Chemical Engr I

Honeywell Technologies; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Honeywell Technologies is seeking an on-site commissioning and startup specialist to lead precommissioning, start-up, and initial operation activities for complex process units in India. The role requires strong chemical engineering fundamentals, field leadership and hands-on expertise with P&ID documentation.

You will drive coordination with customer operations and engineering teams, ensuring safety and quality while delivering reliable performance tests and optimized startup sequences.

Qualifications

• Extensive practical experience in process-unit commissioning, pre-commissioning, startup and performance testing.
• Strong knowledge of process design documentation including P&ID and drawings.
• Experience with catalyst/adsorbent loading, reactor and heater dryout, and unit line-out activities.

Responsibilities

• Assume on-site responsibility for commissioning, startup and initial operations advisory services.
• Review equipment against Schedule A, P&IDs and specs; identify discrepancies and advise corrective actions.
• Lead development and execution of the precommissioning program including hydrostatic testing and leak checks.
• Advise on heater and reactor circuit dryout and catalyst/loading activities.
• Review startup schedule and optimize sequencing, readiness and execution.
• Provide operating instructions and direction for startup, operation, shutdown and emergency response.
• Guide customer engineers through feed introduction and stabilization for on-spec products.
• Issue daily instructions to shift Process Advisors coordinating with customer operations.
• Monitor initial operation and adjust to optimize unit performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Establish baseline operating conditions for future troubleshooting and expansion.
• Maintain clear communication with customer teams and internal stakeholders, escalating risks as needed.

Skills

Process commissioning experience

Startup and initial operation

Hydrostatic testing

P&ID knowledge

Leadership / mentoring

Willing to travel 100%

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Schedule A packages

Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Assume overall on-site responsibility for ensuring that commissioning, startup and initial operations advisory services are fully executed.
• Review supplied equipment against the Schedule A Package, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, standard specifications and drawings; identify discrepancies and advise on corrective actions that protect startup readiness and unit performance.
• Direct the development and implementation of the precommissioning programme, including hydrostatic testing, water flushing, leak testing, pump and compressor run-in, refractory dryout, high-temperature field testing, inspection, catalyst loading and instrument loop checking.
• Advise on heater and reactor circuit dryout and on catalyst and/or adsorbent loading activities.
• Review and evaluate the startup schedule and recommend improvements to sequencing, readiness and execution.
• Provide operating instructions and technical direction to customer operations and engineering personnel for startup, normal operation, shutdown and safe response to emergency situations.
• Advise customer engineers and operators during feed introduction, stabilization and the achievement of on-specification products.
• Issue daily instructions to shift-working Process Advisors in coordination with the customers operations management team.
• Monitor initial operation, recommend adjustments to optimize unit performance and troubleshoot process or hydraulic issues.
• Establish process guidelines to line out the unit and prepare it for successful performance testing.
• Advise on performance gurantee testrunand evaluate results against the process parameters represented during the design phase.
• Conduct or support detailed unit studies, including product-yield, catalyst activity and selectivity calculations, and process and hydraulic evaluations, etc.
• Establish reliable baseline operating conditions to support future troubleshooting, performance improvement and expansion planning.
• Maintain clear communication with customer teams and internal stakeholders, escalating technical, safety or schedule risks as required.
• Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with applicable health, safety, environmental and quality requirements.

Qualifications

Qualifications / knowledge / experience

Technical / professional knowledge and skills competency

• Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Essential
• Extensive practical experience in process-unit commissioning, pre-commissioning, startup, initial operation and performance testing
• Preferred
• Strong knowledge of process design documentation, including UOPSchedule A packages, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, specifications and drawings
• Essential
• Experience with catalyst or adsorbent loading, reactor and heater dryout, and unit line-out activities
• Preferred

Personal skills and key competencies

Including behavioural and leadership competencies

• Comfortable with 100% travel
• Essential
• Analytical problem-solving skills and the ability to identify, evaluate and resolve process and equipment issues
• Essential
• Proactive, self-motivated and adaptable, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Essential
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Essential
• Ability to work effectively with customer operations management, engineering teams and internal stakeholders
• Essential

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission‑critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.