Careers in Operations

Fueling Tomorrow

Operations sit at the heart of everything we do. Team Valero's success begins and ends with operations and the talented engineers, safety stewards, operators and planners who make 'world-class' an everyday achievement.

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Our Operations Employees at Work

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Operator walking near large-scale refining units and looking up at them

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Your Exciting Future With Valero

From refinery operations and laboratory science to safety, pipelines and planning/economics, you and your talents have a place at Valero.

Rewarding roles include:

Refinery Operator
Skilled Craftsman (such as Electrician, Pipefitter/Boilermaker, Machinist and Others)
Lab Tester and Quality Control
Environmental Technician
Pipelines & Terminal Scheduler
Manager Complex
Superintendent Operations
Control Room Operator
Manager Terminal
Asphalt Operator
Instrumentation & Electrical Technician
Terminal Operator

Excellence in Training

Basic Operator Training (BOT)

Valero is committed to training the most safety-minded operators in the industry, emphasizing accountability and mechanical reliability. We recruit employees for this training year-round at various locations.

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Safety and Technical Training

Teams ensure our operations workforce is properly trained and adhere to all safety measures to ensure we meet the highest possible standards at all refinery sites. Valero is proud to have the most OSHA VPP star sites -- an OSHA designation that acknowledges significant safety records and practices -- of any refiner.

"You’re going to be given big projects; you’re going to be given big opportunities from an early standpoint in your career. It’s really up to you to decide how you take those opportunities and how you move forward with them."

Royce O. Staff Reliability Engineer