Principal Consultant Engineer

Principal Consultant Engineer page is loaded## Principal Consultant Engineer locations:
United Kingdom (remote):
Italy (remote) time type:
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R7374

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of Aspen Tech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.##

** The Role
** Aspen Tech is seeking a Principal Consultant Engineer within the Global Professional Services organization. The selected candidate will be based in one of our offices located in the UK or Pisa (Italy).
The major responsibility is to provide consulting services within the Professional Services Engineering (ENG) Group focusing on the development of simulation models for industrial processes and utilities systems. The models will be used for process optimization, process monitoring, process improvement studies, energy studies and energy/emissions reduction.
The role will include customer visits, technical sales support and may provide support to Product Management and R&D as an internal subject-matter-expert for process modeling. Finally, it may also include support for the Customer Support and Training (CS&T) organization to address specific customer questions and issues.##
** Your Impact
** As a Principal Consultant Engineer your responsibilities will include:
* Be the technical lead on medium and larger projects, dealing effectively with technical issues to ensure customer satisfaction and assign tasks to the team members.
* Co-ordinate solution delivery in concert with Aspen Tech Project Manager and the Client to ensure projects achieve stated milestones, delivery dates and financial goals.
* Oversee multiple projects and provide guidance and advice to less experienced team members to ensure customer satisfaction.
* Review process flow diagrams, process & instrumentation diagrams, mass balances, actual plant data, process descriptions and process manuals.
* Implement projects using Aspen Tech's process simulation software like Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus EO, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen OnLine and others.
* Responsible for Aspen Tech RTO and Digital Twin deployment project for open loop and/or close loop optimization & Sustainability projects.
* Participate in client meetings, prepare project documentation/reports and assist with user training as necessary.
* Confidently communicate with and present results to clients.
* Work co-operatively with the Aspen Tech extended team in Sales, Support, Product Management and Research & Development to ensure successful project delivery and completion.
* Maintain and extend client satisfaction levels and develop opportunities for additional Services.
* Assist the sales organization and Services Management team in preparing and delivering complex bids and proposals to major corporate clients.## What You'll Need
* A good quality degree in Chemical Engineering is necessary. PhD or master’s degree is an added advantage. Experience in a related service organization is an added advantage.
* Minimum 8+ years of experience on modeling of Refining, Petrochemical and Ethylene processes, or equivalent experience in an Engineering Company or in the Engineering department of an Operating Company.
* Verifiable ability to use and apply process simulation and design tools from Aspen Tech Engineering Suite software (Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus EO, ACM, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining, Aspen OnLine, EDR, etc.) or other Software vendors.
* Proven experience in process modeling of the whole complex plant, e.g., Ethylene plant, ammonia plant or refinery plant.
* Knowledge and hand-on skills on APC and Historian like IP.21 is an added advantage.
* Proven knowledge and experience on the design, implement and troubleshoot the RTO application.
* Ability to analyze plant data to identify trends,…