Process Engineer

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

We are looking for a Process Engineer.

In this role, you will support the safe, reliable, compliant and competitive operation of refinery process units. You will work closely with Operations and other engineering teams, providing technical expertise across troubleshooting, process optimisation, unit health monitoring, outage and turnaround planning, and incident investigations.

You will also play an important role in improving process unit performance and availability from cycle to cycle, while identifying opportunities to optimise operations and maximise refinery Gross Margin.

You will work under the guidance of Senior Optimisation Engineers and report to the Process Engineering Superintendent.

As a Process Engineer, you will:

• Work closely with Operations teams to support safe, reliable, compliant and competitive operations.

• Monitor process unit performance, including safe operating limits, unit health and commercial strategy.

• Perform and assure process unit mass and energy balances.

• Identify and implement opportunities to optimise daily unit performance and maximise refinery Gross Margin.

• Prepare quarterly Unit Health Monitoring (UHM) reports for relevant process units.

• Support troubleshooting and root cause investigations (RCFA).

• Support Operations and Events teams with outage planning, scoping and execution, including catalyst change-outs.

• Contribute to the scoping, planning and execution of major turnarounds and prepare turnaround inspection reports.

• Maintain engineering unit handbooks and handover documentation.

• Provide technical support during unit start-ups and shutdowns, including troubleshooting and transient HAZOP reviews.

• Support catalyst procurement through technical evaluation of tender responses.

• Develop business cases supporting maintenance and event planning.

• Contribute to Maintenance & Reliability studies, including Vulnerability Studies and Damage Mechanism Reviews (DMR).

• Provide process engineering expertise for HAZOP and LOPA studies and reviews.

• Review and coordinate Management of Change (MOC) activities requiring process engineering input.

• Support commercial model assurance by gathering accurate and reliable test-run data.

• Maintain and update commercial model assumptions through the Plant File Assumption (PFA) review process.

• Own and maintain relevant unit Petro-SIM process models.

• Support the FEL phase of project development by reviewing and providing technical data to project teams.

• Provide process engineering training to Operations personnel when required.

What we are looking for

• A Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or a closely related discipline; a Master’s degree would be an advantage.

• 0–5 years of experience in Process Engineering and/or Process Optimisation Engineering within a refinery or similar process industry environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• An interest in process optimisation, troubleshooting and improving operational performance.

• The ability to work effectively with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance and other cross-functional teams.

• A strong commitment to safe and reliable operations.

Previous experience within refinery environment would be an advantage but is not essential.

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to develop your process engineering expertise in a complex refinery environment and gain hands-on exposure to process optimization, troubleshooting, reliability, commercial performance and major turnaround activities.

You will work alongside experienced engineers and Operations teams while building broad technical knowledge across refinery technologies and contributing directly to safe, reliable and competitive operations.

Travel Requirement:

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

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