Process Engineer

-; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK is looking for a Process Engineer to support process safety, production optimization, and team leadership. You will manage operational troubleshooting and lead initiatives to enhance safety and efficiency. The ideal candidate has a background in Chemical Engineering, strong analytical skills, and experience with process engineering software tools. This role offers competitive compensation, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Training and development programs

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Bachelor graduate preferably in Chemical Engineering.
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of process engineering software tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead process engineering as a Facility Aligned Engineer.
• Manage gas contaminants and deviation requests.
• Support emergencies and troubleshooting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Customer focus

Stakeholder engagement

Team working

Education

Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Unisim

Pipesim

Office

Job description

What’s the role

As the Process Engineer, you are responsible for providing support and in some cases team leadership in the areas of process safety, production and process optimization, operations troubleshooting and project support.

What you'll be doing

• Lead process engineering as a Facility Aligned Engineer (FAE), ensuring alignment with the HSSE plan and managing discipline-related deliverables like PSM, PIDs/PEFS/PSFS/POPMS


• Carry out daily process surveillance and troubleshooting for operational issues for the SEGAL process system.


• Management of gas contaminants and deviation request across the SEGAL system in order to meet product specifications and system operating envelope.


• Provide input to the eMoC process and lead incident investigations (Casual / TOTU), while also driving Process Safety initiatives (FOIP, PSBR)


• Participate in safety reviews such as HAZOP, HAZID, and LOPA, and develop mitigations and risk assessments for SCE deviations


• Act as TA3 for process engineering, supervise and coach JG5 engineers, and ensure discipline competencies are maintained and developed (e.g., SGP/SATP progress)


• Engage in facility leadership (FNGL and St Fergus), regularly visit the onshore facility, and identify improvement opportunities


• Manage significant risks via the MTO process/database and resolve operating/integrity envelope exceptions with cross-discipline collaboration


• Support emergencies and troubleshooting, prepare emergency procedures, and lead facility/pipeline surveillance to optimize production and reduce CO² emissions


• Review operating incidents, identify root causes, and recommend improvements to prevent deferment, involving other disciplines as needed


• Develop and maintain process models (Unisim, PIPESIM), specify operating/integrity envelopes, and predict impacts of process changes with mitigation strategies


• Lead debottlenecking and re-rating, review the Greenhouse Gas and Energy Management Plan, and identify cost/emission reduction opportunities for fuel and flare

What you bring

• Bachelor graduate preferably in Chemical Engineering


• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills


• Knowledge of process engineering software tools such as Unisim, Olga, STFlash, Pipesim, Office etc.


• Knowledge of engineering standards and methods e.g. DEPs, ASME/API.


• Good self-motivation, high drive for performance, customer focus, stakeholder engagement and team working skills are essential


• Ability to manage, plan and communicate with and deliver through persons from teams with different line responsibility


• Have achieved or be close to achieving TA3 status


• Have achieved or be close to achieving Chartered Engineer status

What we offer

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.


• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.


• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.


• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.


• Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.


• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.


• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.


• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.


• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.


• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.


• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Note: As part of your application, please submit a motivation letter along with your resume. The motivation letter should outline your reasons for applying to this position and how your skills and experiences align with the job requirements. This will help us better understand your interest in the role and your suitability for the position.

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