Senior Process Engineer

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Houston, TX, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Energy
The Role
Leads process engineering design and analysis for oil and gas projects, including conceptual design, FEED, detailed engineering, process simulations, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment sizing, safeguarding, and flare studies. Prepares technical deliverables, reviews vendor submissions, supports HAZOP and audits, coordinates across disciplines, manages scope and budgets, and guides engineers and designers.
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Job Overview:

General Description includes process design and analysis of an assigned scope of work in a McDermott project including complex process engineering design, analysis and development of an assigned scope of work in a project and/or specific complex deliverables such as conceptual process design, Pre-FEED, FEED and EPFC projects. Strong working knowledge of many design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the content and application of standards, codes and guidelines as applicable. Assists with training other engineers by providing instruction on new technologies and/or a specialization. Supports the development of new technologies and methods. Maintains and promotes a focus on McDermott’s end product whether engineering, fabrication or construction. Ensures effective communications among other engineering disciplines. Manages own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets and develop plans for short-term work activities in own area. Ensures highest work priorities are addressed. Ensures effective management of change. Assumes responsibility for cost, schedule, quantity and budget control.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Perform conceptual, FEED, Studies and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
  • Direct Engineering team as a Lead Engineer on small projects
  • Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations
  • Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses, including design reports and procedures
  • Manage own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets and develop plans for short-term work activities in own area
  • Clearly communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding
  • Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements, including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
  • Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates
  • Provide similar support for Variation Orders
  • Interface with all disciplines to develop clash-free designs
  • Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings
  • Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, and Project Management Teams, as required
  • Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
  • Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and work-hour estimates
  • Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
  • Prepare Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications as required
  • Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
  • Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required
  • Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Process Engineering
  • Prepare and review design reports and procedures
  • Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
  • Review vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary
  • Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
  • Check engineering performed by others within the discipline
  • Be aware of costs related to own work and of the discipline
  • Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
  • Responsible for preparing/checking the following key deliverables, applicable as per the Project scope:
    • Process simulations / Heat and material balances
    • Process flow diagrams (PFD)
    • Piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID)
    • Process safeguarding diagrams
    • Equipment and instrument process datasheets
    • Process specifications
    • Operating philosophy and startup and operating manuals
    • Equipment list (process data)
    • Line list (process data)
    • Equipment and line sizing calculations
    • Flare radiation and dispersion calculations
    • Depressurization and flare network studies
    • Process studies
  • Provide process assistance to other disciplines by performing IDC / providing inputs as required for the following activities:
    • Layout review
    • Area classification drawings
    • Safety studies
    • Electrical load list
    • Equipment datasheets
    • Instrument datasheets
    • ESD and F&G logic diagrams and control narratives
  • Assist in close out of HAZOP action items
  • Participate in internal, customer, and third-party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents

      Reports to:  
      Project:  Lead Engineer/PEM
      Functional:  Supervising Department Manager
      Liaise With:  All Engineering disciplines, Fabrication Group, Safety Department, Document Control, Procurement Group,
      Subcontractors, Vendors, and Customers
      Supervises: Engineers

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree or Master’s Degree in Engineering  
  • 8-15 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultants predominantly performing detail design
  • Strong working knowledge of many design techniques and analysis methods and detailed knowledge of the content and application of standards codes and guidelines as applicable  
  • All Engineering disciplines, Fabrication Group, Safety Department, Document Control, Procurement Group, Subcontractors, Vendors, and Customers  
  • Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable

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About Us
Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.
For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering
  • 8–15 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant, primarily performing detailed design
  • Strong working knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods
  • Detailed knowledge of applicable standards, codes, and guidelines
  • Registered Professional Engineer or membership in a professional engineering society

McDermott International Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. materials cite a minimum of 23 PTO days and 14 paid holidays, indicating a broad leave offering. Paid time off and holidays are positioned as a comparative strength within the package.
  • Parental & Family Support — Company materials indicate paid parental leave, including 10 weeks paid maternity and four weeks paid family bonding. These provisions reinforce support for families during key life events.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives — Field and offshore roles often include overtime, per diems, and project allowances that can materially increase earnings. These extras are a notable component of total compensation in project-driven roles.

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The Company
HQ: Houston, TX
26,626 Employees

What We Do

McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today. From concept to commissioning, our expertise and comprehensive solutions deliver certainty, innovation and added value to energy projects around the world. It is called the “One McDermott Way.” Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott’s locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include approximately 40,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.

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