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Senior Advanced Application Engineer
Location Tower, Building No. 655, Road 3614, Block 0436, Al Seef Area, Bahrain, BAHRAIN, 1003, Bahrain Category Engineering Job Id HRD258195 JOB DESCRIPTION *
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Summary An experienced Process Optimization (PO) professional with proven capability to function independently in responsible project, and services. They will take responsibility, alongside the PM, for all aspects of successful process optimization delivery including client contact, project conception, engineering, resource management, scheduling and implementation. This role will be critical to provide pre-sale support for process optimization opportunities.
Key Areas of Responsibility
• Responsibility for sound technical design & delivery of process optimization solutions, in alignment with the customer requirements and to the full satisfaction of the client unlocking the targeted business value using state of the art technology.
• Identify process control & optimization improvement opportunities at various process industry sites. Lead feasibility studies for implementing control optimization solutions considering design, equipment, & operational constraints, product prices and optimization objectives to prepare the ROI.
• Provide consulting support and / or lead critical project activities, ensuring buy-in and acceptance from the customer including, but not limited to – Project Kick Off, Pre-Test & Tuning, Step Testing, Inferential development, Model Acceptance Testing, Commissioning & SAT.
• Providing pre-sale support highlighting Honeywell differentiators. Develop strong value proposition for new optimization areas like Autonomous.
• Conduct training to plant operations & customer engineering teams on Honeywell suite of process performance solutions.
• Identify/troubleshoot process unit operations, software, and instrument problems. Create and implement new strategies to improve process efficiency, process control utilization & reliability. Support start-up activities if required.
• Act as a process control subject matter expert for process hazards analysis, process design modifications, risk assessment review, alarm management, and incident investigation.
• Proactively recommend potential quality and efficiency improvements within the engineering/ product development group. Regularly identify & communicate risk in the project and prepare mitigation plans.
• Shares technical knowledge with project team, supervisor, own discipline and other disciplines. Lead or support improvement technology plans developed by business technology leaders and influence the product development.
• Communicate with internal team regarding technical issues, escalating these early in the project.
• Cultivate client relationships as a trusted technical advisor while identifying revenue & growth opportunities for Honeywell Advanced Solutions in the Process Optimization space.
• Promote adjacent process performance solutions including but not limited to process simulation & design, operator training / simulations, blending & movement automation.
• Review operating & control philosophies, process description, P&ID, PFD, proposal documentation.
Job Context
Works independently on assigned work and projects and supervision of subordinate staff to review, approve and expedite technical issues, monitor project activities, carry out engineering studies and detailed design work based on company and international standards to meet the mandate of projects. To achieve this, interacts with other company departments and divisions, in a multi-disciplinary role to meet group work objectives and the objectives of the department.
Communications and Working Relationships
• Communicates with project engineers based on work requirements and with the respective Project Managers as required, to expedite project execution.
• Interacts both in writing and orally with the Honeywell staff.
• Interacts with operations leaders in development engineering & global engineering services to coordinate project activities involving requiring external support.
• Interacts with sales engineers and managers to ensure adequate technical support for application.
• Interacts with product managers & specialists and or suppliers for technical information of new engineering products required for projects.
• Communicates with external customers, EPC contractors, sub-contractors or outside agencies to expedite projects through regular project meetings.
Framework Boundaries, Decision Making authority and responsibility
• Supervised by the respective Process Performance engineering manager to ensure the performance and delivery of required outputs to meet project schedules and the completion of all assigned tasks in line with company procedures and standards and customer expectations.
• Establishes and maintains good working relationships with numerous personnel in management, and engineering all of whom are greatly dependent on the APC Technical Lead’s analytical ability and judgement.
• Makes all technical decisions to meet the requirement of the project, company standards and international codes and discusses critical decisions with the respective Project Engineering Leader.
• Responsible for ensuring project & services delivery on budget & schedule.
Knowledge Skills and Experience
The APC Technical Lead must have a minimum of 8 years demonstrated experience in delivery of process optimization solutions
• Hands on application experience implementing Real-Time / Multi-Variable Optimization solutions in multiple industries including but not limited to Refining, Petrochemical, Gas Processing, & Oil & Gas.
• Experience developing inferential / property predictors.
• Expert product knowledge of Honeywell Profit Suite (minimum). Diverse experience in other process optimization solutions such as PACE, DMC+, RTO
• Programming languages (Visual Basic, CL, Fortran)
• Data Historians (Uniformance PHD, OSI PI, IP21)
• DCS/Operator Stations (Honeywell Experion & TDC3000, Yokogawa Centum V/CS/CS3000, Siemens, Foxboro, ABB, Emerson & others)
• Excellent understanding of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and control theory
• Extensive process modelling experience in Refining, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas companies.
• Experience with PID/APC monitoring applications. Expert experience with PID Tuning and implementation of Advanced Regulatory Control
• Working experience with process simulation packages such as UNISM, Dynsim, HYSIS is preferable.
• Excellent verbal, written communication & presentation skills. Strong team player able to work effectively with customers, multidisciplinary project teams and other departments within the company.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting & and problem solving skills, quality oriented, logical & thorough. Candidate should be able to learn quickly, think efficiently, and inquire effectively in order to gather and understand user requirements.
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Control. Advanced degrees preferred.
We Offer:
The opportunity to work on the world’s most exciting projects, transforming the cities we live in, the buildings where we work, and the vehicles
