Process Engineering Lead

INEOS • League City, TX

13d

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to provide leadership/guidance to the process engineering function within the larger capital organization on all process engineering-related aspects of capital projects. This role will provide guidance to the process engineering function in collaboratively defining needs by translating operational requirements into process specifications, developing & evaluating solutions (optioneering), ensuring high-quality engineering deliverables and support operational readiness for successful project delivery. The Business Capital Investment portfolio stretches across O&P USA’s (4) Manufacturing sites and all O&P USA corporate functions. In addition to specific major Business projects, the typical annual Capital investment spend is in excess of $250MM. This role will support the delivery of the annual $250MM Capital investment spend.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering
• >15 years of experience in operations, reliability, maintenance, and/or engineering in a manufacturing environment.
• >10 years of Project execution experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Infrastructure, or other high hazard industries.
• >5 years of experience supervising technical professionals and/or operations personnel.
• Strongly developed interpersonal, leadership and communication skills.
• Possesses a track record of accomplishment in leading roles by driving accountability
• Strong demonstrated ability to manage, progress and deliver multiple and competing priorities.
• Proven commitment and delivery of SHE compliance.
• Ability to positively influence others/promote philosophy
• Defines personal success in terms of the whole team.
• Creates strong morale and spirit, feeling of belonging in team, broadly shares both routine and important task
• Makes timely and effective decisions, includes use of good judgment and consideration of proper balance between benefits/risks
• An agent for change, with a proven ability to drive performance, persuade and influence others at all levels of the organization, both internal and external to the organization
• Strong working knowledge on unit operations, design engineering background, quality assurance methodologies and ability to learn and stay abreast of industry changes
• Demonstrated experience in Front End Loading aspects of Capital Project Process
• Well versed in industry codes, standards, and requirements (ANSI, API, ASME, NFPA, PIP, OSHA, ISA, etc
• Proficient with Aspen+, Hysis, AFT Fathom, Pipenet, and EPCON Suite or similar software
• Working knowledge of process control and instrumentation hardware
• Ability to read and understand standard engineering drawings and calculations
• Practical understanding of costs (capital, operating, life cycle)
• Business Acumen - Knows how businesses operate; informed about current and future policies, practices, trends, and information impacting the capital organization.
• Organizational Agility - Understands how organizations function, effectively navigates formal and informal networks, grasps the reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures, and comprehends organizational cultures.
• Political Savvy - Navigates complex political situations effectively and discreetly; understands organizational dynamics; anticipates obstacles and plans accordingly; views corporate politics as a part of organizational life and adjusts to this reality.
• Informing - Provides the necessary information for individuals to perform their tasks effectively helping team members, units, and organizations feel confident about their roles. Ensures individuals have accurate information for decision-making and delivers this information in a timely manner.
• Managerial Courage - Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current direct, complete and ‘actionable’ positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (int including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Delegation – Clearly and comfortably delegates both routine and important tasks and decisions; broadly shares both responsibility and accountability; tends to trust people to perform; lets direct reports finish their own work.
• Negotiating – Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; can settle differences with minimum noise; can win concessions without damaging relationships; can be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic; gains trust quickly of other parties ot the negotiations; has a good sense of timing.
• Priority Setting – Spends appropriate amount of time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside, can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the deliverables developed by process engineering function (designs, specifications, calculations, etc.) fully comply with relevant business standards, engineering codes, regulatory requirements, and project-specific expectations (including Project Design Basis).
• Support and/or leads the process engineering function in the development of all necessary engineering input, including feasibility studies, preliminary designs, and technical risk assessments, to support the capital study and project sanctioning process.
• Sustaining a competent process engineering function with the necessary skills and expertise to support the capital program. This includes recruitment, training, performance management, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement within the process engineering function
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of engineering management policies, systems, procedures, and standards relevant to the process engineering function.
• Support sustaining and maintenance of strong relationships with internal stakeholders (e.g., operations, maintenance, technology managers, Commercial, Procurement, SHE) and external partners, particularly Engineering Design Houses and EPC Contractors.
• Performing audits related to process engineering function activities and deliverables.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees