Job Function  :

The Upstream Process & Risk Engineering Group is a world class team of Process Engineers, with demonstrated design/operations experience and technical/business judgment capabilities, to support all phases of the Facility Lifecycle:

• Conceptual Engineering  (Concept Selection and Preliminary Front End Engineering Design [Pre-FEED])
• Project Execution  (FEED and Detailed Design/EPC, Start-up)
• Operations  (Troubleshooting, Debottlenecking, Optimization)

Successful candidates will support a wide variety of projects and operating facilities, ranging from:  small production projects to mega scale facilities, greenfield to brownfield, onshore to offshore, sweet to sour designs, and conventional oil and gas to LNG.

Roles & Responsibilities :

Upstream Process Engineers will be responsible for the following:

• Conceptual Engineering:
  • Executing Facility Concept Selection and Pre-FEED
    • As part of an integrated team, develop scope definition for various facility concepts and analyzing/recommending results.  Providing design input to cost estimating models.
    • Develop required deliverables:  Process Simulation models, Equipment Lists, Flow Diagrams (Block, Process, Utility), Layouts, Design Philosophies, Heat & Material Balances, Design Basis documentation, Optimization/Cost Reduction studies
  • Benchmarking facility design against previous projects / operating facilities
• Engineering Execution:
  • Providing Engineering Surveillance of Facilities/Process Engineering deliverables required for FEED and Detailed Design/EPC execution.
    • Ensuring compliance with design methods and safety factors are correctly applied in the design.
    • Providing operability reviews for start‑up, normal, turndown, and shutdown modes.
    • Establishing design basis for abnormal operating conditions
  • Development and review of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) for process safety and operability considerations.  Selection and specification of process and process control components
  • Participate/lead design reviews, vendor bid evaluations, and project readiness reviews
• Operations Support:
  • Providing onsite and remote support to operating facilities to troubleshoot equipment/processes and debottlenecking for increased production
    • Key systems includes:  heat exchangers, oil and gas separators, acid gas treatment units, produced water treatment units, process control systems, sulfur recovery units, etc.
  • Analyze unit performance and recommend changes to improve safety and/or profitability
  • Champion Management of Change process
  • Lead field level projects (<$5M); scoping and definition of intermediate projects (<$50M)
  • Analyze and optimize preventative maintenance program
  • Analysis of plant operating data (PI / XHQ) to support production optimization
• Risk Management:
  • Support capital projects and Operations with implementing process safety improvements: loss prevention, HAZOPs, risk assessment/ management, and facilities layouts & siting.

Requirements :

• BS/MS in Chemical, Mechanical, Petroleum or Equivalent Engineering Discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of process engineering experience in the oil and gas industry
• Technical
  • Strong background in oil and gas production facilities, with demonstrated experience in some of the following Upstream process areas:
    • Conventional Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas
    • LNG  (Regasification and Liquefaction)
    • Sour Oil and Gas Treatment
    • NGL Recovery
    • Produced Water Treatment
    • Subsea Hydrocarbon Processing
    • Associated Utilities and Safety Systems
  • Thorough knowledge/ judgment in the selection and application of process and utilities systems in the Upstream process areas listed above
  • Broad understanding of safety aspects in design (API 14C/J recommended practices, relief and blowdown, passive and active fire protection, etc.)
  • Working capabilities in some of the following programs and data flows between them:
    • AspenTech Engineering Suite including HYSYS, Aspen Basic Engineering, Aspen Capital Cost Estimator
    • Siemens COMOS
    • AVEVA Engineering Suite (Front End Engineering through 3D Modeling)
    • Intergraph / Hexagon Engineering Suite
    • PRO-II
    • Other similar types of commercially available engineering suites
• Non-Technical
  • Leadership directing work execution and work flow improvements
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs
  • Strong organizational, planning/coordination, interface, and technical judgment skills.
  • Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities.
  • Ability to interface with non-Engineering disciplines to achieve common objectives
  • Willing and able to travel/relocate internationally as required.