PMC Specialist Process Engineer

Role Overview

PMC Specialist Process Engineer at Wood PLC, based at the client office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on a major ADNOC project.

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors with 33,000 people in around 50 countries. Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. The business is the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonisation and electrification markets.

Role Purpose

The PMC Specialist Process Engineer is responsible for providing process engineering expertise throughout the design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness phases of major offshore or onshore projects under a Project Management Consultancy framework. The role ensures that process design, performance, operability, safety, and technical integrity requirements are effectively implemented in accordance with client specifications, approved engineering documents, regulatory requirements, international standards, and project objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Coordination

• Lead and coordinate process engineering activities across all project phases, ensuring compliance with approved project requirements, schedules, budgets, and execution strategies.
• Act as the primary PMC focal point for process engineering matters between the client, EPC contractor, engineering disciplines, operations team, commissioning team, and regulatory authorities.
• Promote a strong process engineering, technical assurance, operability, and continuous improvement culture across the PMC, client, EPC contractor, and project teams.

Design Review and Verification

• Review and verify the implementation of process design requirements in engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up activities.
• Develop, review, and approve process design philosophies, design basis documents, specifications, studies, calculations, and engineering deliverables.
• Review process simulations, heat and material balances, process flow diagrams, utility flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, equipment data sheets, and process control requirements.
• Verify process design calculations, including hydraulic analysis, line sizing, pressure drop, relief and flare system design, equipment sizing, pump and compressor performance, and utility requirements.
• Review and approve process engineering deliverables prepared by EPC contractors, ensuring compliance with project specifications, applicable codes, standards, and client requirements.

Integration and Coordination

• Coordinate process engineering interfaces with mechanical, piping, instrumentation, electrical, civil, structural, safety, marine, operations, and commissioning disciplines.
• Ensure process requirements are properly incorporated into equipment specifications, piping layouts, control philosophies, cause-and-effect diagrams, operating procedures, and commissioning documentation.

Safety and Technical Assurance

• Participate in HAZID, HAZOP, SIL assessment, LOPA, design reviews, model reviews, constructability reviews, operability reviews, and other technical safety and process assurance activities.
• Review process safety and operability aspects of relief systems, flare systems, blowdown systems, shutdown systems, chemical injection systems, separation systems, metering systems, and utility systems.
• Verify that process operating envelopes, design limits, control requirements, alarm settings, trip settings, and safeguarding functions are properly defined and documented.

Technical Guidance and Optimization

• Provide technical guidance on process optimization, debottlenecking, energy efficiency, emissions reduction, operability, maintainability, and inherently safer design.
• Review process aspects of temporary facilities, construction activities, SIMOPS, brownfield modifications, shutdowns, tie-ins, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities.

Documentation and Procedures

• Review and approve process-related method statements, commissioning procedures, operating philosophies, performance test procedures, and system handover documentation.

Contractor and Performance Management

• Monitor contractor performance and identify deviations, nonconformities, technical queries, design risks, and potential impacts to project cost or schedule, ensuring timely corrective actions and close-out.
• Ensure effective management of process engineering actions, recommendations, assumptions, deviations, technical queries, and risk registers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Participate in vendor technical evaluations, equipment inspections, factory acceptance tests, site inspections, audits, and technical assurance activities where required.

Commissioning and Handover

• Support system completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, performance testing, handover, and close-out activities, ensuring all process engineering requirements and documentation are completed.

Reporting

• Provide regular process engineering progress reports, technical updates, risk summaries, and recommendations to project leadership and the client.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in oil and gas industry.
• Extensive experience in Oil and Gas Offshore projects.
• Experience and detailed knowledge of relevant international codes and standards.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent technical team and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of engineering computer programs and general business software.
• Ability to make independent decisions in the planning, organizing and coordinating to develop solutions to complex problems.

Additional Information

• Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews to ensure alignment with market rates.
• Medical Insurance providing inpatient and outpatient medical care.
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance with Life Assurance cover.
• End of Service Gratuity in line with UAE Labor Law.
• Employee Share Plan allowing purchase of Wood shares with company match.
• Long Service Award at 5 year service milestones.
• Commitment to continued professional development with tailored development plans.
• Access to Energy Transition Academy, a community of experts sharing knowledge on existing and emerging energy systems.
• Global connections with experts around the world at the leading edge of the industry.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across the business.
• Position based at client office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.