Senior Process Engineer - Production Optimisation & Field Development

Kintec Global Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overseas assignments covered

Hybrid working

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment seeks a Senior Process Engineer to drive production optimisation and field development in a London-based Hybrid role. You will engage across concept through detailed design phases, delivering robust process solutions and coordinating with operations to improve facility performance.

The role requires 10+ years in upstream oil and gas process engineering, strong simulation skills (UniSim/Flaresim), and willingness to travel internationally on a quarterly basis; offshore

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in upstream oil & gas process engineering.
• Experience supporting production optimisation or brownfield projects.
• Strong knowledge of oil & gas processing systems and operational facilities.
• Experience across conceptual studies, FEED, and detailed design phases.
• Strong process simulation capability (UniSim, Flaresim, or similar).
• Ability to work independently and lead technical scopes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of international engineering standards and best practices.
• Willingness to travel internationally on a quarterly basis.
• Ability to pass offshore / overseas medical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support upstream development and optimisation projects.
• Evaluate process and production improvement opportunities.
• Deliver process engineering activities from concept through to implementation.
• Produce and review technical process deliverables and documentation.
• Support vendor package reviews and contractor deliverables.
• Work closely with operations teams to improve facility performance.
• Support debottlenecking and facility optimisation activities.
• Contribute to project planning, scheduling, and reporting activities.
• Present technical recommendations and engineering findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Process engineering

Upstream O&G

Process simulation

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Offshore medical

Tools

UniSim

Flaresim

Job description

Senior Process Engineer - Production Optimisation & Field Development

Location: London (Hybrid - minimum 3 days office based)
Contract Type: Contract
Work Schedule: Hybrid working, with quarterly overseas assignments (all travel and accommodation costs covered)

Key Responsibilities

• Support upstream development and optimisation projects
• Evaluate process and production improvement opportunities
• Deliver process engineering activities from concept through to implementation
• Produce and review technical process deliverables and documentation
• Support vendor package reviews and contractor deliverables
• Work closely with operations teams to improve facility performance
• Support debottlenecking and facility optimisation activities
• Contribute to project planning, scheduling, and reporting activities
• Present technical recommendations and engineering findings to stakeholders

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in upstream oil & gas process engineering
• Experience supporting production optimisation or brownfield projects
• Strong knowledge of oil & gas processing systems and operational facilities
• Experience across conceptual studies, FEED, and detailed design phases
• Strong process simulation capability (UniSim, Flaresim, or similar)
• Ability to work independently and lead technical scopes
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Knowledge of international engineering standards and best practices
• Willingness to travel internationally on a quarterly basis
• Ability to pass offshore / overseas medical requirements

Benefits

• Exposure to a mix of operational support and development project work
• Opportunity to work across conceptual studies, FEED, and detailed design activities
• International project and operational exposure
• Hybrid working with technically varied project exposure