Process Engineer

Key Responsibilities - FEED

§  Establish and maintain the Process Design Basis, design cases, feed/product specifications, utility balances, operating envelopes and process guarantees.

§  Develop simulations, heat and material balances, process flow diagrams (PFDs), utility flow diagrams, equipment duties and process descriptions.

§  Size and specify process equipment and systems including separators, scrubbers, exchangers, heaters, pumps, compressors, dehydration/treatment, produced-water and chemical-injection facilities.

§  Perform line sizing, hydraulic calculations, surge/transient assessments where required, flare/relief load definition and relief device sizing in coordination with Process Safety.

§  Develop and review P&IDs, safeguarding narratives, control philosophies, cause-and-effect inputs, isolation/depressurization philosophy and shutdown hierarchy.

§  Support option selection, debottlenecking, availability/reliability studies, energy efficiency, emissions reduction, layout and weight optimization.

§  Prepare process datasheets, equipment lists, line lists, utility summaries, relief-device registers and technical requisition inputs.

§  Lead or contribute to process reviews, HAZID, HAZOP, SIL/LOPA, RAM, operability, maintainability and value-improvement studies; close actions.

Key Responsibilities - EPCI, Construction and Commissioning

§  Review detailed calculations, simulations, PFDs, P&IDs, datasheets, vendor packages and model outputs for conformance with FEED intent.

§  Evaluate contractor deviations, technical queries and value-engineering proposals; quantify impacts on capacity, margins, safeguards, utilities and guarantees.

§  Provide process input to vendor selection, performance tests, package integration, FAT/SAT and commissioning procedures.

§  Validate relief, blowdown, flare, depressurization and dynamic/transient design as the detailed design matures.

§  Support construction and commissioning by resolving process queries, defining flushing/purging/inserting and leak-test constraints, reviewing operating procedures and supporting start-up/performance testing.

§  Reconcile as-built process data, operating set points, alarm/trip inputs, process guarantees and final engineering registers.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

§  Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or closely related discipline.

§  5-10 years of process engineering experience in oil and gas; experience on offshore FEED and/or EPC/EPCI projects strongly preferred.

§  Practical competence in steady-state process simulation and hydraulic/relief calculations using recognized tools (e.g., Aspen HYSYS, UniSim, Pipesim, or approved equivalents, as applicable).

§  Working knowledge of API, ASME, ISO, IEC and company specifications relevant to offshore process facilities; familiarity with API 520/521, API 14C and applicable flare/relief practices is desirable.