Chemical Engr I

About the Role

• Assume overall on-site responsibility for ensuring that commissioning, startup and initial operations advisory services are fully executed.

Key Responsibilities

• Review supplied equipment against the Schedule A Package, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, standard specifications and drawings; identify discrepancies and advise on corrective actions that protect startup readiness and unit performance.
• Direct the development and implementation of the pre-commissioning programme, including hydrostatic testing, water flushing, leak testing, pump and compressor run-in, refractory dryout, high-temperature field testing, inspection, catalyst loading and instrument loop checking.
• Advise on heater and reactor circuit dryout and on catalyst and/or adsorbent loading activities.
• Review and evaluate the startup schedule and recommend improvements to sequencing, readiness and execution.
• Provide operating instructions and technical direction to customer operations and engineering personnel for startup, normal operation, shutdown and safe response to emergency situations.
• Advise customer engineers and operators during feed introduction, stabilization and the achievement of on-specification products.
• Issue daily instructions to shift-working Process Advisors in coordination with the customer's operations management team.
• Monitor initial operation, recommend adjustments to optimize unit performance and troubleshoot process or hydraulic issues.
• Establish process guidelines to line out the unit and prepare it for successful performance testing.
• Advise on performance guarantee test run and evaluate results against the process parameters represented during the design phase.
• Conduct or support detailed unit studies, including product-yield, catalyst activity and selectivity calculations, and process and hydraulic evaluations, etc.
• Establish reliable baseline operating conditions to support future troubleshooting, performance improvement and expansion planning.
• Maintain clear communication with customer teams and internal stakeholders, escalating technical, safety or schedule risks as required.
• Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with applicable health, safety, environmental and quality requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering (Essential)
• Extensive practical experience in process-unit commissioning, pre-commissioning, startup, initial operation and performance testing (Preferred)
• Strong knowledge of process design documentation, including UOP Schedule A packages, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, specifications and drawings (Essential)
• Experience with catalyst or adsorbent loading, reactor and heater dryout, and unit line-out activities (Preferred)
• Comfortable with 100% travel (Essential)
• Analytical problem-solving skills and the ability to identify, evaluate and resolve process and equipment issues (Essential)
• Proactive, self-motivated and adaptable, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability (Essential)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (Essential)
• Ability to work effectively with customer operations management, engineering teams and internal stakeholders (Essential)