Process Design Engineer

Process Design Engineer

The bp Solutions site projects Process Design team is looking for a process design engineer to support and/or lead a broad range of technical projects that are required to sustain our refining business and keep it competitive in a changing future marketplace. These projects can be driven by integrity management, commercial maintain, commercial growth, process safety improvements, regulatory compliance, and energy transition such as:
Aim 1 emissions reduction, Aim 17 water use reduction, and other low carbon projects. The process design engineer is a critical team member in the front end development of projects (FEL 1-3), bringing together the application of engineering principles, business knowledge, bp and industry standards, and knowledge of good project practices. This role will work closely with business development, appraisal engineering, and project management teams to support projects for the bp Cherry Point Refinery.

The role will also support early screening and prioritisation (FEL0) of business opportunities to enable the selection and progression of safe, competitive and robust projects.

• Lead development of the technical and process engineering scope during the Concept Development and Optimise stages of projects.
• Support the identification, evaluation and selection of safe, competitive, and robust concepts; support site business development teams to identify and develop technically and commercially feasible reference cases that will enable effective prioritisation of projects within the refinery portfolio.
• Lead completion of the technical definition of the selected option to a level to enable development of a preliminary FEED package
• Own technical inputs to key project work such as schedules, cost estimates, business reason and economics and HSSE studies, etc.
• Enable timely and effective engagement of other disciplines and experts external to the project team
• Selective review and assurance of process inputs of engineering and design work, and participate in design and project evaluations and workshops
• Provide process engineering support and mentorship during development of the FEED package and detailed engineering
• Build enduring process design engineering capability by contributing to the development of bp process design guidance manuals, procedures and templates
• Promote teamwork by finding opportunities for collaboration with domain experts in bp Solutions and Innovation and Engineering and work with the Process Design Team Lead to engage those resources.

• Bachelor degree or equivalent experience in Chemical Engineering
• 5+ years of experience working as a process engineer in design or operational roles
• Exposure to projects/project development in the early project stages
• General exposure to engineering practices and codes and standards
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate effective partnership across multiple locations

• General knowledge of refining processes and typical flow schemes
• Experience and solid understanding of process simulation and other engineering software applications
• Exposure to other engineering roles such as process safety engineer, unit process support engineer, operations engineer, appraisal engineer, etc.
• Proven ability to build close relationships and collaborate with a wide range of teams including contractors
• Awareness level understanding of Decision Quality/Strategic Decision Making principles.

How much do we pay?

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* Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours of vacation per year for full times employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. Learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at benefits has a parental leave…