Fired Heater Specialist

Job Accountabilities

• Be a top expert and provide superior Technical Assurance for projects and services within the Fired Heat Transfer discipline, understanding the process parameters impacting equipment performance and life, at times involving preparation of or providing guidance to fired heat transfer equipment design (thermal, hydraulic and mechanical) by acting as a Technology supplier
• Troubleshoot, de-bottleneck and lead technical support/fitness for purpose evaluations of fired heat transfer equipment in operating plants to sustain target performance by proactive monitoring of equipment; the scope includes site visits as well as desk studies, as required, involving operating data analysis and interpretations, as it relates to the control of integrity operating windows
• Review existing heater control and safeguarding/trip settings for risk mitigation to provide recommendations for gap closure and ensure implementation of real solutions in fired heater safety incident investigation/MOCs
• Develop best practices for safe, reliable and efficient operation of fired heater based on global experiences and share with Reliance technical community for implementation in all sites and projects
• Conduct efficiency improvement assessment for fired equipment across all Refinery, Petchem. Polyester and Upstream sites with identification of energy saving solutions both in short and long terms
• Support existing facilities including: Shutdown planning and risk-based assessments; Specification review and prequalification; Turnaround inspection, repair recommendations, and overall quality assurance; and Failure investigations of fired heat transfer equipment, as required
• Identify technologies that provide technical and business advantages over existing fired heat transfer equipment/materials for applications in oil and gas industries and establish value proposition (i.e. business case) for such technology solutions
• Provide guidance to technology development, deployment supporting R&D and design practices - Technology gate keeping/monitoring to assess appropriate application of high value-added technologies to enhance business value
• Develop and conduct/oversee necessary computer modelling and simulation of material, fluid flow and heat transfer properties
  

Education Required

• Minimum - Graduate in Chemical Engineering. Desired Master's degree in Chemical Engineering
  

Experience Required

• Minimum 15 years of relevant Fired Heater experience, at least part of which is in Refinery/petrochemical manufacturing site CTS/operations/technology consultancy preferred at least 3-4 years in operational support role of Fired Equipment or combustion engineer in operating company
• Fired Heater Specialist is expected to have a sound background in design, engineering, operation, maintenance and efficiency monitoring as well as demonstrable in-depth knowledge in the field of heat transfer and physics of transport phenomena and fluid flow