Principal Process Engineer

VerifiedJobs.ae; Dubai; On-site; AED 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

VerifiedJobs.ae is seeking a Principal Process Engineer with hands-on offshore process platform experience including compression, dehydration, vapor recovery, flare and brownfield work. The role requires proven lead capabilities at EPC stage and strong HYSYS and offshore process systems expertise.

You will lead discipline teams, review and approve design basis, supervise engineers, run process studies and coordinate with vendors and customers to deliver compliant, safe and efficient projects

Qualifications

• 15–20 years in oil & gas with detail design project experience.
• Hands-on use of process engineering tools listed above.
• At least intermediate PROMAX proficiency.
• OLGA knowledge or equivalent flow assurance experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead discipline team during audits and design reviews.
• Review and approve design basis, philosophies and specs.
• Interface with vendors and other disciplines for clash-free designs.
• Develop estimates, budgets and schedules for discipline work.
• Coordinate with customers and project teams to ensure compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Offshore process experience

Education

Bachelor of Engineering or Master of Engineering

Tools

Aspen HYSYS

Flare Analyzer

EDR

Pipesim

Pipenet

PROMAX

OLGA

Job description

Job Overview

Principal Process Engineer with hands on offshore process platform experience comprising: Compression, Gas Dehydration, Vapor Recovery, Flare and Utilities and Brownfield work. Proven lead level capabilities at EPC stage along with strong HYSYS and offshore Process Systems experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues. Interpret contractual requirements as they relate to engineering execution.
• Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates. Provide similar support for Variation Orders.
• Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs.
• Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings.
• Maintain close co-ordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning and Project Management Team, as required.
• Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager.
• Prepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements and man-hour estimates, identifying software requirements and any other project-specific requirements.
• Prepare bid's and project's Discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required.
• Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope and to maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices and operational requirements.
• Prepare, review and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies and technical specifications.
• Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity.
• Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestones and engineering scope.
• Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings and offshore site surveys, as required.
• Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Process Engineering.
• Prepare, review and (as Lead Engineer) approve design reports and procedures.
• Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them in proceeding with their deliverables.
• Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary.
• Present issues and problems to Customers in a timely manner and assist Lead Engineer in negotiating resolution in accordance with project and company requirements.
• Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
• Supervise and guide assigned engineers and coordinate with project Lead Designers for Discipline engineering and design deliverables.
• Monitor costs of own work processes.
• Responsible for the engineering integrity of the assigned work area.
• Develop communication and presentation skills (e.g., write technical papers, participate in conferences and/or seminars, present design solutions and/or present topics at lunch and learns; etc.).
• Responsible for checking the following key deliverables, applicable as per the Project scope:
  • Process simulations / Heat and material balances.
  • Process flow diagrams (PFD).
  • Piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID).
  • Equipment and instrument process datasheets.
  • Process specifications.
  • Operating philosophy and startup and operating manuals.
  • Equipment list (process data).
  • Line list (process data).
  • Equipment and line sizing calculations.
  • Flare radiation and dispersion calculations.
  • Depressurization and flare network studies.
  • Process studies
• Provide process assistance to other disciplines by performing IDC / providing inputs as required for the following activities:
  • Layout review
  • Area classification drawings
  • Safety studies
  • Electrical load list
  • Equipment datasheets
  • Instrument datasheets
  • ESD and F&G logic diagrams and control narratives.
• Participate in HAZAN, HAZID, HAZOP and other safety / operability / reliability studies and workshops.
• Assist in close out of HAZOP action items.
• Lead the Discipline team during project audits (internal, Customer and third party technical audits) and Design Reviews.
• When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
  • Act as project-based Discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with Customer counterparts.
  • Ensure substantive communications are documented.
  • Identify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineer's skill sets and provide requests to the Discipline manager.
  • Plan, organize and assign tasks, responsibilities and man-hours budgets to the discipline team and verify tasks are completed within budgets.
  • Plan Discipline Level 4 detail deliverable schedule / register compliant with the overall execution plan.
  • Prepare working forecasts identifying change management plans, corrective action and real-time schedule.
  • Provide Discipline inputs for actual, planning and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
  • Alert project team of any deviation from the scope or a need for change order.
  • Monitor KPI measurement results and take corrective action as necessary to improve Discipline performance, including performance at interfaces with others.
  • Coordinate with other Discipline Lead Engineers and Designers to ensure timely receipt of necessary design inputs.
  • Review and approve requisitions, technical quotation evaluations and queries, compiled bid tabulations and recommendations and purchase requisitions; and coordinate with Procurement to expedite vendor documents as required.
  • Review comments from Customers & other agencies on documents and drawings produced by the team and resolve and give guidance on their update and incorporation.
  • Assist Discipline manager in the preparation of quarterly forecasts and manpower planning.
  • Anticipate project engineering needs and plan accordingly.
  • Coordinate with vendor for discipline managed / procured items.
• Assist Discipline manager and Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager in Performance Evaluation of project team members.

Qualifications

• Principal process engineer, 15 to 20 years in oil and gas with major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design
• Candidates shall have hands on and up to date experience with a range of process engineering tools such as Aspen HYSYS, Flare Analyzer, EDR, Pipesim and Pipenet.
• At least an intermediate level experience in PROMAX required.
• Working knowledge of OLGA and / or strong experience in the interpretation of outputs and ability to raise RFQ and managing the flow assurance performed b 3rd party contractors required.
• Bachelor Degree or Master Degree in Engineering
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable