Senior Process Engineer

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Senior Process Engineer based in Aberdeen. This will be a 12-month PAYE contract role offering a hybrid working pattern. Travel to their onshore gas terminal and offshore assets will be required.

Provide day-to-day discipline engineering expertise to the asset operations organisation (including shutdowns) ensuring continued safe, reliable and environmentally responsible operations.

Use process engineering principles to optimise production.

Bring engineering rigour and good practice to fault finding and incident investigation.

Provide a direct link between the discipline engineering organisation and the operated asset.

• Provide day to day support for process engineering within the asset; meeting the operational demands of the asset as set by the operation manager.
• Provide discipline expertise for troubleshooting operational issues identifying root cause and improvements to prevent future occurrence.
• Identify and implement solutions for immediate repairs, ensuring adherence to standards and engineering processes.
• Be the competent engineer for discipline in the planning and execute process. Specifically, defining discipline details to the 30- and 90-day asset plan; and then delivering any engineering aspects of that plan.
• Identification and management of specialist vendors and, where necessary, mobilising those specialist vendors to support relevant process engineering discipline scopes.
• Be the gateway for maintenance and operations technical queries relating to process engineering discipline.
• Define and write the problem statement for modifications.
• Assure that any plant management of change within the asset is delivered within the gated MoC process (CEU-ENG-GEN-STA-0026).
• Responsible for process optimisation.
• Ensure relevant performance standards are adhered to via the Inspection, Test and Maintenance programme.
• Provide process engineering expertise for asset risk assessment processes including deferral, operational risk assessment (ORA), and permit to work.
• Execute any engineering delegation of authority assigned under the Engineering Delegation of Authority Standard, CEU-ENG-GEN-STA-0056. Own specific discipline shutdown scopes through definition, planning and execution.
• Deliver any assigned scopes within agreed budget.
• Develop and manage relationships with the operations and maintenance teams as well as core contractors. Regular visit to offshore assets.

• Responsibility for maintaining as-built process models and asset-critical process documentation.
• Responsibility for asset Mass Balances and key equipment capacity details.
• Responsibility for the integrity of the SECE barriers owned by Process discipline (over pressure protection, depressurisation, blanket and purge gas & hazardous open drains systems).
• Responsibility for key process documents, such as PFD’s and P&IDs, and support to other discipline key documents such as C&Es, etc.
• Ownership of AMS and MyHSES process study actions with focus on review and close out of the actions.
• Participate in asset HAZOP, PHR, LOPA and risk assessments, including active participation in the management of change (MoC) process.
• Lead investigations into production shortfalls vs target including the organisation and facilitation of root cause analysis sessions, incorporating various disciplines.
• Provide process engineering input and first-level process engineering assurance to other discipline scopes – brownfield, maintenance & capital.

• Knowledge of UK and NL legislations pertaining to the safe operation of offshore hydrocarbon processes.
• Demonstrate an expert understanding of process engineering principles and practical application.
• Ability to resolve complex problems and drive innovative solutions.
• Active participation in reviews and in particular risk and hazard assessment activities with the ability to resolve problems in a range of contexts from conceptual design to operational facilities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to use HYSYS, and Microsoft office tools effectively.
• Use of PI data historian for…