Principal Process Engineer

Amec Foster Wheeler Group; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Competitive remuneration package

Continued professional development

Global connections

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Principal Process Engineer in Melbourne to lead a design-focused team on oil and gas production facilities. The role requires supervising a process team and providing SME guidance across multiple design phases.

The ideal candidate has extensive post-graduate experience, strong client-facing abilities, and a track record of delivering within budgets and deadlines. Hybrid work setup, strong global opportunities, and professional development are offered.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to manage stakeholders.
• Ability to build and sustain customer relationships.
• Professional representation with clients and partners.
• Familiar with industry codes, standards and processes.
• Registered Professional Engineer in Victoria preferred but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead small teams of process engineers to meet deadlines and budgets for concept design work.
• Supervise and provide process engineering SME guidance to the team.
• Present study findings to clients and drive consensus on options.
• Oversee design and PFD/PD/HPD deliverables and QA checks.
• Guide process safety reviews (HAZOP/HAZID) and risk assessments.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Customer relationships

Professional image with clients

Industry codes & standards

Victoria PE registration preferred

Education

Engineering degree (eligible for IChemE)

Job description

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

We are currently seeking expressions of interest for a Principal Process Engineer to join our team in Melbourne.

This is a project lead engineering role required to supervise a team and provide processengineering subject matter expertise.

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What we can offer

• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
• Competitive remuneration package
• Commitment to continued professional development
• Global connections

The key experience and capabilities required for this role are:

• Minimum of 15 years post graduate experience with at least 10y in design of oil and gas production facilties of which at least 3yr is in a lead or focal point role
• Proven track record in leading small teams of process engineers to meet deadlines within allocated budgets for concept level process design work
• Familiar with conceptual level design engineering deliverables covering onshore wellheads WHCPs, and associated well startup and hydrate management systems, flow assurance (developing scopes of work for sizing multiphase lines), integration of new production into existing plant, and estimation of manhours for FEED and Detailed Design phases
• Capable of presenting process study findings to client, including evaluations of process options, efficiently driving towards agreement on selection of a single way forward
• Familiar with plant and well pad layout and construction issues
• Familiar with modern Process Design Quality Management systems and capable of acting as checker and approver of deliverables from the Process team, and of performing interdisciplinary reviews of the deliverables from other engineering disciplines
• Capable of guiding the Process team to complete
  • design, operating and maintenance philosophies
  • process engineering concept selection studies
  • HYSYS or UniSim simulations (steady state) and modelling to produce heat and material balances for the client’s case map for production combinations over the life of the field
  • Development of concept level block diagrams, PFDs and preliminary P&IDs
  • Development of preliminary relief system design
• Familiar with Process Safeguarding practices for oil and gas production facilities.
• Familiar with Process design reviews, risk reviews, and technical safety workshops including HAZOP and HAZID
• Experienced with providing input to the Materials Group for their estimation of corrosion and erosion rates to permit recommendation of materials of construction for the new systems

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

The following skills are needed:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to build and sustain customer relationships
• Must convey a professional image with customers
• Familiar with applicable industry codes, standards and processes
• Relevant Engineering Degree (eligible for full membership of Institution of Chemical Engineers)
• Registered Professional Engineer (Victoria) preferred but not mandatory

Candidates must have full work rights in Australia to be considered for this role.

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.