Lead Process Safety Engineer - OGC Engineering

Kiewit; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision plans

Retirement plans with company matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a Lead Process Safety Engineer for the OGC Engineering group in Houston, TX. This senior role supports projects across the company, focusing on safe, cost-effective, and innovative designs that meet client expectations and Kiewit’s standards.

Based in Houston with limited travel, the position requires a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and 15+ years of refining, petrochemical, or LNG experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering is required.
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• An extensive track record in refining, petrochemical or LNG industries is expected.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Leads team in advanced safety design and compliant solutions for complex projects.
• Identifies gaps in design and provides proactive solutions.
• Interacts with multiple disciplines and serves as a resource on safety and process integrity.
• Develops major project or proposal with minimal supervision.
• Reviews engineering outputs to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

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Lead Process Safety Engineer - OGC Engineering

Location:
Houston, TX, US

Requisition ID:182741

Job Level:Senior Level

Home District/Group:Kiewit OGC Engineering

Market:OGC

Employment Type:Full Time

Position Overview

We are an innovative team of engineers and designers that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff leads and collaborates with Kiewit’s module fabrication and construction teams to approach construction-driven engineering with a focus on safe, cost effective, and innovative designs that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc. is a full-service engineering firm serving oil, gas and chemical markets. Our combined staff of engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve the LNG, midstream, refining, and petrochemical markets. Backed by 130 years of construction experience, our construction-driven engineering focuses on constructability and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.
Our rapidly growing oil, gas and chemical team, which includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the EPCC delivery model for dynamic process facilities.

Location

This position is based out of our Energy Corridor Office in Houston, TX and typically requires less than 25 percent travel. Opportunities for flexible work are available.

Responsibilities

• Leads team in advanced solutions to complex issues
• Proactively identifies gaps in design and provides solutions.
• Effectively interacts with other disciplines and acts as a resource for advice direction and answers questions or interprets code.
• Develops major project or proposal with no supervision.
• Reviews and corrects the work of engineers and designers to develop documents as needed. Examples include but not limited to fire water demand calculations vapor dispersion, radiation, FGS layouts, LOPA and SIL verification calculations, PHA facilitation.
• Improves existing processes by using different approaches/methods.
• Generates multiple alternatives before settling on a solution.
• Develops creative solutions to complex problems.
• Collaborates with others to determine best solution internally and externally.
• Serves as Kiewit representative in external organization and committees.
• Identifies changes in scope of work during a large project and produces documents to stay within budget and schedule.
• Generates new ways of thinking about and solving problems.
• Leads quality check of engineering and design of major projects to ensure accuracy.
• Sets the example for exceptional performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering minimum required.
• 15+ year minimum relevant experience in refining, petrochemical and/or LNG industry.
• Travel < 20% expected.
• Plans individual work to accomplish objectives.
• Continually improves efficiency and performance.
• Identifies gaps in team and works to resolve and close proactively.
• Communicates effectively across all levels of organization.
• Advised and provides perspectives from a variety of sources internally and externally to solve problems.
• Serves as technical resource to projects and estimating.
• Continuously improves efficiency and performance.
• Works well with others. Involves less experienced engineers in issues to foster training of others.
• Seeks out industry experts for advancing skill sets.
• Actively seeks feedback from customers and takes action to improve processes.
• Proactively looks for solutions to improve quality, cost and safety.
• Knowledge of FERC requirement in regard to Process Safety preferred.

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Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

There’s no limit to what you’ll do at Kiewit. Whether you’re building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people’s lives for generations to come.

Here you’ll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on-the-job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry. From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Kiewit is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.