Job Summary
Lead technical process engineering activities to optimize plant operations, troubleshoot systemic issues, and support reliability and productivity improvements in industrial gas or related process plants.
Responsibilities
- Perform process reviews, technical feasibility studies, and process trend analyses to provide technical leadership for continuous plant operation
- Own technical performance, reliability, and efficiency monitoring for the assigned plant area
- Advise operations teams on optimized operating parameters considering plant constraints, sustainability, and demand
- Lead troubleshooting of systemic plant issues related to equipment and processes, collaborating with maintenance and operations teams to enhance plant availability
- Provide technical leadership and support for plant reliability and productivity improvement projects
- Prepare investment justifications including cost-benefit and savings analyses for improvement initiatives
- Lead technical activities during abnormal plant operations, shutdowns, startups, and commissioning
- Support plant turnaround planning by identifying and justifying scope, supervising work packages, and ensuring quality assurance during turnarounds
- Develop technical guidelines for critical operating procedures with input from technical experts
- Collaborate with global support functions to evaluate and implement technical and operational best practices
- Continuously develop technical expertise by staying updated on latest developments in relevant technical areas
Preferred competencies and qualifications
- Degree in Chemical Engineering or related discipline with minimum 10 years of process engineering and plant operation support experience in Industrial Gas, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refinery, or related plants
- Experience in complex process plants, preferably in technical services or operation support roles
- Proven skills in troubleshooting and optimizing process plant operations or conceptual process design knowledge from EPC projects
- Knowledge of industrial standards and applicable codes for process plants
- Process modelling skills and financial/commercial awareness are desirable
- Strong teamwork and problem-solving skills demonstrated through effective collaboration and issue resolution
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels
- Adaptability and experience working in multinational and multicultural environments