Lead Process Engineer (Aтырау 11/02/2021)

About the role

Technical Authority (TA 2) providing functional expertise and technical knowledge in process engineering, with responsibility for multiphase flow and flow assurance, compression, gas dehydration, sour gas injection, process safeguarding, sour gas treatment and processing, crude stabilization, produced water handling, sulfur recovery, Tai Gas Treatment, produced water treatment, and sewage water treatment.

Responsibilities

• Acts as process engineering authority for onshore/offshore assets, ensuring compliance with Company and Industry Codes and Standards and implementing approved codes.
• Reviews plant change proposals (eMoC) for technical acceptability, taking due account of process safety aspects.
• Identifies and executes front-end development for Potential Change Notices (PCNs) for brownfield projects under USD 10 million related to process facility improvements.
• Provides process engineering support during FEED and Detailed Design phases.
• Conducts periodic formal/informal reviews of deliverables to confirm compliance with approved Codes & Standards.
• Supports onshore/offshore technical and compliance audits by PSA, local authorities, and others.
• Recommends application of new or unproven technologies for Process Engineering.
• Identifies and mitigates technical risks related to Onshore/Offshore Process Engineering, including eMOCs and FSR deviations.
• Supports Head of Process Engineering & Technology in preparing an annual health report for the process engineering discipline.
• Owns the Process Engineering and Flow Assurance job family, responsible for JCP profile, TA2/3 assessments, and competency development through training, mentoring, and coaching.
• Provides on-the-job training, coaching, and mentoring to national staff.
• Guides team’s technical work under general direction from the Process Engineering Team Lead.
• Ensures practical application of process engineering guidelines for onshore/offshore assets.
• Generates opportunities to optimize onshore/offshore energy and resource utilization (heat, power, and water).
• Investigates process flow assurance issues, process control queries, updates operating procedures, and performs system optimization and troubleshooting.
• Supports best practices, new technologies, and knowledge sharing to improve functional responsiveness of the Process Engineering team.
• Guides process engineering support for operations, commissioning, and restart of onshore/offshore production gathering and treatment facilities.
• Participates in HAZOP, HAZID, IPF, Risk Assessments, and QRA reviews to ensure effective Process Engineering input.
• Confirms that Process Engineering activities comply with applicable HSE practices and procedures.
• Conducts reviews of process documentation including flow schemes, specifications, and operating procedures.
• Delivers process studies and makes recommendations related to onshore/offshore assets.
• Recommends and advises optimal and safe operating windows for all onshore/offshore facilities.
• Organizes technical reviews of onshore/offshore environmental performance, licensing, and reporting.
• Supports P&M Operability & Maintainability Module reviews, conducts follow-up site visits, and manages concerns registries to deliver improvements.
• Provides Process Engineering support to shutdown planning and activity coordination.
• Researches and prepares PCNs to ensure technical validity and soundness, and prepares cost estimations where possible to support management endorsement.
• Responds to technical requirements of onshore/offshore assets.
• Confirms the technical quality of all onshore/offshore Process Engineering work, including indirect contractor reports.
• Contributes new ideas and identifies opportunities to improve the efficiency of business processes.
• Process Safety focal point responsible for Process Safety Memorandums, PSV calculations, and Low Temperature Embrittlement assessments.
• Makes technical decisions that may have a mid-level impact on Asset Integrity and Process Safety.
• Demonstrates a positive and proactive commitment to HSE through personal application of safety-critical behaviors, compliance with Republic of Kazakhstan statutory HSE regulations, and participation in emergency drills and exercises.
• Reports all accidents/incidents and unsafe acts/conditions in a timely manner.

Qualifications

• Degree in Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in Process Engineering.
• Applicant must be a Process Engineering TA2 or equivalent and/or be assessed as TA2 within 4 months in role.
• Expertise and technical knowledge of Process Engineering, International engineering standards, and best practices.
• Familiarity with part or all of the project lifecycle (from conceptual design through to final commissioning and handover) and/or front-line oil and gas production operations.
• Experience driving business improvement in engineering, emphasizing technology, fit-for-purpose solutions, and cost effectiveness.
• Experience in staff development, training, coaching, or mentoring.
• Experience working in high-concentration H2S environments and familiarity with issues surrounding high-pressure and high-content H2S facilities.
• Experience working in onshore and offshore operating environments.

Competencies

• Behavioral:
  • Ability to take responsibility for own performance by setting clear goals, managing expectations, tracking progress, and communicating progress.
  • Delivers through others and team.
  • Quickly establishes relationships to ensure consistent application of Process Engineering processes and standards.
  • Demonstrable interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Energetic, solution-oriented, able to handle multiple challenging issues positively.
  • Promotes cooperation with other work units.
  • Thrives in operational environments with rapidly changing priorities.
  • Ability to influence managers and other technical authorities across disciplines and make the case for change using economic and technical arguments.
  • Ability to build consensus around issues with moderate impact on the asset.
  • Ability to initiate change in the organization.
  • Fluent English language skills; ability to write and review technical documentation in English.
  • Ability to communicate in Russian preferred.
• Technical:
  • Experienced professional whose specialized Process Engineering skills and knowledge provide guidance to others.
  • Ability to undertake work of moderate complexity.
  • Good understanding of Process Engineering, Company and Industry Codes and Standards.
  • Approaches tasks by breaking them down into component parts and considering each part in detail.
  • Skill in defining Process Safety Requirements.
  • Skill in Concept Development.
  • Skill in supporting Energy, Utilities, and Water Facilities.
  • Skill in Process Control & Real Time Optimization.
  • Skill in Process Modeling and Analysis.
  • Skill as a Process Design Integrator.
  • Skill in Process Unit Design.
  • Skill in Process Unit Operations Support.
  • Skill in Gas Processing.
  • Knowledge in Fluid Flow and Flow Assurance.
  • Knowledge in Well, Reservoir, and Facilities Management (WRFM).