Process Systems Chief Engineer

Job Description

Requisition ID: 258005Requisition Posting End Date:Position SummaryJubail is one of Bechtel?s most remarkable achievements?a city built from the sand up, requiring vast resources and logistical planning on an unprecedented scale. It the biggest civil engineering project in modern times?and its getting bigger. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, since it began in the mid-1970s. Bechtel serves as the Management Services Contractor (MSC), or ?owner?s representative? for our client, the Royal Commission (RC). We are the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) managers, managing design submissions from local AE firms, and overseeing the actual construction work being performed by local contractors and sub-contractors in Jubail Industrial City. In June 2021, Bechtel?s contract with the Royal Commission was renewed for another 5 years with work focusing on building new residential communities, iconic buildings/ bridges, major site preparation, commercial buildings, mosques, schools, hospitals, sports facilities, clinics, universities, utility services and infrastructure (electrical sub-stations, lift stations), roads and highways, port & pipeline expansions, and more.Major Responsibilities:Reporting to the Manager of Technical Support, the Process Systems Chief Engineer is responsible to monitor and coordinate the process design and control systems design for all hydraulic systems, gas distribution systems and steam distribution systems. The work will require close coordination with the broader Engineering Department and with other departments and external stakeholders as well as assuming technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating across multiple projects.The role will also involve close coordination between Engineering and Construction Departments to ensure early planning for pre-commissioning and commissioning is built into the design of facilities and Construction plans.ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Provide active input to the scoping, design and commissioning of projects with process elements. This may include;

oWorking with internal departments, planning teams, end user and other stakeholders to clearly define demand cases for various utilities and process inputs provided by the Royal Commission.oLeading the development of the design basis for the process components ? including identification of process design scenarios for commissioning, ramp up periods, operations phases and fulloperational design.oProactively working with design consultants to define the full range of operating scenarios and the corresponding control system requirements.oCoordinating with Civil, Mechanical, I&C and Telecom design teams to ensure appropriate design elements are incorporated to meet the process design basis.oWorking collaboratively with Construction, Vendors, Acceptance Teams and End Users to plan for commissioning and to provide technical review of Contractor Method Statements forCommissioning.

• Review Technical Submittals for equipment and controls configuration for process elements of design.
• Facilitation and/or contribution to Hazard Assessments and HAZOP?s for process elements of projects.
• Manage and lead complex technical discussions with third parties (customer, licensors, suppliers and regulators) in order to facilitate appropriate technical decisions.
• Provide input to, and review of Operations and Maintenance Manuals for process elements of projects.
• Provide timely response to sensitive technical queries from Consultants or Construction Contractors (RFI, FCD).
• Provide support to Operating & Maintenance Departments within the Royal Commission and / or 3rd Party Utility Companies to resolve technical process and control system issues related to critical infrastructure serving Jubail or Ras Al Khair cities.
• Develop and maintain training competencies and training material to support development of junior engineers and succession planning.

Skills and Qualifications:Essential Technical:

• University degree in mechanical engineering or process engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of twenty (20) years? experience in design and coordination of multi-discipline design teams.
• Demonstrated experience in process simulation and automation
• Extensive process engineering experience related to major utilities such as sea water, process water, industrial waste water, steam, gas, district cooling systems, sanitary waste water, potable water, etc inPC/EPCand/or operating industry, with multiple years in a process engineering leadership role.
• Extensive experience in pre-commissioning, commissioning and the incorporation of planning for commissioning into design.
• Extensive experience in developing and/or checking Process Design Basis, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Utility Flow Diagrams (UFDs), Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and Process Functional Descriptions.
• Extensive experience with the estimation, allocation and tracking of utility demands across a large and diverse industrial complex and/or a large

Essential Behavioral:

• Skill in oral and written communication.
• High level of skill interfacing with and presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal/ people management skills.
• Highly collaborative across departments and disciplines
• Able to work in a culturally diverse environment.
• Demonstrated experience in coaching and mentoring.

Preferred Technical:

• Knowledge of engineering software applications as related to the design of process infrastructure.
• Mechanical systems engineering background for water treatment systems.
• Deep knowledge of industry codes and standards.
• Familiarity with Quality Management Systems based on ISO:9001 standards as applied to engineering design.
• Fellow / Chartered Engineer or PE license
• Experience with process configuration and optimization studies to increase system reliability or reduce utility consumption (steam, power, cooling water etc.)
• Development of relief load narratives, relief load calculations, load summaries and relief valve datasheets.
• Development of offsites and utility design including consumptions and the overall utility summary.
• Experience in performing cold-eye technical audits on key design areas.

PreferredBehavioral:

• Experience managing an integrated engineering design team on complex industrial infrastructure projects.
• Capable of dealing and interacting with challenging people and situations.
• Multi-tasking co-ordination skill while executing complex and challenging project/program execution.
• Experience working in KSA / Middle East.

Shaping tomorrow togetherBechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we?ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; and Mining & Metals. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live. www.bechtel.comBechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age,national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law),protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.In accordance with Bechtels duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace for our employees and to safeguard the health of our families, customers, and visitors, we have adopted mandatory COVID-19 safety protocols for each work location, which may include a vaccination or testing requirement. Please speak with your Bechtel recruiter to determine which protocols apply to the work location for the job you are seeking.

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