Senior Process Engineer (Distillation and Separation) - TSI

Grade G - Office/ Core
Responsible for providing specialist Process engineering expertise to projects or operations, including maintenance, inspection and turnaround, proactively interacting with other disciplines, teams, subfunctions and contractors to systematically resolve problems and applying advanced engineering judgement to assist in setting and implementing engineering technical practices, and drive integrated, pragmatic solutions focused on risk management, operating efficiency, defect elimination and standardisation.

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) center in Pune, strives to build on bp s existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide. TSI brings together diverse engineering capability to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work.

At bp, we re reimagining energy for people and our planet. We re leading the way in reducing carbon emissions and developing more balanced methods for solving the energy challenge. We re a team with multi-layered strengths of engineers, scientists, traders and business professionals determined to find answers to problems.

And we know we can t do it alone. We re looking for people who share our passion for reinvention, to bring fresh opinions, ambition, and to challenge our thinking in our goal to achieve net zero!

Role synopsis

The Senior Process Engineer - Distillation and Separations provides technical support for BP s refineries and production facilities, working with site engineering and operations groups to improve process safety, reliability, and commercial performance of crude distillation units (CDU), vacuum distillation units (VDU), other fractionation towers throughout the refinery or in production facilities as well as supporting the performance of separators in both upstream and downstream facilities.

This role reports to the Separations, Water and Desalting Discipline Leader in the Engineering branch of BP-Solutions and is a key contributor to the Separations Sub-Discipline Network (SDN) agenda and performance.

While part of a global team, the remainder of the team is comprised of technology experts who are co-located at refineries or in a central location. The successful candidate will therefore need to be self-motivated and capable of working independently and virtually within the geographically dispersed team.

Key accountabilities

Provide focused short-term support for CDU/VDU and separations equipment including start-up and shutdown, turnaround, process optimization and troubleshooting.

Provide medium and long-term distillation and separations support by means of process safety improvements, project evaluation and assurance, and implementation of new technology options.

Conduct technical training and mentoring for refinery/production engineers and operating staff.

Contribute to BP s Distillation and Separations knowledge base by participating in peer assist discussions, contributions to the Q&A forum, and additions to BP s technical handbook and Engineering Technical Practices (ETP s).

Provide technical support for the planning and onsite execution of CDU/VDU turnarounds (TARs), including equipment inspection, coordination and interpretation of sample analyses, and written documentation of findings and recommendations.

Support the Discipline Leader and Distillation and Separations Advisor in providing technical leadership to the SDN s, Industry committees, etc.

Work with other technology teams (Coker, FCC, Hydro-processing, LPG) to ensure our knowledge of distillation is applied throughout our businesses.

Essential Education

Bachelor s degree in science or engineering (or equivalent)

Essential experience and job requirements

15 years or more of refining or production experience comprising one or more assignments providing technical support to the operation and/or optimization of CDU/VDU or comparable separations equipment.

High levels of mathematical, literary, and interpersonal skills are required.

Candidate s background should reveal a proactive track record of improving safety, reliability, and commercial performance of refining or production units.

Refinery process engineering experience is preferred.

Desirable criteria & qualifications

The following skills and experiences would reflect favorably on the candidate:

• Experience in day to day technical support of Refinery/Production units.

• Experience in central technical support for Refinery/Production units

• Strong knowledge of distillation technologies

• Strong knowledge of separations technologies

• Strong communication skills

• Comfortable working in a diverse team.

• Working effectively in remote teams

• Ability to influence without line authority

• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement (CI) techniques, Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCA), and/or Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).

• Experience with management of change (MoC) and process safety methodologies such as Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP), Layer of Protection (LOPA), and Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR)

• Awareness of capital project development and execution using a staged-gate process.

• An understanding of commercial impact from production or refining unit performance and how this affects operating strategy.

• Process modelling skills using a flowsheet application such as Petro-Sim/Hysim and crude suite.

• Separator modelling experience using a tool such as mySep.

• Experience using simulation models for supporting commercial decisions and unit troubleshooting.

• A track record of helping others develop.

Eligibility Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age; legally authorized to work in the Country; and not require sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future.

Other Requirements (eg Travel, Location)

Ability to travel to all BP refining/production sites.

Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better - and how you can play your part in our world-class team

At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:

Life & health insurance, medical care package

Flexible working schedule: home office up to 2 days / week, based on team agreement

Opportunity to build up a long-term career path and develop your skills with a wide range of learning options

Family friendly workplace e.g.: parental leave, Mother-baby room

Employees wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program

Possibility to join our social communities and networks

Assets like phone and company laptop are provided from the first day of employment with other equipment if requested

Why Join our team

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Diversity Statement: At bp, we provide an excellent environment and benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyones place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Application of hierarchy of control, Application of hierarchy of control, Asset health monitoring, Commercial Acumen, Defect Elimination, Design case for safety, Design development and delivery, Design performance standards, Economic evaluation methodology, Emergency process isolation and shutdown systems, Environment and Social Impact Assessment, Facility layout, Fluid characterisation, Hazardous area classification, Hydraulics, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Lean Practices, Major accident risk, Operational performance standards, Personal Safety, Plant Layout, Process and process safety design philosophies, Process control and automation, Process performance monitoring, Process safety assurance {+ 5 more}

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