Sr. Process Engineer

**SUMMARY OF THE ROLE**

The Client is seeking a full-time Sr. Process Engineer to support long-term operations for their LNG facility located near South Texas. The position will require work from Houston during early job phases before transitioning to South Texas prior to commissioning and startup.

- The incumbent will report to the Sr. Manager of Process Engineering in the Operations Department, under the leadership of the Vice President of Operations and Director of Engineering.

- Peer level personnel across the engineering team will include the Sr. Process Control Systems Engineer, Sr. Reliability Engineer, Sr. Facilities Integrity Engineer, Sr. Rotating Machinery Engineer, Sr. Electrical Engineer, Laboratory Supervisor, MOC Coordinator, Equipment Warranty Engineer, and the Ready for Operations (RFO) Team.

- The Sr. Process Engineer will supervise and mentor a team of five (5) or more process engineers.

**LOCATION**

Houston with eventual relocation to South Texas.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

- Supervise and mentor the Process Engineering team to support day-to-day plant operations and optimize plant performance for maximum production and efficiency.

- Supervise, and quality check the development of equilibrium, non-equilibrium, and dynamic simulations and associated heat and material balances.

- Ensure Key Process Indicators (KPIs) for process unit operations are monitored, including fouling, freezing in process equipment, thermal efficiency, etc.

- Participate in PHA/HAZOP/LOPA and Safety Case study reviews.

- Define Safe Operating Envelopes (SOE) for process equipment and assist with identifying and managing Safety Critical Elements (SCEs).

- Conduct the process design effort for process optimization and improvements, plant debottlenecking, and expansion studies, including developing the process design basis and functional specifications. Participate in reviews of Process Design Scope of Work (SOW) documents, cost estimates, Approval for Expenditures (AFEs), consultant evaluations, bid development, and support for brownfield project construction tender documents.

- Coordinate with Quality and Document Control teams to maintain process procedures and other documents ISO 9001 compliant.

- Conduct and provide oversight for process related performance and equipment compliance tests.

- Provide process engineering support for intercompany teams, such as Operations, Maintenance, Process Control, Reliability, Quality, Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change (MOC), Document Control, and Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE), etc.

- Serve as Technical Authority (TA) for process engineering functions.

- Ensure compliance with process engineering work standards, procedures, and instructions.

- Assist with specification development and oversight for chemicals, refrigerants, catalysts, filters, and other process consumables.

- Maintain process engineering software proficiency and mentor direct reports. Provide quality oversight for simulation results.

- Supervise core process engineering personnel technical proficiencies. Identify and oversee associated training and development.

- Deliver on process related portions of the Operations Management System (OMS) obligations during the FEED and detailed engineering project phases.

- Assist with preparing and supervising the Process Engineering budget.