Project Engineer

Responsibilities

• Ensure project designs meet industry and company safety standards.
• Set safety expectations for the project and lead the team to achieve safety goals.
• Serve as job representative and address all safety issues that arise with contractors brought on site for the execution of capital projects to deliver best-in-class HSE performance.
• Support Process Hazard Analysis and Management of Change (MOCs).
• Update required drawings, and records and final documentation of project changes to maintain proper integrity management.
• Ensure new installations adhere to INEOS Group Guidance Notes.
• Ensure technical resolution of all resultant recommendations from major unit PHA or HAZOP studies and other safety audits.
• Complete all assigned action items from PHAs, incidents, audits, etc in a timely manner and keep status and plans for action items updated.
• Maintain safety as the highest priority of the plant.
• Maintain the 20 Principles of Safety.
• Adhere to and uphold all safety policies and standards.
• Serve as technical owner for design package quality and design.
• Provide technical direction to contractor staff to ensure compliance with philosophies, codes and standards and delivery of the project goals.
• Establish and lead processes to ensure the engineering and design integrity is not compromised during the design, construction execution and commissioning phases.
• Accountable for engineering activities from basic engineering to detailed engineering through start-up, to meet the target start-up dates, budget, facilities engineering design integrity, and HSE performance for the project.
• Provide technical support to the operations team during preparation for start-up and up to normal operation.
• Contribute to establishing common engineering codes and standards.
• Maintain and update unit technical records including the establishment of new equipment files, the organization of relief valve specifications and calculations and the updating of training materials for the unit.
• Responsible for development of the project scope, budget, and schedule of capital project(s), including preparation and implementation of Project Execution Plan.
• Lead FEL process, completing stage gate deliverables and reviews, and obtaining management approvals.
• Develop bid packages and work with procurement to bid, evaluate, and award work.
• Cook up resources to perform up front engineering and development of estimates.
• Manage project requests and backlog.
• Confirm accuracy of cost estimates as well as monthly cash flow forecasts.
• Develop, gain approval for, and manage to project KPI’s and metrics.
• Lead development of a risk management plan.
• Prepare and give presentations to various levels of Company management and other stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are closed in a timely manner following mechanical completion.
• Develop projects inline with Turnaround milestones.
• Assemble a team to effectively execute the project.
• Understand contracts and manage contractors to maximize performance, control costs and minimize claims and change orders.
• Ensure plant Operations and Maintenance personal are engaged and that they understand their responsibilities.

  Qualifications

  • BS Chemical/Mech/or Electrical Engineering
  • 5 years of chemical plant experience
  • Project experience strongly preferred.
  • Knowledge of applicable codes and standards: e.g. ASME, API, ASTM, ANSI, NEC, ect..
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
  • Experience with SAP.
  • Experience with scheduling software like Microsoft Project.
  • Strong interpersonal skills as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong influencing skills with those individuals/teams they do not directly supervise.
  • Proactive leadership, change management and team building skills and experience.
  • Excellent organization skills.
  • Comfortable working in a fast pace environment.
  • Ability to present updates to the project team and management.
  • Safety role model.