Summary Section

As a Lead Process Engineer, under broad direction, supervises and leads a group of engineers. Provides technical direction over a group and is responsible for employee performance appraisals and for coaching and developing junior professionals. Plans, budgets, organizes, and controls an important segment of a very extensive and highly diversified engineering program or an entire engineering program of moderate scope. Job role is responsible for a measurable asset such as an assigned staff and budget.

Responsibilities:

- Develops Process Design Basis and Design Philosophies based on scope of work.
- Reviews / Performs Process Simulations and Guides Process Engineers to perform Process Simulations and develop Heat & Mass Balance as required.
- Develop and validate dynamic simulation models using Aspen HYSYS Dynamics, UniSim Dynamics, or equivalent software.
- Perform startup, shutdown, emergency shutdown (ESD), and upset scenario studies.
- Evaluate process control strategies, controller tuning, and plant operability.
- Conduct transient analyses for compressors, pumps, utility systems, flare, and relief systems.
- Prepare agile simulation reports, operating procedures, and technical documentation.
- Experience in development of PFDs, PSFDs, P&IDs;, C&EDs;, Safe charts.
- Proven skills in routine process calculations (hydraulics and sizing) and use of process software and in-house developed spreadsheets.
- Experience in Process control configurations and ESD systems, equipment designs such as separators, pumps, compressors, gas treatment units.
- Experience with Steam, Instrument air, Plant air, Nitrogen, Fuel gas/oil systems,



Water systems (Cooling water, Chilled water, Potable water treatments, DM water, Wastewater) Design
- Should be familiar with Steam balance
- Should be conversant with Compressor hydraulics
- Experience in performing relief valve and flare load calculations.
- Develops utility balance, UFD and summary for all utilities of a process plant.
- Knowledge in offsites which includes tank farm, boilers and power generation.
- Knowledge of engineering practices, calculation methods, international standards, codes, specifications, and procedures.
- Carry out all the planning, scheduling and coordination required to execute a project.
- Coordinate with peers and sub-ordinates involved from other engineering Depts.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to performance guarantees, vendor packages scope etc Review of vendor offers, preparation of technical bid analysis.
- Evaluates Vendor / Consultant/Licensor offers for Process Packages / Equipment, Specialized Process Engineering Studies etc.
- Should be familiar with routine safety studies like HAZOP, HAZID, SIL etc.
- Knowledge of Pre commissioning/Commissioning/Operations is an added advantage.
- Should have good report writing skills

Qualifications including Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering with 15 to 20 years of experience
- Proficient in process engineering softwares (HYSYS, Flarenet, Pipenet, Pipesim) is required.
- Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in the fields of Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, refinery, Offshore and Utilities & Offsites related to industry.

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📌 Process Design Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR)
📍 Chennai