects, Business stakeholders, and the Project Management office. This role requires proactive forward-thinking to identify process enhancements, product upgrades, solution refinements, integrations, and corrective actions following audit findings, all aimed at improving operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness at Motiva. Exceptional interpersonal skills are crucial, along with a dedication to consistently delivering incremental business value.

Responsibilities :

Assist in planning of road map, managing the scope, development of custom objects and execution of Projects, Enhancements and Migrations within time and budget.

Analyze the scope of delivery against timelines and capacity of development resources. Meet with business stakeholders to understand and document priorities of deployment. Make solution recommendations on projects scope in-order to manage the risk of delivery.

Meet periodically with Development resources to track the progress of custom developments. Participate in team meetings to report the status of development objects. Proactively raise concerns on technical objects with risk of missing delivery dates.

Propose contingency plans for delays within deployment and propose alternative approaches to minimize time lost and bring delivery back to schedule.

Conduct periodic reviews of the system changes by working with Solution Architects, Infrastructure, application teams and develop presentations as needed to present details of changes with potential impacts to stability.

Participate in Change Control meetings to evaluate the change requests and work with Enterprise Architecture team and PMO to evaluate costs and present the changes for approval to BAC

Lead the delivery of major IT projects

Evaluate comprehensively change requests for cost, complexity, business need and impact to scope and make optimal recommendations to Corporate IT Systems team for planning and implementing the change.

Conduct periodic review of functional specs, test scripts and business signoffs to ensure development objects are in-line with the business requirements.

Assist Corporate IT systems in developing SAP roadmap and developing strategic initiatives to use SAP for supporting business objectives.

Build and enforce design and coding standards, policies and procedures to ensure quality delivery of technology assets and solutions to serve Motiva’s business needs. Ensure documentation is well maintained. Ensure quality of coded components by performing code reviews.

Build and manage standard processes to ensure compliance to IT controls

Participate in audit requirements, recommend remediation, and ensure effective execution of controls

Experience and Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Minimum 8 years of experience in the oil and gas or energy sector.

Proficiency in SQL, PL / SQL, .Net development.

Functional experience in SAP FICO, MM, PM – SAP ECC.

Track record of successfully leading and delivering major IT projects.

Strong analytical skills for business process improvement.

Action-oriented with a focus on results delivery.

Ability to implement best practices and drive improvements.

Self-reliant with a demonstrated ability to quickly add value.

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Capacity to manage competing priorities across multiple stakeholders.

Thorough knowledge of the software development lifecycle.

Strong integration skills for interface development.

Experience with SAP integrations, data management, and data quality processes.

Preferred Qualifications :

Functional experience in S4 / HANA

Proficient knowledge supporting the Marketing, Sales, Pricing, Trading, Risk, and Financial areas

We reserve the right to amend or withdraw Motiva jobs at any time, including prior to the closing date. Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and / or grade.

Applicants for regular U.S. positions must be authorized to work in the United States for Motiva Enterprises LLC without the need for sponsorship of an immigration authorization or visa (for example, TN, H-1B, or other employment-based immigration authorization or visa).

Motiva participates in E-Verify.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status under federal, state, or local laws.