Senior Process Engineer

DNV; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

RRSP with company match

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

DNV Energy Systems is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join our low-carbon team in Canada. You will work with a group of engineers to develop customizable solutions for clients in the energy transition, focusing on hydrogen, LNG, and CCS integration.

You will contribute to FEL studies and front-end loading activities across multiple scales and opportunities. You will model processes, prepare FEL documentation, and support proposals while maintaining DNV’s expertise in safe, compliant energy

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering or closely related field.
• Minimum 5 years of process engineering experience.
• Experience with UniSim or Aspen HYSYS required.
• Ability to develop chemical process models from scratch.
• Experience with FEL stages (FEL 0 to FEL 3) and capital projects.
• Knowledge of hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, LNG and CCS.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% and hold a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical due diligence on hydrogen processes and derivatives.
• Scale down processes and cost estimates for client interests.
• Leverage low-carbon tech and process modeling to inform decisions.
• Develop mass and energy balance methods for end-use applications.
• Contribute to knowledge management of the Process Engineering team.
• Support business development by leading proposal preparations.
• Manage multiple projects and proposals in a fast-paced environment.
• Review FEL-2 to Construction documentation for completeness.
• Design processes using modeling tools to prepare equipment lists for Cost Estimate Class 4.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Project management

Multitasking

English communication

Education

MSc in Chemical Engineering

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Tools

UniSim

Aspen HYSYS

MS Visio

AutoCAD

Job description

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

About Us

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.

About The Role

DNV Energy Systems is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join our low-carbon team. In this role, you will work with a group of process engineers, supporting other colleagues in identifying customizable solutions to clients’ challenges in their energy transition endeavors. Your contributions will help maintain DNV’s know-how around low carbon fuels, and LNG as a fuel and feed to other processes. This know-how will readily respond to clients’ requests in a fast-paced environment.

DNV – Energy Systems –Low Carbon Services aspires to become the preferred business partner to support customers in mitigating their risks by providing high-quality due diligence studies focusing on a) green/blue hydrogen production and its integration to a supply chain or the production of derivatives such as ammonia, methanol or synthetic fuels. b) LNG production value chain and c) utilization of natural gas for power applications combined with CCS. Among the opportunities that a process engineer in the team will deliver are process modeling of several scales of a facility depending on the customer’s requirements and the preparation of Front-end Loading (FEL) documents from the identification of the opportunity (FEL 0) to Select (FEL 2).

This role can be based at any in Toronto, ON; Calgary, AB; Vancouver, BC presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site. Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.

What You’ll Do

• Perform technical due diligence on processes for producing and using hydrogen, including processes to make hydrogen-derived products such as methanol, ammonia, synthetic fuels, LNG, and power generation with carbon capture and sequestration.


• Being able to scale down processes and their corresponding cost estimates matching customers’ interests work in designing and optimizing production processes of different scales


• Leverage a deep understanding of low-carbon technologies and process modeling to predict and deliver scenarios supporting the customer’s strategic decision-making process


• Develop, lead, and coordinate mass and energy balance methodologies to assess end-use applications’ technical and economic impacts


• Contribute to the know-how building and knowledge management of the Process Engineering team


• Support business development by leading and participation in the preparation of proposals.


• Manage work related activities for multiple projects and proposals in a fast-paced environment


• Review billion-dollar capital project documentation in several maturation levels such as FEL-2, FEL-3, and Construction to comment on information completeness.


• Design processes using process modeling tools to produce a list of major equipment for preparation of a Cost Estimate Class 4 as per AACE.

What we offer

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)


• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefit plans available to all employees


• Special programs – Employee Assistance Program and accident and critical illness options for you and your family


• Workplace strategies for mental help resources available to all employees


• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with company match


• Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits


• Education Assistance Program


• Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities


• Consumer discounts and rewards through our BenefitsHub


• Advancement opportunities


• Benefits may vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election.**

For British Columbia (Vancouver) and Ontario (Toronto): "DNV provides a reasonable compensation range for this role. The actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. For the cities of Vancouver and Toronto, the range of starting pay for this role is $105,000.00- $160,000.00."

DNV is a proud equal-opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, or business need, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

About You

What Is Required

• Minimum Master's degree (M.Sc.) in Chemical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline, or higher


• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in process engineering with exposure to process modeling with tools such as UniSim or Aspen HYSYS. Ability to develop chemical processes models from scratch. Experience with only review of process models will not be considered.


• Experience with making/preparing process/system design, including PFS, PEFS, PFDs, P&IDs, and the ability to design equipment.


• Demonstrated knowledge level for reading and preparing these diagrams with tools such as MS Visio and/or AutoCAD and/or equivalent.


• Experience as a team member in capital projects through the several stages of project development including Front-End Loading (FEL) stages from FEL 0 to FEL 3, construction, commissioning and operations.


• Ability to prepare cost estimates (Class 5 to Class 4 as per AACE).


• Ability to estimate life cycle greenhouse emissions and able to use standard LCA tools.


• Knowledge about hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, synthetic fuels processes, LNG and CCS.


• Master competence level in Process Safety.


• Excellent written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate technical information to subject and non-subject matter experts.


• Strong project management and change management skills.


• Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given workweek.


• Results and documentation-oriented work philosophy with great attention to detail and a desire to grow.


• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the time to conferences, customer meetings, project sites, agencies, and internal meetings.


• Strong written and verbal English communication skills


• Must possess a valid driver’s license and be able to rent and drive a car or travel on public conveyances when required.


• We conduct pre-employment background screening.

What Is Preferred

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline


• Demonstrated hands‑on experience in process and project development


• Immigration‑related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position*