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Process Engineer

Aberdeen
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Job Title: Process Engineer
Work Location: Aberdeen
Contract Length: 12 Months

MUST HAVE UK RTW

Purpose of Role:
• The primary purpose of this position is to provide discipline engineering support to UK operations to ensure equipment integrity and regularity.
• This role supports breakdowns, delivers the maintenance plan in accordance with maintenance strategy, supports plant optimisation and provides input to modifications and projects where required
• Supports SECE degradation / threat management risk assessments and maintenance deferment risk assessments
• Responsible for monitoring equipment/system performance, initiating and ensuring corrective actions
• Responsible for discipline engineering and maintenance support to UK operations
Role responsibilities:
• Assess and develop potential engineering workscopes with the aim of providing process safety, environmental, reliability and production enhancements.
• Develop and review detailed calculations, process engineering datasheets, process simulation models and drawings to satisfy the process engineering requirements of the assets.
• Assist in completion of process safety reviews e.g. HAZOP and LOPA and when required, close out actions from such reviews.
• Provide technical support to offshore operations teams when requested.
• Assist in challenging the technical content, engineering performance and cost of modification projects.
• Review vendor workpacks to ensure compliance with performance standard requirements
• Raise TWMs where complex technical solutions and modifications are required
• Support management of change for non like-for-like scopes
• Participate in Research and Development projects where required.
• Mobilise offshore as and when required by business.
• The postholder may be required to join the emergency response rota should this become a requirement of the position.
Required Experience & Qualifications:
• Educated to engineering degree level or satisfactory equivalent e.g. HND/HNC plus preferable qualifications/experience and/or vocational certificates
• Membership of professional body working towards Chartership preferred
• Operational and engineering experience preferred
• Developing relevant technical experience
• Offshore experience
• Understanding of processes required to meet HSE objectives. Fully conversant with UK regulatory environment
• Developing understanding of Corporate and Local budget, maintenance and project management processes and tools
• Self-driven. Strong personal leadership and drive toward teamwork. Ability to perform effectively within a strong peer group and to drive toward optimal business solutions
• Good communicating, influencing, negotiating and networking skills. Builds excellent relationships. Respected internally and externally

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients

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