KBR STS provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. This includes world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.
Role Overview:
As a Lead Process Engineer, you will supervise and lead a group of engineers, providing technical direction and guidance. You will be responsible for employee performance appraisals, coaching junior engineers, and managing budgets and schedules for assigned segments of engineering programs. The role requires oversight of process design, equipment specification, process simulations, and utility systems design for large-scale oil & gas, petrochemical, and refinery projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop Process Design Basis and Design Philosophies based on project scope
- Perform and review process simulations; guide engineers in heat & mass balance calculations
- Develop and review PFDs, PSFDs, P&IDs, C&EDs, and Safety charts
- Conduct routine process calculations (hydraulics, sizing) and use process software/spreadsheets
- Design process control configurations, ESD systems, and equipment such as separators, pumps, compressors, gas treatment units
- Engineering and design of Fired Heaters, Heat Exchangers, and Columns
- Design and analysis of utility systems: Steam, Instrument air, Plant air, Nitrogen, Fuel gas/oil, Cooling water, Chilled water, Potable water, DM water, Wastewater
- Perform Steam balance, compressor hydraulics, relief valve, and flare load calculations
- Develop utility balances, UFDs, and summaries for all plant utilities
- Knowledge of offsites including tank farms, boilers, and power generation systems
- Coordinate planning, scheduling, and execution of engineering projects
- Review vendor/consultant/licensor offers, prepare technical bid analysis
- Conduct routine safety studies: HAZOP, HAZID, SIL
- Support pre-commissioning, commissioning, and operations (preferred)
- Prepare detailed reports and documentation for engineering deliverables
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
- 1520 years of relevant experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refinery, Offshore, or Utilities & Offsites projects
- Proficiency in process engineering software: HYSYS, Flarenet, Pipenet, Pipesim
- Strong understanding of international standards, codes, specifications, and engineering practices
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and report-writing skills
