Process Engineer - Oil & Gas en Atwell, LLC

Position Snapshot

We are seeking a mid to senior level Process Engineer with a minimum of 10 years of experience in oil and gas or specialty chemicals. Ideal candidates have experience serving as a lead engineer on multi-discipline projects. Mechanical engineering experience is a plus.

What You Will Do

• Serve as lead process engineer and senior technical advisor on multiple projects across midstream, pipeline, and specialty chemical sectors.
• Develop and review PFDs, P&IDs, and heat and material balances.
• Build and validate process simulations and perform hydraulic calculations, line sizing, and equipment sizing.
• Prepare engineering reports, specifications, datasheets, and calculations for process systems and equipment.
• Lead or participate in HAZOP, LOPA, PHA, and risk analyses.
• Perform feasibility and economic studies, conceptual and front-end design, optimization, and debottlenecking.
• Coordinate with project managers, discipline leads, clients, vendors, and contractors to deliver project scope, schedule, and quality.
• Conduct independent QA/QC of process deliverables and review other disciplines for alignment with process design intent.
• Review and respond to RFIs and third-party vendor drawings.
• Perform field work to gather design information and support commissioning as needed.
• Contribute to proposals for engineering services and support business development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Mechanical, Petroleum, or Biochemical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive process engineering experience in midstream, pipeline, or specialty chemical environments.
• Strong foundation in process design and control, including development of PFDs, P&IDs, and H&MBs.
• Proficiency in process calculations, including chemical balances, pipe hydraulics and flow rates, compression, maximum intended inventory, and overpressure protection.
• Demonstrated experience with equipment sizing and specification for compressors, gas turbines, pumps, heat exchangers, dehydration units, storage vessels, separators, relief valves, distillation columns, and reactors.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer license preferred.
• Engineer in Training certification strongly preferred.
• Prior experience as a lead engineer.
• Mechanical engineering experience or exposure to mechanical design considerations.
• Experience in one or more of the following systems or facilities:
• Compressor stations, meter stations, crude oil booster pump stations, storage facilities
• Combined cycle power plants and utility systems such as steam, fuel gas, air, and nitrogen
• Gas sweetening, dehydration, and conditioning
• Process filters and separators, mixers, strainers
• Safety equipment systems, fire suppression, vapor recovery units, chemical injection
• Flare and relief systems
• Meters, restrictive orifices, and control valves
• Software proficiency: ProMax, Thermoflex or GT PRO, Caesar II, PipeSim, and Microsoft Office.
• Experience researching and integrating company standards, municipal requirements, and regulatory codes into project deliverables.

Tools and Methods

• Process simulation development using ProMax.
• PFD, P&ID, and H&MB development.
• Relief valve sizing and contingency analysis.
• Atmospheric tank venting and emissions calculations.
• Hydraulic calculations and studies.
• Control valve sizing.

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