Chemical Engr I

Principal accountabilities & Scope 

• Assume overall on-site responsibility for ensuring that commissioning, startup and initial operations advisory services are fully executed. 

• Review supplied equipment against the Schedule A Package, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, standard specifications and drawings; identify discrepancies and advise on corrective actions that protect startup readiness and unit performance. 

• Direct the development and implementation of the precommissioning programme, including hydrostatic testing, water flushing, leak testing, pump and compressor run-in, refractory dryout, high-temperature field testing, inspection, catalyst loading and instrument loop checking. 

• Advise on heater and reactor circuit dryout and on catalyst and/or adsorbent loading activities. 

• Review and evaluate the startup schedule and recommend improvements to sequencing, readiness and execution. 

• Provide operating instructions and technical direction to customer operations and engineering personnel for startup, normal operation, shutdown and safe response to emergency situations. 

• Advise customer engineers and operators during feed introduction, stabilization and the achievement of on-specification products. 

• Issue daily instructions to shift-working Process Advisors in coordination with the customers operations management team. 

• Monitor initial operation, recommend adjustments to optimize unit performance and troubleshoot process or hydraulic issues. 

• Establish process guidelines to line out the unit and prepare it for successful performance testing. 

• Advise on performance gurantee test run and evaluate results against the process parameters represented during the design phase. 

• Conduct or support detailed unit studies, including product-yield, catalyst activity and selectivity calculations, and process and hydraulic evaluations, etc. 

• Establish reliable baseline operating conditions to support future troubleshooting, performance improvement and expansion planning. 

• Maintain clear communication with customer teams and internal stakeholders, escalating technical, safety or schedule risks as required. 

• Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with applicable health, safety, environmental and quality requirements. 

Qualifications / knowledge / experience 

Technical / professional knowledge and skills competency 

Personal skills and key competencies 

Including behavioural and leadership competencies