Lead Process Engineer

Description:

Career growth opportunity for a self-motivated, high performing Lead Process Engineer with Gas Cracker Units (GCU) experience seeking technical/leadership challenges in the process design of a multi-billion-dollar upgrade/expansion. The Lead Process Engineer for GCU should have a good understanding of GCU facility design and/or operation.

Position Summary

• Reviews Engineering Contractor’s process engineering deliverables according to a set engineering design criteria utilizing approved engineering procedures, practices, and standards.

• Reviews Engineering Contractor’s designs, studies, reports, and proposals.

• Work with other PMC lead discipline engineers to ensure that all interfaces between disciplines are clearly defined and recorded. • Coordinate the detailed design review of the facility and monitor status of Engineering Contractor’s Process Engineering deliverables with a focus on meeting schedule due dates.

• Reviews Engineering Contractor’s scope and work plan for the process discipline for all phases of the project and make sure all specifications are met and standards followed.

• Responsible for ensuring the delivery of project deliverables (PFDs/UFDs, HMB, equipment sizing, selection and specification, PSVs and flare system sizing and specification, etc.) within the agreed contractual requirements.

• Ensures design defects in the Engineering Contractor’s design are identified to maintain the technical quality of all process deliverables issued by the Engineering Contractor.

• Is involved in complex technical discussions with Owner, Engineering Contractor, licensors, and suppliers to validate technical decisions.

• Identifies issues (problems, value improvement opportunities) with Engineering Contractor’s design and helps clarify areas of complexity during all phases of the engineering design work.

• Understands multi-disciplinary technical issues and can advise on innovative technical solutions to resolve these issues.

Responsibilities

• Review and oversight of overall plant and unit simulations and/or H&MBs.

• Review and oversight of Process Flow Diagram (PFDs) and Utility Flow Diagrams (UFDs) being able to explain selected flow configuration.

• Review and oversight of equipment sizes including vessels, columns, heat exchanger requirements, and packaged equipment specifications. • Participation and input at major reviews such a PFD/P&ID reviews, HAZOPs, and 3D model reviews. Representing the process engineering discipline and being able to assess and challenge Engineering Contractor’s Process Design on behalf of the Owner.

• Review and oversight of relief load narratives, relief load calculations, load summaries and relief valve datasheets.

• Review and oversight of offsites and utility design including consumptions and the overall utility summary.

• Review and oversight of alarm and trip setpoint and process safety time calculations.

• Review and oversight of complex technical studies and resolution of technical issues on project.