RESPONSIBILITIES

Wood Dubai is hiring for a Lead Process Engineer, which would be a secondment role for one of our operating clients to take over the existing asset and maximize the production until the start-up of a new plant at the earliest. This is a fast-track project and schedule-oriented Design to enhance the production.

Job Description:

• Lead the implementation of high-level technical expertise in process engineering, requiring analytical, interpretative, and constructive thinking with a significant degree of evaluative judgement, to ensure the highest level of engineering integrity and reliability, and safety and environmental compliance.
• Oversee process engineering during the Detailed Engineering phase, in covering all aspects of design to ensure technical and safety objectives are met within the approved scope, budget and schedule.
• Will manage one process engineer.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage the Contractor's Process Engineering activities including validation of personnel numbers, qualifications, and experience; usage of appropriate design tools, including computer hardware and software; adherence with all project objectives, requirements, specifications, standards, procedures, execution plans and design verification processes.
• Provide guidance to the Contractors to complete the design as per project specifications in a timely manner and provide clear instructions
• Lead process design and coordination amongst other disciplines. Review and process work activities discussing and determining priorities in conjunction with Engineering Manager and other disciplines to ensure no delays to the project schedule. Verify that comments are returned without delay and with the required quality.
• Participate to tender assessments, clarifications with bidders and other activities as related to the discipline.
• Participate as required to technical interfacing with other internal entities and external entities (e.g. Field Operations, other Projects like GMP and AGUP phase 2, Partners, Authorities)
• Provide overall guidance pertaining to safe work practices on process design, risk analysis and hazard management within the project perimeter.
• Review and propose response to letters, technical queries, deviation requests for project management approval.
• Expedite Contractors to issue deliverables with the right quality level and as per the approved MDRs.
• Assess on regular basis the progress of Contractors deliverables and provide if required adequate mitigations to avoid project delays
• Lead and participate in all required engineering and safety reviews (HAZOP, HAZID, SIL reviews, 3D model, TRA etc...) and in the set-up of actions list and close-out process.
• Support the preparation and participate to Project technical reviews, provides answers, and ensure timely implementation of the findings.
• Review vendor documents and assist the package engineers in technical problem solving at all stage of work.
• Attend to vendors meeting as required.
• Provide support to challenge the contractors and promote alternatives design to optimize the cost, work, and schedule.
• Ensure compliance with the project specifications, applicable laws and regulations, international codes and standards, HSE Standards
• Contribute to the studies leading to technical decision making and issue recommendations to the Project Management.
• Contribute to the LLI procurement CFT documents preparation ensuring coordination with the Company Procurement Team.
• Contribute to the Construction CFT documents preparation ensuring coordination with the Project management Team.
• Ensure proper reporting, highlight critical issues, and propose remedial actions.
• Assist the Construction supervision team for their activities (such as procedures review) and the preparation of the pre-commissioning activities.
• Assist the Commissioning team for the preparation of the commissioning and start-up activities.
• Liaise with Field operations team to assist for the issuance of the operating procedures.
• Provide assistance to Field operations team for the request of modifications (RFM) when require
• The job holder is also accountable for demonstrating an exemplary behavior with regards to HSSE rules & requirements and for ensuring that HSSE requirements are duly implemented within his area of responsibility.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors in Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years' experience working in process design engineering at FEED/EPC stages in the oil and gas industry with exposure to onshore oil and gas processing facilities in greenfield and brownfield projects with at least 6 years at a lead position.
• Shall have good understanding of process safety and process control.
• Shall have good knowledge in flow assurance.
• Shall be able to perform process design calculations when required.
• Should have experience with oil and water separation treatment units, rotating equipment, production and injection wells design, flare system, utilities systems, reverse osmosis treatment units, sour systems.
• Should have experience in commissioning.
• Operational experience would be an advantage.
• Good communication skills.
• Experienced in multicultural environment, resilience, and capacity to adapt to different environment.
• Language: English

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.