About the role
Principal accountabilities & Scope
- Assume overall on-site responsibility for ensuring that commissioning, startup and initial operations advisory services are fully executed.
- 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 precommissioning 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 gurantee 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 / knowledge / experience
Technical / professional knowledge and skills competency
Requirement
Level
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
Personal skills and key competencies
Including behavioural and leadership competencies
Competency
Level
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