Elizabeth Jensen
About Elizabeth Jensen
Elizabeth Jensen is the Process Engineering Team Lead at Chevron in El Segundo, CA, with extensive experience in various engineering roles within the company.
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Elizabeth Jensen is the Process Engineering Team Lead at Chevron, located in El Segundo, CA. She has held multiple positions within Chevron, gathering extensive experience and expertise in process engineering and technical safety.
Education and Expertise
Elizabeth Jensen holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from UCLA Anderson School of Management, where she studied from 2022 to 2025. She also earned a degree in Chemical-Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), completing her studies in 2013. Jensen's educational background provides a strong foundation in both technical engineering and business management.
Professional Background
Jensen began her career at Chevron as an intern in 2011. She then worked for Pioneer Natural Resources Company as a Gas Processing Intern in 2012. Returning to Chevron, she served in various capacities including Process Engineer (2013-2017) and Technical Safety & Risk Engineer (2017-2019) in Houston, TX. From 2019 to 2021, she was a Process Engineer at Chevron in El Segundo, CA. Her current role as Process Engineering Team Lead began in 2021.
Leadership and Management
As a Process Engineering Team Lead, Jensen supervises a team of five engineers. She aligns their work scopes with refinery and division priorities, demonstrating her leadership abilities. Furthermore, she has served as the Technical Competency Lead, responsible for assessing personnel competency, coordinating trainings, and fostering development opportunities within the Technical Department.
Projects and Responsibilities
Jensen has acted as the Value Driver Coordinator at Chevron, focusing on profitability projects within her division. This role includes prioritizing resources, developing business cases, and implementing plans for gross margin improvement and operational expenditure reduction. Notably, she facilitated a TapRooT Investigation for a process incident, addressing refinery-wide upsets and managing significant financial implications.