Lead Process Engineer

Title:

Lead Process Engineer

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

As a Lead Process Engineer, under broad direction, supervises and leads a group of engineers. Provides technical direction over a group and is responsible for employee performance appraisals and for coaching and developing junior professionals. Plans, budgets, organizes, and controls an important segment of a very extensive and highly diversified engineering program or an entire engineering program of moderate scope. Job role is responsible for a measurable asset such as an assigned staff and budget.

Responsibilities:
▪ Develops Process Design Basis and Design Philosophies based on scope of work
▪ Reviews / Performs Process Simulations and Guides Process Engineers to perform Process Simulations and develop Heat & Mass Balance as required.
▪ Experience in development of PFDs, PSFDs, P&IDs, C&EDs, Safe charts.
▪ Proven skills in routine process calculations (hydraulics and sizing) and use of process software and in-house developed spreadsheets.
▪ Experience in Process control configurations and ESD systems, equipment designs such as separators, pumps, compressors, gas treatment units.
▪ Experience in engineering and design of facilities involving Fired Heaters, Heat Exchangers, Columns is preferred.
▪ Experience with Steam, Instrument air, Plant air, Nitrogen, Fuel gas/oil systems, Water systems (Cooling water, Chilled water, Potable water treatments, DM water, Wastewater) Design
▪ Should be familiar with Steam balance
▪ Should be conversant with Compressor hydraulics
▪ Experience in performing relief valve and flare load calculations.
▪ Develops utility balance, UFD and summary for all utilities of a process plant.
▪ Knowledge in offsites which includes tank farm, boilers and power generation.
▪ Knowledge of engineering practices, calculation methods, international standards, codes, specifications, and procedures.
▪ Carry out all the planning, scheduling and coordination required to execute a project.
▪ Coordinate with peers and sub-ordinates involved from other engineering Depts.
▪ Identify and mitigate risks related to performance guarantees, vendor packages scope etc Review of vendor offers, preparation of technical bid analysis.
▪ Evaluates Vendor / Consultant/Licensor offers for Process Packages / Equipment, Specialized Process Engineering Studies etc.
▪ Should be familiar with routine safety studies like HAZOP, HAZID, SIL etc.
▪ Knowledge of Pre commissioning/Commissioning/Operations is an added advantage.
▪ Should have good report writing skills
Qualifications:
▪ Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering with 15 to 20 years of experience
▪ Proficient in process engineering software’s (HYSYS, Flarenet, Pipenet, Pipesim) is required.
▪ Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
▪ Experience in the fields of Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, refinery, Offshore and Utilities & Offsites related to industry.

▪ Preferred experience in FEED, Concept and Basic Engineering and includes PDP preparation, and also experience working with licensors BDEP.