Senior Process Engineer

Orion Engineering Services Limited; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent engineering services company is seeking a Senior Process Engineer for a 12-month hybrid role in Aberdeen. The successful candidate will provide expertise for process optimization, troubleshooting operational issues, and working closely with maintenance teams. A degree in Process or Chemical Engineering and significant offshore experience are required. This role involves liaising with multifaceted teams and ensuring adherence to safety standards while delivering engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in process engineering support for offshore production.
• Knowledge of safety and environmental regulations in the oil and gas sectors.
• Participation in risk assessment activities and problem-solving in diverse contexts.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert engineering support on a daily basis.
• Identify solutions for operational troubleshooting and immediate repairs.
• Maintain documentation and process models for critical assets.

Skills

Knowledge of UK and NL legislations

Expert understanding of process engineering

Problem resolution and innovation

Strong communication skills

HYSYS and Microsoft Office proficiency

Trend analysis using PI data historian

SAP PM experience

Education

Process (or Chemical) Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Senior Process Engineer based in Aberdeen. This will be a 12-month PAYE contract role offering a hybrid working pattern. Travel to their onshore gas terminal and offshore assets will be required.

Purpose:

Provide day-to-day discipline engineering expertise to the asset operations organisation (including shutdowns) ensuring continued safe, reliable and environmentally responsible operations.

Use process engineering principles to optimise production.

Bring engineering rigour and good practice to fault finding and incident investigation.

Provide a direct link between the discipline engineering organisation and the operated asset.

Role Deliverables & Responsibilities:

• Provide day to day support for process engineering within the asset; meeting the operational demands of the asset as set by the operation manager.
• Provide discipline expertise for troubleshooting operational issues identifying root cause and improvements to prevent future occurrence.
• Identify and implement solutions for immediate repairs, ensuring adherence to standards and engineering processes.
• Be the competent engineer for discipline in the planning and execute process. Specifically, defining discipline details to the 30- and 90-day asset plan; and then delivering any engineering aspects of that plan.
• Identification and management of specialist vendors and, where necessary, mobilising those specialist vendors to support relevant process engineering discipline scopes.
• Be the gateway for maintenance and operations technical queries relating to process engineering discipline.
• Define and write the problem statement for modifications.
• Assure that any plant management of change within the asset is delivered within the gated MoC process (CEU-ENG-GEN-STA-0026).
• Responsible for process optimisation.
• Ensure relevant performance standards are adhered to via the Inspection, Test and Maintenance programme.
• Provide process engineering expertise for asset risk assessment processes including deferral, operational risk assessment (ORA), and permit to work.
• Execute any engineering delegation of authority assigned under the Engineering Delegation of Authority Standard, CEU-ENG-GEN-STA-0056. Own specific discipline shutdown scopes through definition, planning and execution.
• Deliver any assigned scopes within agreed budget.
• Develop and manage relationships with the operations and maintenance teams as well as core contractors. Regular visit to offshore assets.

Discipline Specific (Process)

• Responsibility for maintaining as-built process models and asset-critical process documentation.
• Responsibility for asset Mass Balances and key equipment capacity details.
• Responsibility for the integrity of the SECE barriers owned by Process discipline (overpressure protection, depressurisation, blanket and purge gas & hazardous open drains systems).
• Responsibility for key process documents, such as PFD’s and P&IDs, and support to other discipline key documents such as C&Es, etc.
• Ownership of AMS and MyHSES process study actions with focus on review and close out of the actions.
• Participate in asset HAZOP, PHR, LOPA and risk assessments, including active participation in the management of change (MoC) process.
• Lead investigations into production shortfalls vs target including the organisation and facilitation of root cause analysis sessions, incorporating various disciplines.
• Provide process engineering input and first-level process engineering assurance to other discipline scopes – brownfield, maintenance & capital.

Key Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of UK and NL legislations pertaining to the safe operation of offshore hydrocarbon processes.
• Demonstrate an expert understanding of process engineering principles and practical application.
• Ability to resolve complex problems and drive innovative solutions.
• Active participation in reviews and in particular risk and hazard assessment activities with the ability to resolve problems in a range of contexts from conceptual design to operational facilities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to use HYSYS, and Microsoft office tools effectively.
• Use of PI data historian for trend analysis and production optimisation.
• Planning and organization for successful execution of multiple workstreams concurrently.
• SAP experience, particularly SAP PM.
• Ability to interact effectively at all levels and positively influence teams across core operations crew and subcontractors.
• Maintain and continue to develop the competencies necessary to carry out the role to the required standard whilst in position.
• Conduct all activities in a safe and effective manner and raise safety and environmental issues immediately and in line with corporate policy.

Education:

• Process (or Chemical) Engineering degree required.
• Chartered Engineer.

Work Experience:

• Experience of providing process engineering support to front-line operation of a major offshore production facility.
• Significant and extensive knowledge of Process and Major Accident Hazard (MAH) prevention technical practices and legislation, which would be underpinned by technical achievements in process engineering discipline in the energy or chemical industry.
• Demonstrable experience of operations within complex Oil/Gas, Petrochemical, or Chemical plant.
• Knowledge of all forms of engineering documentation, including block diagrams, PFDs, P&IDs Data Sheets, Cause & Effect charts, and safety critical elements.
• Deep and extensive knowledge of relevant codes, standards, and applicable regulations both statutory and company specific.
• Experience of successfully closing out actions generated in HAZOP, LOPA, PHR sessions.

Mandatory Training required:

• BOSIET, MIST and OFFSHORE MEDICAL.

Contract position

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more, please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/080365.

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As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.