Process Support Engineer

Job Description

• Develop process monitoring tools to improve unit monitoring of product yields and quality, endpoints, transfer temperatures, and flow rates, etc. Use this information to monitor the ongoing performance of specified equipment.
  
• Perform daily monitoring of plant parameters, evaluating and providing recommendations for betterment of the process.
• Provide practical solutions for plant upsets and operational challenges. Recommend changes to operating procedures/instructions and recommends operational changes. Review/update procedures as needed, alarm & ESD checklists, PRV forms, plant drawings, CV sheets, and process-related items. Also, conduct a Plant walkthrough and highlight any abnormal condition or suggestion for improvement to the Lead Process Support Engineer.
• Provide inputs to the MOC Process for the specified agreed scope of the recommendation in the Plant MOC system.
• Perform comprehensive monitoring of catalyst in use including catalyst cycle optimizations and recommends any process changes in the plant operation to the Operations Specialist, which will improve the catalyst cycle, increase profitability, and improve safety and reliability of the unit. Prepare procedures for catalyst regeneration, reduction, a start-up for new catalysts and catalyst unloading & loading.
• Develop detailed process design for engineering packages and follow up on implementation. Actively pursues in coordination with Operations Specialist completion of needed plant changes, from the initial investigation through design, construction, and start-up.
• Provide inputs to the project framing document with supporting mark-up documents to plant modifications and improvements (TWR Process). Develop scope of work and package for plant modifications during normal operations and Turnarounds. Including feasibility and economic analysis.
• Participate in reviews of detailed design documents when detailed scoping documents are prepared by other organizations.
• Monitor and provide technical expertise on the installation and commissioning of plant modification projects.
• Engineering assistance to operation and maintenance on the technical aspects of the equipment troubleshooting.
• Managing material and energy balance, comparing with design and assisting to run the plant efficiently and Economically.
• Specialty and experience in HYSYS Modelling for Process Unit operations troubleshooting is required.
• Technical evaluation of tenders and selection of vendors for chemicals and process equipment.
• Participate and lead incident investigations (RCA) on plant abnormal incidents.
• Lead process efforts for the new chemical approval process.
• Maintain Process owned PSI such as heat and material balance, chemical reactivity matrix, PRD design data, maximum intended inventory, etc.
• Issue monthly process monitoring performance reports for assigned areas.