Principal Oil & Gas Process Engineer

Job Description: Responsible for carrying out all necessary process design functions required for concept development, FEED, and detail engineering to design and/or specify process equipment for upstream oil and gas production facilities. Onshore central processing facilities and offshore topside production facilities (such as fixed structure platform, semi-submersible, and FPSO) may include crude oil separation/stabilization and treating facilities, gas dehydration and compression facilities, produced water treatment and water flood, gas treatment (including dewpoint control and sweetening), gas processing (NGL / LPG extraction), and/or pipelines.

Independently conducts technical, debottlenecking and economic studies, and interprets production well data and product specs to prepare process designs and specifications of onsite, offsite, and utility systems. Develops equipment and instrument data sheets, including those for relief system and flare network, chemical injection systems, etc. The Principal Process Engineer must be conversant with industry applicable standard design codes (ASME, ANSI, API, etc.) and capable of leading work on small projects or areas within larger projects. Additionally, he/she may be called upon to provide technical guidance on complex issues requiring independent analysis or judgment. Develops heat and material balances, utility balances, process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), system design parameters, and design or rating of equipment such as vessels, towers, exchangers, pumps, etc. Responsibility includes the development of process simulation models and advanced controls/process optimization for part or units of the total plant using programs such as Hysys, and/or PRO-II.

The candidate for this position enjoys working with people, likes to work on technology improvement to expand our knowledge library, and appreciates the opportunity to write and present papers at technical conferences.

Qualifications and Skill Requirements:
Requirements for this position include a bachelors or masters degree in chemical engineering and a minimum of seven (7) years related experience. Familiarity with work processes of an engineering company is highly desirable, and experience with an operating company is a plus. Although not a requirement, applicants for this position will usually hold a certification as a Licensed/Chartered Professional Engineer.

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