Lead Process Engineer — Refining & Petrochemical

WorleyParsons; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley seeks a Principal Process Engineer to lead process engineering for Baton Rouge/Gulf Coast projects. This role provides technical leadership, manages scope, and ensures deliverables meet schedule, budget, and quality requirements.

You will guide heat and material balances, PFDs/P&IDs, process simulations, and reviews, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and mentor junior engineers. Candidates should have 12+ years in process engineering, a chemical engineering degree, and be willing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from a recognized college or university.
• 12+ years of process engineering experience in refining, chemical, petrochemical, industrial, energy, or similar facilities and projects.
• Professional Engineer (PE) status is preferred.
• Strong ability to lead diverse teams, coordinate project execution, communicate with clients, and make sound technical decisions with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Process Engineering Lead on assigned projects, including planning, coordinating, checking, and approving process engineering deliverables.
• Define process engineering scope, estimates, schedules, staffing plans, deliverable lists, and execution strategies for proposals, studies, FEED, and detailed design projects.
• Lead development, review, and approval of heat and material balances, PFDs, P&IDs, process simulations, hydraulic calculations, relief/flare analyses, equipment specifications, process data sheets, and technical studies.
• Manage process engineering requirements and ensure changes are evaluated and controlled through project change management processes.
• Direct and coordinate process engineering work with multidisciplinary teams, Worley Global Integrated Delivery resources, project managers, customers, vendors, and construction/commissioning teams.
• Lead support for HAZOP, LOPA, design reviews, model reviews, constructability reviews, field walkdowns, tie-in planning, and technical issue resolution for operating facilities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and supervision to process engineers and designers; assign tasks, monitor progress, and support development of less experienced personnel.
• Identify issues and problems, develop appropriate solutions, and proactively resolve discrepancies between Worley, client, statutory, regulatory, HSE, and quality requirements.

Skills

Process engineering

Team leadership

Communication with clients

Decision making

MS Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Aspen HYSYS

Aspen Plus

PIPE-FLO

AFT Fathom/Arrow

Job description

Worley seeks a Principal Process Engineer to lead process engineering for Baton Rouge/Gulf Coast projects. This role provides technical leadership, manages scope, and ensures deliverables meet schedule, budget, and quality requirements.

You will guide heat and material balances, PFDs/P&IDs, process simulations, and reviews, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and mentor junior engineers. Candidates should have 12+ years in process engineering, a chemical engineering degree, and be willing