Senior Upstream Process Engineer - Optimisation Leadership

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

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.