Chemical Engineer I

Qualifications / knowledge / experience

Technical / professional knowledge and skills competency

Requirement

Level

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Essential

Extensive practical experience in process-unit commissioning, pre-commissioning, startup, initial operation and performance testing

Preferred

Strong knowledge of process design documentation, including UOP Schedule A packages, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, specifications and drawings

Essential

Experience with catalyst or adsorbent loading, reactor and heater dryout, and unit line-out activities

Preferred

Personal skills and key competencies

Including behavioural and leadership competencies

Competency

Level

Comfortable with 100% travel

Essential

Analytical problem-solving skills and the ability to identify, evaluate and resolve process and equipment issues

Essential

Proactive, self-motivated and adaptable, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

Essential

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Essential

Ability to work effectively with customer operations management, engineering teams and internal stakeholders

Essential

Principal accountabilities & Scope

• Assume overall on-site responsibility for ensuring that commissioning, startup and initial operations advisory services are fully executed.

• Review supplied equipment against the Schedule A Package, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, standard specifications and drawings; identify discrepancies and advise on corrective actions that protect startup readiness and unit performance.

• Direct the development and implementation of the precommissioning programme, including hydrostatic testing, water flushing, leak testing, pump and compressor run-in, refractory dryout, high-temperature field testing, inspection, catalyst loading and instrument loop checking.

• Advise on heater and reactor circuit dryout and on catalyst and/or adsorbent loading activities.

• Review and evaluate the startup schedule and recommend improvements to sequencing, readiness and execution.

• Provide operating instructions and technical direction to customer operations and engineering personnel for startup, normal operation, shutdown and safe response to emergency situations.

• Advise customer engineers and operators during feed introduction, stabilization and the achievement of on-specification products.

• Issue daily instructions to shift-working Process Advisors in coordination with the customers operations management team.

• Monitor initial operation, recommend adjustments to optimize unit performance and troubleshoot process or hydraulic issues.

• Establish process guidelines to line out the unit and prepare it for successful performance testing.

• Advise on performance gurantee test run and evaluate results against the process parameters represented during the design phase.

• Conduct or support detailed unit studies, including product-yield, catalyst activity and selectivity calculations, and process and hydraulic evaluations, etc.

• Establish reliable baseline operating conditions to support future troubleshooting, performance improvement and expansion planning.

• Maintain clear communication with customer teams and internal stakeholders, escalating technical, safety or schedule risks as required.

• Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with applicable health, safety, environmental and quality requirements.

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