Senior Process Engineer – 7CDU/VDU/SGP & 1RHCU (Middle East)

Senior Process Engineer – 7CDU/VDU/SGP & 1RHCU (Middle East)

Our client is one of the Middle East’s pioneering oil and gas companies with an extensive history, they are one of The Middle East’s largest companies.

They are seeking a Senior Process Engineer – 7CDU/VDU/SGP & 1RHCU to join their team on a full time basis.

The Senior Process Engineer will support the Process Engineering team’s efforts throughout the EPC phase to facilitate the successful implementation of project goals and objectives for assigned process units and utilities.

Goals and objectives include but are not limited to, Meeting project costs and schedules; Ensuring compliance of the process unit’s detailed design and construction with applicable Licensors/Vendors basic engineering design specifications and relevant BMPS.

Achieving safe process unit commissioning and successful performance demonstration.  Ensuring conformance of process related project deliverables to applicable regulatory, statutory, sponsor, and stakeholder requirements.

Responsibilities

•  Assigned Process Units and Utilities:
  • Residue Hydrocracking Unit (1RHCU) based on CLG’s LC-Fining technology,
  • Hydrogen Recovery Unit (1HRU) incorporating PSA facilities by Linde. The 1RHCU scope includes provision of technical support in the development, and ongoing oversight, of Full Cycle Catalyst Management (FCM) activities in conjunction with appointed third-party contractor.

• Working closely with BMP Operations, Maintenance, and Plant Engineering teams, ensure that Contractor’s detailed engineering design for assigned units conforms with requirements of Process Licensor’s/Package Vendor’s basic engineering design and BMPS.
• Participate with BMP Operations, Maintenance, and Plant Engineering teams in all phases of Contractor’s PFD, P&ID, and Hazop reviews, and other technical clarification meetings, as required until detailed engineering design of assigned units is finalised and approved for construction.
• Ensure all Contractor’s technical transmittals requiring process review for assigned units are completed and returned within agreed time frame.
• Manage the review follow-up process for Contractor’s transmittals including the following activities: Follow-up evaluation of contractor’s proposals to address Company concerns and comments
• Liaison with the contractor to ensure that all concerns and comments raised are resolved in compliance with the applicable project standards
• Monitor quality of Contractor’s documentation to ensure consistency and accuracy throughout to meet the requirements of the project.
• Support as required Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Instrument Engineering disciplines throughout the detailed design and construction phases of the project to ensure as built process units and utilities are in compliance with all required project specifications and best practices to meet Company requirements.
• Support BMP Automation team as required in DCS software FAT activities for assigned process units.
• In support of Plant Engineering team, monitor quality of engineering, construction and related documentation for assigned units, to ensure technical integrity of the project.
• Ensure full compliance with EHS and quality standards.
• Liaise with Base Business as required to ensure seamless interconnectivity of assigned BMP process units and utilities with existing refinery facilities. Where interface gaps are discovered in conjunction with BMP Project Management pro-actively develop and sponsor solutions for corrective action to be taken either internally through CPDEP process or with Contractor via CTN.
• During construction phase: Lead inspection effort of major vessel internals for compliance with Process Licensor/Package Vendor basic engineering design specifications; Develop punch lists of deviations for resolution by Contractors
• In conjunction with Field Engineering, and Systems Completion’s teams ensure punch list items are satisfactorily addressed by Contractor.
• Working closely with BMP Systems Completion and Operations teams, and Contractor’s teams as applicable, ensure safe and successful pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up and performance testing of assigned process units throughout Performance Guarantee Test Runs (PGTR) and issue of Provisional Acceptance Certificate (PAC).

• • DCS Calculations development
  • Develop laboratory test schedule in consultation with Contractor, Licensors, Vendors and Bapco Laboratory
  • Develop PI graphics for process monitoring
  • Development and Review of Operating Procedures
  • Supervision of Catalyst Loading
  • Liaison with Licensors’/Venders’ technical advisors to ensure Contractor’s obligations under applicable Process Guarantee Agreements are being met.
  • Development and Review of PGTR procedures in consultation with Contractor, Licensors, and Vendors
  • Optimisation and troubleshooting of unit operations
  • Process performance evaluation in support of PGTR/PAC, and follow-up with Process Licensors/Package Vendors as applicable to address any performance shortfall, or operating constraints.
• Participate in management of change (MOC) and/or Hazop of changes during construction, and commissioning phases.
• Capture, appropriately communicate (e.g. via MOC) and apply lessons learned, risk mitigation measures, and best practices on the project for future reference and continuous improvement.
• Assist Process Engineering Management, and BMP Contracts Manager, as needed with all matters of contract administration relating to assigned process units (e.g resolution of contractual issues, preparation of official letters to Contractor, or in response to Contractor). Support Process Team initiatives and projects sponsored by the Process Engineering Manager as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, or equivalent.

• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience most of which will have been in either a refinery technical services role providing process engineering support to the refinery process units, or in a process engineering design role.

• Expert knowledge in one or more relevant refinery process technologies.

• A sound understanding of refinery process units and their interactions with related units, and solid practical knowledge of process unit operations.

• Experience in new unit commissioning would be advantageous.

• A good working knowledge of the main process simulation software used in the refining industry e.g. Hysys, ProII, PetroSim, FCCSim, Profimatics, HTRI etc.

• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across the multiple BMP, Base Business, and Contractor’s teams involved with the project in pursuit of project objectives and resolution of technical issues.

• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and technical decision making skills.

• Excellent reporting and presentation skills, both verbal and written.

• Self-motivated, creative and able to exercise initiative.

• Ability to organise, plan and execute work effectively with minimal supervision.

• Ability to establish and meet deadlines, and work effectively under pressure.

• Ability to effectively mentor younger, less experienced, process engineers.

• Skilled in use of MS Office software e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook