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Manufacturing Process Engineer roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in industrial, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering. Employers in automotive, semiconductor, aerospace, and medical device manufacturing sponsor H-1B workers for these roles regularly, making this one of the more accessible paths for international engineers entering U.S. production environments.
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At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
What role you will play in our team
The Manufacturing Chemical Process Engineer role is responsible for developing and deploying process and physical chemistry tools, models, and expertise throughout the technology development pipeline, from early-stage research to commercial design. This can involve the use of thermodynamics, molecular transport, and kinetic modeling, as a basis for conversion and separation processes.
What you will do
This position serves as a technical leader by:
- Mentoring less experienced engineers on design practices, unit health monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Providing support of abnormal and non-routine operations, including unit Turnarounds
- Aiding in the development of long term vision and strategy for product line improvements
- Organizing and design plant testing and product trials
- Influencing others and drive toward solutions without direct authority
- Working in a team environment with other engineering disciplines, operations, and mechanical personnel and interface with corporate technology support
- Interfacing with 3rd party vendors (cost optimizations as well as developing/driving solutions)
- Leading/support incident investigations as technical lead
- Providing support for developing and implementing various capital projects to drive margin or mitigate SHE risk
- Providing assistance in the field during plant startups, shutdowns or upsets
- Demonstrating courage of conviction to drive healthy tension for both business team and corporate technology support to promote fit for purpose outcome
About you
Skills and Qualifications:
- B.S. Chemical Engineering
- 3-10 years of experience in refining and/or chemicals manufacturing roles
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience:
- Process design exposure
- Familiarity with advanced control strategies/optimization software
- Risk assessment and HAZOP experience
- Understanding of safety relief limits (modelling and evaluations)
- Understanding of modelling software (PROII, ASPEN, etc)
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
Stay connected with us
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EEO Statement
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
Nothing herein is intended to override the corporate separateness of local entities. Working relationships discussed herein do not necessarily represent a reporting connection, but may reflect a functional guidance, stewardship, or service relationship.
Nothing herein is intended to override the corporate separateness of local entities. Working relationships discussed herein do not necessarily represent a reporting connection, but may reflect a functional guidance, stewardship, or service relationship.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has numerous affiliates, many with names that include ExxonMobil, Exxon, Esso and Mobil. For convenience and simplicity, those terms and terms like corporation, company, our, we and its are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific affiliates or affiliate groups. Abbreviated references describing global or regional operational organizations and global or regional business lines are also sometimes used for convenience and simplicity. Similarly, ExxonMobil has business relationships with thousands of customers, suppliers, governments, and others. For convenience and simplicity, words like venture, joint venture, partnership, co-venturer, and partner are used to indicate business relationships involving common activities and interests, and those words may not indicate precise legal relationships.
Job ID: 85214
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
What role you will play in our team
The Manufacturing Chemical Process Engineer role is responsible for developing and deploying process and physical chemistry tools, models, and expertise throughout the technology development pipeline, from early-stage research to commercial design. This can involve the use of thermodynamics, molecular transport, and kinetic modeling, as a basis for conversion and separation processes.
What you will do
This position serves as a technical leader by:
- Mentoring less experienced engineers on design practices, unit health monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Providing support of abnormal and non-routine operations, including unit Turnarounds
- Aiding in the development of long term vision and strategy for product line improvements
- Organizing and design plant testing and product trials
- Influencing others and drive toward solutions without direct authority
- Working in a team environment with other engineering disciplines, operations, and mechanical personnel and interface with corporate technology support
- Interfacing with 3rd party vendors (cost optimizations as well as developing/driving solutions)
- Leading/support incident investigations as technical lead
- Providing support for developing and implementing various capital projects to drive margin or mitigate SHE risk
- Providing assistance in the field during plant startups, shutdowns or upsets
- Demonstrating courage of conviction to drive healthy tension for both business team and corporate technology support to promote fit for purpose outcome
About you
Skills and Qualifications:
- B.S. Chemical Engineering
- 3-10 years of experience in refining and/or chemicals manufacturing roles
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience:
- Process design exposure
- Familiarity with advanced control strategies/optimization software
- Risk assessment and HAZOP experience
- Understanding of safety relief limits (modelling and evaluations)
- Understanding of modelling software (PROII, ASPEN, etc)
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
Stay connected with us
Learn more at our website
Follow us on LinkedIN and Instagram
Like us on Facebook
Subscribe our channel at YouTube
EEO Statement
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
Nothing herein is intended to override the corporate separateness of local entities. Working relationships discussed herein do not necessarily represent a reporting connection, but may reflect a functional guidance, stewardship, or service relationship.
Nothing herein is intended to override the corporate separateness of local entities. Working relationships discussed herein do not necessarily represent a reporting connection, but may reflect a functional guidance, stewardship, or service relationship.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has numerous affiliates, many with names that include ExxonMobil, Exxon, Esso and Mobil. For convenience and simplicity, those terms and terms like corporation, company, our, we and its are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific affiliates or affiliate groups. Abbreviated references describing global or regional operational organizations and global or regional business lines are also sometimes used for convenience and simplicity. Similarly, ExxonMobil has business relationships with thousands of customers, suppliers, governments, and others. For convenience and simplicity, words like venture, joint venture, partnership, co-venturer, and partner are used to indicate business relationships involving common activities and interests, and those words may not indicate precise legal relationships.
Job ID: 85214
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Manufacturing Process Engineer
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree directly relates to process engineering. A mechanical or industrial engineering degree typically clears this bar, but a physics or general science degree may trigger an RFE. Confirm the match before applying.
Search LCA filings by manufacturing occupation code
Use Migrate Mate to filter employers by DOL Labor Condition Application filings under manufacturing process engineering SOC codes, so you're targeting companies with a documented H-1B sponsorship track record in your specific discipline.
Prioritize E-Verify enrolled manufacturers
STEM OPT extensions require E-Verify enrollment, and many F-1 holders bridge to H-1B through that pathway. Confirm E-Verify status during your employer research phase, not after you've started the interview process.
Benchmark your offer against OFLC Wage Search
Before accepting an offer, look up the prevailing wage for your role, job zone, and metro area using the OFLC Wage Search. Your offered wage must meet or exceed this figure for the LCA to be certified by DOL.
Ask about cap-exempt status at research institutions
Universities, nonprofit research organizations, and government research entities are cap-exempt, meaning your employer can file your H-1B petition outside the annual lottery. Some manufacturing engineers in R&D or applied research roles qualify through affiliated institutions.
Build your specialty occupation evidence file early
Collect job descriptions, industry certifications, and professional society memberships before your employer starts the I-129 petition. USCIS uses O*NET to evaluate whether process engineering roles genuinely require a specialized degree, and your documentation supports that argument.
H-1B Visa Manufacturing Process Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Manufacturing Process Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the position normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. Process engineering roles in semiconductor, automotive, or medical device manufacturing typically satisfy this standard. Roles where any engineering degree or even non-engineering backgrounds are accepted carry more RFE risk, so the job description wording your employer uses matters.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for process engineers?
Semiconductor fabrication, automotive manufacturing, aerospace, pharmaceutical production, and medical device manufacturing sponsor H-1B process engineers at higher rates than general discrete manufacturing. These sectors rely heavily on process optimization and validation work that requires specialized engineering credentials. You can browse H-1B sponsoring employers in these industries on Migrate Mate, filtered by occupation and filing history.
Can my employer file an H-1B petition outside the annual lottery cap?
Only if the employer qualifies as cap-exempt, which applies to universities, nonprofit research organizations, and government research entities. Most private-sector manufacturers are cap-subject, meaning your petition enters the annual lottery for one of 85,000 available slots. Some process engineers in applied research roles at university-affiliated labs or federally funded research centers may access cap-exempt filings.
What documentation supports the specialty occupation argument for a process engineer H-1B?
The employer's I-129 petition should include a detailed job description specifying degree requirements, internal job postings showing the educational requirement, industry wage surveys, and evidence that comparable employers require the same degree. O*NET classification for your SOC code, which places process engineering in a high job zone requiring a relevant degree, reinforces the specialty occupation argument during USCIS adjudication.
How does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect process engineer job offers?
Your employer's LCA, which DOL must certify before USCIS processes the I-129 petition, must list a wage at or above the prevailing wage for your occupation, experience level, and work location. DOL sets four wage levels using OFLC Wage Search data. Entry-level positions at Level I carry lower minimums, but underpaying relative to the posted wage level is an LCA compliance violation that can affect your status.