Head of Process Engineering
Posted 4 days ago by Airswift
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Doha, Qatar
Summary: The Head of Process Engineering is responsible for providing process support to MP projects, ensuring consistency in start-up philosophies, and overseeing production performance tests. This role involves leading feasibility studies related to flow assurance and process design while managing relationships with various stakeholders. The position requires extensive experience in process engineering, particularly within the Oil & Gas industry, and a strong focus on delivering engineering deliverables according to project schedules.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide process support to MP projects by conducting process studies and ensuring consistency in start-up philosophies.
- Oversee the production performance test and ensure project requirements for process engineering deliverables are met by the engineering Contractor.
- Lead standalone feasibility studies related to flow assurance and process design, defining scope of work and evaluating engineering firms.
- Manage the Process Engineering team to ensure timely execution of feasibility studies and maintain relationships with PMTs, engineering contractors, and Operations teams.
- Focus on stakeholder alignment and optimization of feasibility studies, securing shareholder approval on concepts and results.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Process Engineering or Chemical Engineering.
- 10 years of experience in Process Engineering roles, including 6 years in the Oil & Gas Industry.
- 2 years of supervisory or oversight experience of contractor/subcontractor personnel.
- Experience in major LNG Projects and knowledge of engineering execution, design standards, and safety criteria.
- Familiarity with Gas Processing licensor technology and flow assurance issues in gas/condensate fields.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Doha
Country: Qatar
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Purpose
- Responsible for providing process support to MP projects by carrying out process studies as required, maintaining consistency between the start-up philosophies of the different projects, ensuring a smooth transition at handover between the PMT and the operations team, and overseeing the production performance test. Ensures that the Project’s requirements for all process engineering deliverables are fully executed by the engineering Contractor per project schedule.
Job Context
- This role is responsible for leading all standalone feasibility studies related to flow assurance and process design which includes ability to define scope of work requirements, ability to evaluate competent engineering firms and contractors to meet study objectives.
- Major challenges for this role are (1) effectively managing Process Engineering team to ensure feasibility studies are effectively & timely executed (2) providing process support to MP projects as necessary (3) maintaining constructive working relationship with PMTs, engineering contractors and Operations team to ensure delivery of process studies in accordance with project requirements (3) maintaining relationships with stakeholders (e.g. Operations and SHEQ) to ensure alignment of Process Engineering deliverables (4) special focus on feasibility studies which requires proper definition and optimisation including the challenge of securing shareholders on concepts and results.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Process Engineering or Chemical Engineering
Experience
- 10 years’ experience in Process Engineering roles, including 6 years in the Oil & Gas Industry, and including 2 years’ experience in a supervisory or acting role, or oversight of contractor/subcontractors/service/vendor personnel.
- Preferable experience in a major LNG Project
- Broad knowledge of engineering execution including design standards, specifications, codes, safety criteria, onshore LNG facilities and utility systems design, construction and operations.
- Preferable experience with Gas Processing licensor technology (Acid gas Treatment, NGL recovery, LNG liquefaction, Sulfur recovery)
- Experience with flow assurance issues on gas/condensate fields (hydrates and corrosion inhibition, transient simulations) and integrated offshore/gas plant start-up