Senior Process Engineer; oil & gas facilities development

Trades Workforce Solutions
Dubai, AE
On-site

Job Description

Position: Senior Process Engineer (oil & gas facilities development)

Senior Process Engineer (oil & gas facilities development)

Reports to:

Lead Process Engineer

Job Purpose

The Senior Process Engineer in Facilities Development team is responsible for executing in-house/external engineering studies, develop process concepts and evaluate options for modifications to Onshore/Offshore facilities and provide process support during later implementation of these modifications.

Responsibilities

  • Establish the study basis.
  • Conduct relevant Process Engineering activities such as, but not limited to, process simulations, sizing calculations, preparation of conceptual Process and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs) and specification of Long Lead Items.
  • Conduct in-house studies:

Identify and evaluate feasible options and prepare study reporting as defined in the Engineering Work Request (EWR) system.

  • Liaison with other Company teams to establish relevant Capital Expenditure (Cap Ex) / Operating Expenses (OpEx) estimates for study concepts.
  • Compile all relevant study documentation for filing.
  • Provide process support during implementation of facility modifications.
  • Fulfill the role as Solution Owner for implementation of minor process related modifications via Engineering’s Change Approval Form (CAF) system.
  • Prepare technical inputs to Opportunity Development Process ODP gate presentations and present contents at gate meetings:

Gate 1 (Identify), Gate 2 (Assess / Concept Select) and Gate 3 (Sanction).

  • Maintain high level involvement during implementation phase of projects and if required participate in safety workshops.
  • Occasional site visits to offshore and onshore facilities may be required for discussions and scope definition.
  • Arrange vendor meetings for validation/selection of technologies.Requirements

Educational

Qualifications:

  • Degree qualified in Chemical Engineering.

Experience Profile:

  • 10+ years process/chemical engineering experience in oil and gas environment.
  • Should have worked with facilities development plants, feasibility studies and conceptual design; preferable should have experience of all project design phases from conceptual design through to detailed design.
  • Experience with process simulation software such as Hyprotech Solutions (HYSYS), PIPESIM; should have capability of using, and preferable developing in-house MS Excel sheets.
  • Experience with developing strategic/economic sensitivity modelling to conduct high level assessment for concepts development.
  • Preferable should have experience in brownfield modifications.

Competencies/Skills/Others

  • Brilliant mind and ambitions to develop innovative ideas and conceptual plans.
  • Demonstrate initiative, self-motivated, take ownership of conceptual ideas and follow them through to implementation.
  • Confident to work in an environment with very tight schedules and potential changes to study basis.
  • Be able to work with several studies/tasks at same time and prioritise workload.
  • Communicate in fluent English, be able to write technical reports in a structured way and in fluent English and possess good presentation skills.
  • Willingness to interact directly with people.
  • Enjoy working as part of a multi-cultural team.
  • Ability to work in an organised and structured fashion, and within time constraints.
  • A valid United Arab Emirates (UAE) driving license or the ability to get one.

Location

Dubai, UAE

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Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

Process simulation softwareHysysPipesimMs excelStrategic/economic sensitivity modellingInitiativeSelf-motivatedCommunicationPresentation skillsOil & gasProcess engineering

Employment Type

FULL TIME

Level

senior

Posted

4/5/2026

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