Lead Process Engineer

Kintec Global Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment in London (Hybrid) is seeking a senior process engineer with extensive upstream oil & gas experience to lead engineering activities across development and optimisation projects.

You will travel quarterly, review vendor and contractor deliverables, and collaborate with operations to improve facility performance. A strong background in process simulation and international standards is essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of upstream oil & gas process engineering experience.
• Background in production optimisation or brownfield projects.
• Experience across conceptual, FEED and detailed design phases.
• Strong process simulation skills (UniSim, Flaresim or similar).
• Confident leading technical scopes independently.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of international engineering standards.
• Willingness to travel internationally each quarter and pass offshore or overseas medicals.

Responsibilities

• Lead process engineering on upstream development and optimisation projects.
• Identify and evaluate production improvement opportunities.
• Drive debottlenecking and facility optimisation work.
• Produce and review key process deliverables.
• Review vendor packages and contractor deliverables.
• Work closely with operations to improve facility performance.
• Present technical recommendations to stakeholders.
• Support project planning, scheduling and reporting.

Skills

Upstream oil & gas process engineering

Production optimisation / brownfield

Process simulation (UniSim/Flaresim)

Independent technical scope leadership

Communication & stakeholder engagement

International engineering standards

Tools

UniSim

Flaresim

Job description

Location: London (Hybrid, minimum 3 days in office)

Travel: Quarterly overseas travel required (all travel and accommodation covered)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead process engineering on upstream development and optimisation projects
• Identify and evaluate production improvement opportunities
• Drive debottlenecking and facility optimisation work
• Produce and review key process deliverables
• Review vendor packages and contractor deliverables
• Work closely with operations to improve facility performance
• Present technical recommendations to stakeholders
• Support project planning, scheduling and reporting

Requirements

• 10+ years' upstream oil & gas process engineering experience
• Background in production optimisation or brownfield projects
• Experience across conceptual, FEED and detailed design phases
• Strong process simulation skills (UniSim, Flaresim or similar)
• Confident leading technical scopes independently
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Knowledge of international engineering standards
• Willingness to travel internationally each quarter and able to pass offshore or overseas medicals