Process Engineering Advisor - GOA/GOM

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

Overview:

The Process Engineer will provide process engineering support for project development and field operations.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Use technical knowledge to perform engineering assignments with guidance and direction.
• Support for relevant technical matters with external bodies such as vendors, contractors, national approval agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Support across business operations and contributing specialized knowledge.
• Endorsing the relevant technical sections of the key Company Governance Documents including Project Execution Plans, Basis of Design, Asset Reference Plans, as-build documentation reviews, etc.
• Awareness of procurement, tendering, and contractual terms, conditions, and relevant procedures.
• Participating in technical integrity processes audit and reviews, including HAZID, HAZOPS, safety critical reviews, risk assessments, design, constructability, and operability reviews.
• Provide process engineering assistance during FAT, commissioning, and facility start-ups.
• Developing Brownfield and Greenfield project scopes from a processengineering perspective.
• Provide process engineering support on new facility concept and designdevelopment. Present conceptual process designs and debottlenecking opportunities and benefits to senior mgmt. to help secure project sanctioning.
• Provide detailed engineering support on relevant strategic and MOC projects. Work with engineering contractors during the project execution phase.
• Be able to perform relief and blowdown calculations, process simulations, heat and material balances, process equipment, piping and controls sizing and rating calculations, etc.
• Maximize capacity utilization by challenging design and operating assumptions.
• Drafting process ideas to reduce costs and improve production rates.
• Ensuring processes comply with safety and quality standards.
• Provide process engineering assistance with facility troubleshooting investigations.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Relevant Engineering Degree & Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering or Process Engineering
• Proven work experience as a process engineer.
• Experience with process simulations and standard operating procedures.
• High-level knowledge of process engineering software systems.
• Advanced technical skills.
• Analytical thinker.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in process engineering in the Oil & Gas industry
• Knowledge of relevant ASME, API, and Standard Industry codes and best practices.
• Basic knowledge of project management, cost estimation and value added economic evaluations
• Understanding of major process equipment such as pumps, compressors, exchangers, and pressure vessels.
• Understanding of process and safety control systems
• Ability to read and understand P&IDs, PFDs, and equipment data sheets.
• Knowledge of upstream production and gathering systems (production manifolds, separation, compression, gas dehydration, and produced water treatment.)

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*Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees

*Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or

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