Process Engineering Specialist

Working schedule

Work hours per day: 8-10 hours/day

Work days per week: 5 days/week

Leave rotation

Single status - 12 weeks on / 2 weeks off rotation

Married status - Residential

Working location

Qatar Onshore - Ras Laffan / Doha

Estimated start date

ASAP

Contract term in months

One (1) year initial contract with a possibility of extension.

Job description

Process Engineering Specialist (LNG, SRU, IR, UTL & Helium 4)

Operations Expansion & Start Up Department

Onshore & Operations Support Group

Job purpose

Advise and support process engineering related activities during EPC and startup phase until handover to permanent asset whilst ensuring project deliverables meet operations expectations in terms of safety, operability, reliability and maintainability over the facility design life cycle.

Reporting and relationships

Reports to: Head of Engineering

Internal

• Regular contact with Project Management Team (PMT) and Operations departments.
• Periodic contact with Engineering & Projects Group and HSEQ.

External

• Frequent contact with shareholders subject matter experts, EPC contractors, vendors, suppliers, and engineering consultants.

Job context & major challenges

• Able to effectively influence project decisions based not only on CAPEX but considering OPEX for the project life cycle.
• Ensures compliance with specifications, processes and procedures for the assigned projects.
• Participate in reviews and provide technical inputs to designs and procedures for the implementation of approved field operations whilst mitigating new technology risks introduced by the project.

Financial dimension

As defined for this job level in the Delegation of Authority and/or approved budget.

Generic accountabilities - all employees

Safety Health & Environment

Ensure all activities are undertaken in compliance with company safety, health and environment and quality policies, regulations and standards.

Qatarization program

Contribute to the development of Qatari employees. This accountability is a condition of employment for expatriate employees.

Firewall compliance

Ensure all activities undertaken comply with anti-trust and competition laws and firewall policies and procedures.

Key responsibilities

• Actively participate and provide process engineering support to RCFA, Hazop, FRA, Hazid, SIL verification and process safety and reliability issues.
• Support development of standard operating procedures required for new projects.
• Develop and implement process surveillance tools for operations assets in compliance with surveillance plan to ensure safe, reliable and optimum production, including troubleshooting, engineering recommendations and timely escalation of threats and deviations from surveillance monitoring.
• Active participation in system completions processes for walk-down prior to commissioning and startup (e.g., witness of chemical/catalysts loading, etc).
• Maintain issue register identifying and resolving critical issues including new technology risks (under area of responsibility) which could impact new project reliability, availability and cyber security.
• Provide technical input related to area of expertise to other disciplines and functions as per requirements to support overall business objectives.
• Support and facilitate smooth completion of project tie-in requirements for all systems under the area of responsibility.
• Support high risk commissioning activities for high complexities and large scale projects by:

a. undertaking stringent system surveillance,

b. tuning and optimizing systems, and

c. providing advisory support to operations and maintenance.

Requirements

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.

Knowledge and/or experience

8 years' experience in an oil and gas environment.

Technical and business skills

• Able to work and make decisions under highly stressing conditions.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong leadership and people skills.
• Computer skills (Microsoft Office, SAP).

Behavioural competencies

• SHE understanding
• Quality/Quantity of work
• Ethics and integrity
• Planning and organizing
• Trust and empowerment
• Initiative/commitment
• Teamwork/supporting others
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication and information sharing
• Service orientation
• Innovation
• Problem solving
• Job knowledge
• Supervising and coaching others

Contract type

One (1) year initial contract with potential for extension.

Work schedule

Full-time, 8-10 hours per day, 5 days per week.

Benefits

• Leave rotation options for single and married status
• Diverse and collaborative work environment