Profiles
Rita Williams, Contract Administrator
I began my career at ExxonMobil nine years ago in Baton Rouge after graduating from Penn State University. My husband and I both hired on with ExxonMobil and were married during our first year at the company. The support we’ve received for our professional development has been incredible particularly considering the moves to different locations and assignments. When I first hired on in Baton Rouge, I worked on the OXO Unit turnaround. It’s something that only happens every eight years and having this experience early on in my career gave me a chance to get hands- on experience in the field. I found that involvement, coupled with my work at Chemicals Headquarters in Houston, was instrumental in giving me a bigger picture of the business. When I came to Beaumont five years ago, I worked with the Catalyst and Synthetics team as the technical supervisor and then operations supervisor. I began my career at ExxonMobil 17 years ago after graduating from Prairie View A&M University with a degree in Computer Science. While working with EMIT, I decided to go back to school and get my Masters in Business Administration (MBA). It was then that I grew interested in the area of procurement, and I was soon able to transfer into Global Procurement within ExxonMobil. I enjoyed my work in Procurement for eight years, and it was the reason why I was able to return home to Southeast Texas. In 2015, ExxonMobil gave me an opportunity to pilot the Site Materials Associate position in Beaumont which endeavored to improve communication between the local site and the Equipment & Materials Procurement team in Houston. The goal was to represent Procurement interests here locally and pass back tactical information about local operations and requirements to the Houston group. Two years later, my family and I are happy that we get to live close to family in the area where my husband and I grew up. I recently accepted another assignment as a Contract Administrator
Rita Williams’ favorite quote is: “Until you find the true you, a new you will always get old.”
here in Beaumont and am proud to say I work for ExxonMobil, especially in a community where ExxonMobil is so vital and well-respected. Outside of work, my family loves giving back to this community. My husband, Chris, works with Communities In Schools to help develop leadership and intervention programs in local area schools. We are active at Paradise Baptist Church and lead the Young Adult ministry. We have two sons at West Brook High School who keep us pretty busy: Nicholas (16) and Samuel (14). I’m glad my career with ExxonMobil has taken me full circle and allowed my family to reconnect with our hometown.
Laura Eiklor, BPEP Engineering Section Supervisor
Laura Eiklor and her husband Dan enjoy traveling and spending time with family and friends.
The team quickly took me in as part of their family, and their ownership and attitude gave me a real sense of pride coming to work every day. Today, in my role at BPEP, that excitement is still there, especially when I see how Beaumont is growing especially with the polyethylene expansion (BPEX). I continue to find my work at ExxonMobil exciting and fulfilling. I look forward to what the future holds, both professionally and personally, for me, my husband Dan, and our one-year-old daughter Lorelei.
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