Process Engineer, PP

Advanced Petrochemical Company; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Petrochemical Company in Al Jubayl (Eastern Province) seeks a Senior Process Engineer to lead process engineering support across the PP unit, aiming for reliable, efficient and cost-optimal utilities and plant operations.

You will troubleshoot, analyze plant parameters, drive energy and water conservation, participate in HAZOP/PHAs, and collaborate with licensors, OEMs and service providers to implement best practices and safety improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's level in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of process engineering experience in chemical/petrochemical plants.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering support to APOC PP unit to achieve reliable, efficient and cost-optimum utilities for users.
• Resolve process constraints to ensure continuous and safe PP plant operations.
• Failure analysis and troubleshooting of process issues in PP plant.
• Monitor critical process parameters to keep plants running safely and efficiently.
• Lead cost reduction, water conservation and energy conservation initiatives for the unit.
• Develop Energy Management System (ISO 50001) for PP plant.
• Participate in plant safety evaluations (PHA/HAZOP) and follow up recommendations.
• Contribute to plant integrity and reliability via RCA and reliability meetings.
• Engage with Licensor, OEMs and service providers to capture best practices.
• Support engineering modifications in the plant and FEED studies for new projects.
• Ensure modifications follow management of change procedures.
• Ensure compliance with Environment, Health, Safety and Security policies by all personnel and contractors.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Decision making

Communication skills

Education

Graduate in Chemical Engineering

Job description

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Company: Advanced Petrochemical Company

Brief Job Description:

Management

• Keeping close interaction with executive leaders and peers contributing to resolve business constraints and enhance performance.
• Maintain professional and productive relation with Licensor, OEMs, technology & service providers, suppliers and other similar industry leaders in order to ensure that the best services are provided and the new added value practices and lesson learned are recognized and implemented

Budgets and Plans

• Monitor actual performance vs plan
• Participate in cost optimization and avoidance of any overspending
• Adhere to the company policy, system, processes and procedures
• Follow Process Engineering Department systems, processes and procedures
• Compliance with division policy, system, process and procedures
• Work with Seniors, peer industry, Technology & Service provider and OEMs in order to identify opportunities for continuous improvement of department systems, processes and practices taking into account the best practice, cost optimization, enhancement of safety & sustainability performance, improvement of plants availability & productivity and product portfolio

Process Engineering

• Ensure to provide process engineering support to APOC PP unit to achieve reliable, efficient and cost optimum supply of Utilities to users through:
• Provide technical expertise to operations to resolve process constraints to achieve continuous & reliable operations of PP plants
• Failure analysis and trouble shooting of process related issues in PP plant
• Monitoring plants critical process parameters including quality of product to ensure that plants running safely, efficiently and within safe operating window
• Lead cost reduction, water conservation and energy conservation activities for the unit
• Focal point for developing Energy Management System (ISO 50001) for PP plant
• Participating in plant safety process evaluation study such as PHA and HAZOP and follow up & close out of study recommendations
• Contribute to the assurance of plant integrity and reliability through participation bad actor resolution, RCA and plant reliability meetings
• Monitoring performance of all PP units & highlight and correct deviations if any.
• Verify raw material and feedstock specifications to ensure that meeting requirement
• Lead alarm management related activities for PP
• Analysing plants process parameters and propose new solutions or DBN for enhancing plants productivity & availability and safety & sustainability performance
• Engaging with Licensor, OEMs and similar industry to capture and implement new added value and best practices
• Support engineering for modifications in the plant
• Support FEED study for new grass root projects
• Ensure that any modification to original function state of plant critical equipment, system and process are conducted following management of change procedure with no deviation
• Ensure achieving process engineering department and technical division overall objectives
• Ensure compliance of all relevant Environment, Health, Safety and Security management policies, procedures and controls by all process engineering direct hire employees and contractors

MIS and Reports

• Ensure that process engineering department performance are reported in quality and timely manner
• Ensure that performance, new modification & installation, troubleshooting and investigation reports of plants critical process parameters are prepared in quality and timely manner
• Ensure that all process engineering department reports are in comply with company principles of corporate governance, policies and standards

Related Assignments

• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed.

Education:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate in Chemical Engineering

Experience:

• 10 years of relevant experience of Process Engineering in a Chemical / Petrochemical Plant
• Troubleshooting & Problem solving
• Decision making & result oriented
• Effective communication & presentation
• Cooperative with focus on Business ultimate benefit