Senior Process Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensures team member adherence to generally accepted engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.
• Supports the standardization of equipment specifications, drawings, and document templates.
• Contributes to the understanding of technical knowledge, legal requirements, and customer specifications whenever viable and lawful.
• Uses local/global standards to support technical excellence.
• Supports checking, peer reviews, and incorporation of comments and findings.
• Technical supervision of project designated process designers and draftsmen in the execution of their duties.
• Preparation/checking of specifications, data sheets.
• Performance of bid evaluation and vendor document review and approval.
• Technical writing activities, in particular, production of technical reports and operating manuals.
• Manage studies and process-oriented projects as assigned.
• Project Execution: Knows the project and discipline scope/cost/time requirements, assists the team to meet expectations, and coordinates with other disciplines to ensure project success.
• Implements innovative solutions, technology advances, and methods to effectively deal with working out of sequence.
• Supports Lead Engineer in monitoring quality activities and takes action where required.
• Assist Project Team in project documentation such as proposals, estimates, budgets, and schedules.
• Manage process design and any design changes within budget and schedule.
• Prepare and participate in weekly process discipline meetings, prepare progress reports, and follow required checking procedures.
• Management, technical execution, and completion of engineering assigned tasks in a specific process discipline area.
• Execute verification, studies, and detail design following best engineering practices and optimization in terms of cost, construction simplicity, operability, maintainability, and HSSE.
• Project Deliverables: Gathers data from multiple sources and prepares engineering studies, analyses, calculations.
• Determines technical issues, defines alternate solutions, establishes pros/cons for multiple solutions, and makes recommendations through official project documents such as technical queries, technical deviations, etc.
• Creates final documentation incorporating all relevant information and pursues customer approval.
• Reviews documentation to assist others and reviews/authorizes work done by direct reports.
• Evaluate new technology advancements against existing design standards and revise where applicable.
• Identify and review new technology development which could be applicable in providing more cost-effective facilities.
• Perform discipline-specific engineering services such as: a) Identify and report changes to project scope; b) Contribute to appropriate studies, analyses, and recommend actions; c) Assist with the preparation of detailed designs and drawings, specifications, data, calculations, and reports; d) Provide assistance during procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Assisting the project engineers in the coordination and preparation of input into the contract documents for each discipline area, including design criteria, scope of work, procedures, and design approach.
• Liaison and coordination with other engineers and discipline groups on the contract to effect timely production of deliverables.
• Procurement Support: Incorporates information from multiple sources into equipment/material specifications, data sheets, testing requirements, and material requisitions.
• Reviews similar documentation to assist others and reviews/authorizes work done by direct reports.
• Quality Assurance: Responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance systems.
• Safety: Responsible for personal safety and safe working practices. Understand and follow OH&S procedures. Promoting health, safety, and environmental awareness.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Process Design Expertise: In-depth knowledge of process design methodologies, including creating process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).

• Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in process simulation and modeling software (e.g., Aspen Plus, HYSYS, MATLAB) for analyzing and optimizing complex processes.

• Project Management Skills: Strong ability to manage projects from conception to completion, including planning, scheduling, and resource management.

• Analytical Skills: Ability to assess process data, conduct feasibility studies, and identify areas for improvement.

• Collaboration: Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, including mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineers, to ensure integrated design and execution.

• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with industry regulations, safety standards, and environmental guidelines to ensure compliance in process design.

• Problem-Solving Abilities: Strong analytical skills to identify process inefficiencies and develop innovative solutions to enhance performance.

• Documentation Skills: Proficiency in preparing technical documentation, including specifications, reports, and project deliverables.

• Quality Assurance: Understanding of quality management systems and processes to ensure that designs meet required specifications and standards.