Process Engineer - Senior-Level - Oil & Gas
Sargent & Lundy
- Midland, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team as the lead process engineer and/or senior technical advisor for multiple projects.
- Develop the heat and material balance for new projects using process simulation tools.
- Create process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
- Perform equipment sizing calculations and prepare equipment data sheets.
- Perform detailed hydraulic calculations to determine pipe sizes, control valve sizing, compressor and pump duties, etc.
- Perform facility overpressure protection calculations, PSV sizing, and documentation.
- Lead and/or participate in safety reviews, HAZOP/PHAs, and PSM activities.
- Develop Design Basis for new projects.
- Develop Process Control Narrative document and support Cause & Effect document.
- Maintain effective communication with project team members and with clients, vendors, and contractors.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced designers and engineers (non-supervisory role).
- Participate in the preparation of proposals for engineering services. Support schedule planning for projects including coordinating staffing resources with Process Engineering Manager.
- Perform feasibility/economic studies, conceptual designs, front-end design (FEL), optimization/de-bottle-necking studies.
- Support construction, commissioning, and start-up efforts, draft operating procedures and provide operator training manual input.
- Provide technical guidance and information to mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, civil, and project engineering disciplines.
- This position requires a BS and/or MS in engineering from an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission-approved program with a strong academic background.
- 4+ years of oil and gas industry experience in midstream and/or upstream.
- Professional Engineering License is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of gas plants and gas processing preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills required as well as a professional demeanor.
- Excellent team-working skills.
- Skills in HYSYS, Synergi, VMG Symmetry, and/or ProMax preferred.
- Able to travel as necessary for client meetings, job site visits, start-up activities, off-site training, industry related conventions/seminars, etc. (up to 20% travel).
- Skills in pipeline hydraulic modeling including dynamic surge analysis.