Senior Process Engineer

坯潤; Oman; On-site; OMR 20,000 - 26,500; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join their team in Oman. This role involves contributing to engineering excellence through executing project scopes, providing discipline expertise, and supervising task delegation. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Chemical Engineering and at least 10 years of experience in refinery petrochemicals projects. You will tackle complex engineering challenges, lead technical initiatives, and ensure successful project delivery within budget and time constraints. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in refinery petrochemicals projects.
• Expertise in process optimization and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Execute assigned scopes of work and ensure project completion within budget.
• Provide discipline expertise and solve complex engineering problems.
• Supervise task delegation and manage small projects as needed.

Skills

Problem Solving

Engineering Design

Project Management

Technical Leadership

Process Optimization

Education

BSc Engineering degree in Chemical

Job description

Wood is hiring for Senior Process Engineer to join our team in Oman.

Main objective of the role is contributing to technical delivery of engineering excellence through:

• Executing assigned scopes of work.
• Providing discipline expertise to the business.
• Supporting and supervising task delegation to the team.

Uses technical knowledge to perform engineering assignments and produce engineering deliverables including complex problems. Completes almost any engineering tasks with minimal guidance and direction. May serve as the primary discipline engineer or discipline technical authority on projects with small to medium complexity.

Performs engineering assignments, usually representing a significant portion of a larger project. Selects engineering techniques to solve problems and makes design recommendations.

Requires mature professional knowledge in planning and conducting assignments having scope for coordination of difficult tasks.

Applies specific area(s) of expertise in own discipline area.

In consultancy businesses, may review and manage complex projects within area of expertise or of a multidisciplinary nature.

Responsibilities

Executing assigned scopes of work:

• Participates as a team member in a specific phase of a broad engineering assignment.
• Directs preparation of appropriate documentation for assigned projects.
• Ensures successful completion of the assigned project/phase within the budgeted time and cost constraints.
• Participates in defining engineering approaches, and in planning and scheduling work.
• Evaluates problems, organizes investigations and establishes general performance specifications for components, equipment, systems, processes, etc.
• Checks engineering calculations as well as checks all drawings in accordance with industry codes and standards; assists with the development of less senior technical professionals.
• Adheres to and complies with relevant discipline specific procedures and provides feedback for continuous improvement.
• Participates in audits and incident investigations as required.
• Performs complex engineering tasks related to specific units of major projects.
• Participates in site visits, project review meetings, design reviews and other workshops as required.
• Organizes and actively participates in design reviews.

Providing discipline expertise:

• Solves problems requiring development of new approaches or new uses for existing approaches; exercises mature professional judgment in evaluating and selecting technical strategic options.
• As necessary, modifies established guidelines, devises new approaches, applies existing criteria in new ways and draws conclusions from comparative situations.
• Regularly functions as a technical leader or significant contributor to a major complex problem or project.
• Produces innovative ideas and solves problems requiring development of new approaches or new uses for existing approaches.
• Consistently called on to use creativity and professional judgment to formulate results based on engineering standards, experience and constructive thinking.
• Develops unique solutions for complex technical problems.
• Anticipates potential problems and takes the initiative to solve complex problems through creative thinking and creative use of internal and external resources both inside and outside of discipline expertise.
• Exercises mature professional judgment in identifying the implications of experimental results.
• Understands customer needs and applies technical solutions to meet goals.
• Provides technical input and support to proposals as required.

Supporting and supervising task delegation to team:

• May supervise a small work group consisting of technical/professional staff with some coaching from own supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in area of specialization to others.
• Assists in performing managerial tasks as requested, such as assigning tasks to engineers; planning and coordinating portions of the engineering work; preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets; attending project meetings; and developing lesser-experienced technical professionals.
• Discusses with other senior engineers to agree priorities and implications on work of others.
• Approves work schedules and makes recommendations for increased resources and special equipment.
• Makes commitments on acceptance of projects, completion dates, resources and staff required to meet goals.
• Coordinates the activities of engineering and design groups assigned to small projects.
• Participates in developing deadlines, projects and work to be done.
• May manage one or more small projects, with responsibility for cost, schedule, resources allocation and risk.
• Provides appropriate HSSE leadership including compliance with site and office safety requirements and technical/design safety requirements.

Qualifications

• BSc Engineering degree in Chemical.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in refinery petrochemicals projects.
• Experience in refinery process units (e.g., RFCC, HCU, CDU/VDU, LMU), utilities & offsites, steam cracker, and polymer plants.
• Relevant expertise should include operations, process optimization, feasibility studies, FEED, design, commissioning, and performance testing.