Senior process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer

Barrow in Furness

12 month contract

Inside IR35

7 on 7 off rotation – 11 hour days

Job overview

• Provide day to day discipline engineering expertise to the asset's 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 operated asset

Role deliverables and responsibilities

• Provide day to day support for process engineering within the asset; meeting the operational demands of the asset as set by the operation / terminal 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.

Discipline Specific (Process)

• Responsibility for maintaining as-built process models and asset-critical process documentation. 
• Responsibility for asset Heat & Mass Balances and key equipment capacity details.
• Responsibility for the integrity of the SECE barriers owned by Process discipline (overpressure protection, depressurisation, blanket, and purge gas & hazardous open drains systems).
• Responsibility for key process documents, such as PFD’s and P&ID’s, and support to other discipline key documents such as C&E’s, 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. Close out of any actions raised at such risk review sessions.
• Lead investigations into production shortfalls vs target including the organisation and facilitation of root cause analysis sessions, incorporating various disciplines.
• Provide process engineering input & first-level process engineering assurance to other discipline scopes – brownfield, maintenance & capital

Key Technical Skills

• Knowledge of UK COMAH legislations pertaining to the safe operation of onshore hydrocarbon processes
• Demonstrate an expert understanding of process engineering principles and practical application
• Ability to resolve complex problems and drives 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
• Ability to use HYSYS, and Microsoft office tools effectively
• Use of PI data historian for trend analysis and production optimisation
• Planning and organization for successful execution of multiple workstreams concurrently.
• SAP experience, particularly SAP PM
• Ability to interact effectively at all levels and positively influence teams across core operations crew and subcontractors
• Maintain and continue to develop the competencies necessary to carry out the role to the required standard whilst in position.

Education/Experience

• Process (or Chemical) Engineering degree required
• Chartered Engineer
• Experience of providing process engineering support to front-line operation of a major offshore production or onshore processing facility 

Who we are

• First Recruitment Group are committed to finding the right candidates for our clients, and the right companies for our candidates to work for. We’re passionate about putting people first, and take pride in being able to offer an all-round service for candidates and clients with our payroll solution, Primis and workforce management solution, Operam.
• As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.