Process Engineer - Energy, Oil & Gas Projects - Work Locations: MENA or Europe

Hill International provides program, project, and construction management services for clients in a range of sectors undertaking major construction projects across the world. Our services include cost engineering and estimating, quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, risk management, and claims avoidance. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Technical integrity an integration of process design
• Overall effectiveness and efficiency of process design
• Capturing and dissemination of process engineering knowledge
• Supervising and directing Design Contractors in the selection and design of correct hydrocarbons processes in the project, leading towards optimization in terms of technology, effectiveness time of implementation and cost. The focus is mainly on mixed fluid gathering, oil processing, gas processing, condensate processing single and multi phase oil and gas transportation
• Leading identification, creation and/or adoption of appropriate discipline engineering standards, with appropriate consideration of specific and up to date international standards and norms
• Identifying and assessing new technologies and systems to facilitate improvements in design and operability of the process systems for large-scale field development projects
• Managing and reviewing output of conceptual design into feasibility studies, functional specifications, & Basis/FEED for onshore and offshore utilities related to production and processing facilities
• Undertaking technical integrity and HSE reviews/audits
• Participating in process safety management, including hazard identification and HAZOP activities
• Advising on equipment standardization, availability, and sparing philosophies in order to achieve maximum plant operability
• Verifying and endorsing process simulations
• Producing and keeping updated, the project Basis of Design/Statement of Requirements, including collation and analysis of relevant data
• For selected development schemes, verifying the production of block diagrams, PFDs, P&ID's, heat, mass balances and process reports
• Verifying the issuing of equipment lists, data sheets (including sizing of equipment and pipelines for each development scheme) and contributing to cost estimation
• Contributing to feed a data-base about size, weight, cost and delivery time of major equipment associated with onshore and offshore utility units
• Leading and directing specialists and engineering contractor studies related to such units
• Performing flow assurance studies

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited University
• Work experience of 10+ years in the sought discipline after earning the BSc degree
• Excellent spoken and written English including proven ability to write specifications and reports