Associate Process Engineer
Key Skills
Job Description
Job Overview:
The Associate Process Engineer is responsible for utilizing existing process procedures to solve routine or standard problems. They receive instruction, guidance, and direction from others within the team, and they will leverage their conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures related to process and engineering.
Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Perform detailed design engineering, analysis, and calculations on basic engineering tasks
- Apply knowledge and skills to complete routine assignments under close supervision and mentoring
- Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
- Organize own work to meet deadlines set by others
- Clearly communicate information, asking questions, and checking for understanding
- Gain understanding of the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements
- Develop basic knowledge of MDR's business units
- Develop a basic understanding of MDR's business and the customers it serves
- Develop basic knowledge of the interactions between the departments
- Develop advanced skills in the use of standard productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Review MTOs for requisitions
- Develop an awareness of costs related to own work
- Check drawings
- Prepare sketches of detailed designs to guide designers and check drawings
- Keep the Area Lead and lead Engineer apprised of all activities, progress, and concerns
- Develop an awareness of c costs related to own work
- Develop a basic understanding of the business and the customers it serves
- Develop basic knowledge of business units and interactions including engineering, fabrication, and marine functions
- Develop advanced skills in the use of standard productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Assist in Researching Data in proposal preparation
- Understand and follow process design basis
- Understand and apply standards and procedures
- Assist in Process Studies under the direction of Process Lead
- Assist in Heat & Material Balance (H&MB) development for simple process units
- Produce Process Flow Diagram (PFD) sketch manually
- Assist in the preparation of material selection diagrams (provides process data)
- Assist in equipment sizing and calculations for equipment
- Compile equipment list
- Assist in the preparation of initial P&IDs for simple systems
- Perform calculations as assigned by lead
- Input Process Data on Instrument Data Sheets
- Assist in the development and depiction of controls on P&IDs for specific systems
- Input process data online list including design and upset conditions
- Compile emissions summary as directed by the lead
- Perform relief valve calculations for simple services
- Provide process data on PSV data sheets
- Assist in Process Design of firewater, deluge, and gas detection systems (may be assisted by Fire Protection Specialists)
- Assist in Bid Tab Evaluation by checking vendor data against process data for simple equipment
- Prepare simple sections of the Operating Manual as directed by the lead engineer
- Attend training programs
- List work assumptions for later review by the supervisor work should reflect some process engineering experience
- Aware of the Quality, Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) aspects of the work
Reports to: Project: Lead Engineer
Functional: Supervising Department Manager
Liaise with: Engineers, Design Supervisors, and Designers of their own discipline
Supervises:
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Engineering
- 0-3 years of experience in oil and gas
- Learning the content and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable
- Learning design techniques and analysis methods
- Preferably Registered Engineer in Training (EIT) or member of a professional engineering society as applicable
- Is familiar with process design and unit operations
- Is current with the latest scientific and engineering methods
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Core Responsibilities
The Associate Process Engineer performs routine design engineering, analysis, and calculations to support process discipline tasks. They assist in the development of process documentation, equipment sizing, and P&ID creation while working under the guidance of lead engineers.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering with 0-3 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Familiarity with process design, unit operations, and relevant engineering standards is required.
About McDermott
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Company size: 201-500 employees
Lutech Resources is a global recruitment business, providing a complete and integrated scope of resource management for a wide range of leading companies within the energy sector. We advance people’s careers and enable continued growth for industries both upstream (oil & gas exploration and production, Mining, LNG) and downstream (petrochemicals and refineries). Organizations we serve require top talent, by helping them find the right managers, contractors, engineers, project managers and other high-level professionals, we play a vital role within the industry and in the careers of many. With principal locations in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Philippines and United States, we specialize in the provision of multi-discipline engineering, project management and technical field staff. We have expanded our expertise to include power and automation, energy, utility, and manufacturing industries. From the UK and across Europe, throughout the Americas and Canada as well as the Middle East, Asia and Australia, we are active in servicing project sites across the globe. Whatever your project needs, large-small, Lutech Resources has talent, experience to support you. Here at Lutech Resources we support our talent. With our rich history, background, vast resources, and access to a wide range of strategic positions with industry leaders we can effectively serve our clients. With an extensive and growing international community of qualified specialists you will enjoy the support and stability of an experienced company that truly values its team members.