Process Engineer- Hydrogen/Hydrotreating

Our Client operates in the Oil and Energy industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in Saudi Arabia. It has its branches spread to more than 50 countries, providing employment to more than 68,500 people all over the world. They fall under the Fortune 500 Companies. They are one of the world’s largest oil producers. They are constantly growing by creating new technologies through its Research and Development efforts and branch into new business lines through Investments and Acquisitions.

Role Description:

• We occupy a unique position in the global energy industry.
• We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

Responsibilities:

• Perform in-depth plant monitoring and optimize performance of Hydrogen/Hydrotreating units by overseen unit’s operation and economics losses.
• Issue detailed reports to recommend changes supported by simulation models’ result to optimize unit operation.
• Lead unit operations troubleshooting and investigating off-spec. products and plant trips/ upsets and manage the required deliverables.
• Support Operations during turnaround and unplanned Shutdowns / Startups by understanding the unit operating conditions and transient effects to recommend operations improvements
• Perform specific tasks such as, but not limited to catalyst forecast/ evaluation, test runs, de-bottlenecking studies, due-diligence assessment, enhancement studies, HAZOP studies.
• Lead process safety management overseeing HAZOP, PSR, SIL, PSSR, QRA, and Alarm Rationalization. Lead HAZOP/Process Safety Reviews of plant operations as well as new modifications.
• Manage long and short-term projects by proposing major projects to improve safety, reliability and profitability.
• Prepare design requests, budget justifications and detailed implementation plans for economically justifiable projects.
• Also, develop detailed engineering design packages for in-house process-oriented projects and follow up on implementation.

Requirements:

• You must hold a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from a recognized and approved program. An advanced degree is preferred.
• You should have a minimum of 15 years total refinery process units experience (process engineering and operations) with at least 10 years’ experience in handling Hydrogen/Hydrotreating units.
• Exposure to different licensor technologies for Hydrogen/Hydrotreating is essential.
• Certified PHA/HAZOP leader.
• Familiarity and understanding of the best practices, design principles, international engineering standards and specifications relevant to operation of the concerned process units