Team Leader, Process Engineering (Primary Distillation & Hydro process

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC) is recruiting a Residue Conversion Team Lead within the Process Engineering Department in Abu Dhabi. You will coordinate the Residue Conversion Team, provide high-level technical guidance, and liaise with external agencies to resolve complex issues while driving safe and profitable operations.

The role emphasizes leadership, problem solving, and collaboration across disciplines to support ongoing asset development and reliability initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• 10 years’ experience in refinery operations and technical services, including RFCC/DCU/ARDS.

Responsibilities

• Directs and supervises assigned personnel and prioritizes work.
• Provides high-level technical guidance to Technical Authorities.
• Interfaces with OEMs, vendors and licensors to resolve issues.
• Leads investigations and studies to identify root causes and remedial actions.
• Ensures safe, reliable, efficient operations and adherence to standards.
• Supports long-term improvement plans and capital projects.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical guidance

Budgeting

Root cause analysis

Interfacing with vendors

Education

Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

About the Job:

• Plans and coordinates the Residue Conversion Team in the Process Engineering Department to serve as the centralized source of expertise while ensuring compliance with ADNOC Refining strategies commitments and goals.
• Coordinates with other functions, providing high-level technical guidance to Technical Authorities (TA) Level 2 and 3, delegate jobs to TA-3’s based on their functional expertise and skills, lead in technical investigations and studies.
• Act as interface with external agencies viz. OEM, Vendors, Licensors to resolve issues escalated from TA-3’s.
• Leads the existing and anticipated operational problems, analyses trends, tracks performance to provide appropriate recommendations to Operations.
• Ensure company technical, HSE and other relevant standards are followed for Projects/studies.
• Ensures technical support for Residue Conversion Operating Units, supporting the Operations team and also the long-term improvement / asset development plans including Minor and Major Projects.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Directs, Supervises and controls the activities of Assigned personnel including allocating work and determining priorities.
• Performs supervisory functions and exercises functional/authority at Team Leader level as established by the Technical Authority Framework
• Plans, manages and controls all the Team functions and assigned units’ operations in coordination with other support functions, utilizing technical, managerial and problem solving skills along with specialized engineering knowledge and operational experience.
• Ensure that the Teams activities are budgeted, planned and implemented to achieve safe, reliable and efficient operations at optimum cost with highly motivated and competent team.
• Ensures technical support for Residue Conversion units and maintain maximum unit production, plant utilization and the production of quality products as per Company specifications while ensuring Profitability and 100 % HSE.
• Directs and guides implementation of new techniques, methods, processes and products to improve productivity, reliability and overall safety of the facilities. Define resource needs, gaps and training needs to deploy, operate and maintain such new technologies
• Lead or participate (as required) in the preliminary investigation and studies of incidents, failures or deficiencies to identify the root causes and provide recommendation of remedial actions to avoid recurrence Provides technical leadership, expertise, guidance and support for Residue Conversion units.
• Ensure smooth flow of work between all Technical Authorities/Process Engineers within the section.
• Participates and/or supervises the Section's participation in review of Data sheets, Technical documents, Design Basis, PFD,P&ID, HAZOP etc. during Pre-FEED,FEED and EPC Stage of new Projects as and when required.
• Participates in audits and benchmarking studies to improve competitiveness and profitability of the assigned units as and when required.
• Advises and arranges assistance with identifying and correcting chronic plant problems.
• Approves the Performance Guarantee Test Run (PGTR) for new projects and ensures a close liaison with Process Licensors.
• Evaluates the economics of alternative materials and methods, including chemicals and catalysts to optimise cycle costs.
• Troubleshoots plant operational problems and recommends solutions to the Operations as and when needed.
• Monitors catalyst deactivation rates and evaluates the cycle length. Monitor the plans for catalyst/ process consumables replacement, budgeting and procurement.
• Reviews the performance of equipment and ensures that technical assistance is provided for trouble free operation when necessary.
• Evaluates and recommends proposals for plant modification or improvement.

Minimum Requirtments:

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• 10 years’ experience in Refinery plant operations & Technical services function out of which 8+ Years of experience in a Refinery Process Engineering & Technical Services related to Residue Fluidised Catalytic Cracking (RFCC), Delayed Coking (DCU) & Atmospheric Residue Desulphurisation (ARDS) is desired Innovation and Continuous Improvement