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Abu Dhabi

Subject Matter Expert – Process Engineering

We are hiring for our leading engineering software provider that specializes in the plant, power, and marine industries.

 

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Key responsibilities

  • Support end-to-end deployment and operationalization of predictive analytics and process optimization solutions across customer facilities in the Middle East region.
  • Provide process engineering subject matter expertise during asset onboarding, solution configuration, and model development phases.
  • Work closely with analytics, data science, product, and delivery teams to ensure predictive and optimization models accurately reflect:
  • Process operating conditions
  • Heat and mass balance relationships
  • Equipment performance characteristics
  • Process constraints
  • Operating envelopes and plant limitations
  • Support asset criticality assessments, use case definition, and identification of high-value optimization opportunities for:
  • Separators
  • Compressors
  • Heat exchangers
  • Gas processing systems
  • NGL processing units
  • Utility and process systems
  • Participate in model validation, alert tuning, calibration, and user acceptance testing (UAT) activities prior to go-live.
  • Correlate predictive and optimization model outputs with operational and process data including:
  • Process trends
  • Throughput data
  • Energy consumption
  • Product quality parameters
  • DCS/APC data
  • Historical operating records
  • Validate model outputs against actual plant behaviour, process constraints, and operating conditions to improve model accuracy and reliability.
  • Support model recalibration activities when process conditions change due to:
  • Well decline
  • Feed composition shifts
  • Equipment modifications
  • Operational strategy changes
  • Provide engineering input to support expansion of optimization coverage to additional process units and facilities.

Role requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
  • Minimum 10 years of process engineering experience within oil & gas upstream, gas processing, refining, petrochemical, or industrial process environments.
  • Direct experience with:
  • Separation systems
  • Gas compression systems
  • NGL processing units
  • Process optimization and operational troubleshooting
  • Strong understanding of:
  • Heat and mass balance principles
  • Process performance analysis
  • Production optimization
  • Process constraints and operating envelopes
  • Familiarity with process simulation tools such as:
  • Aspen HYSYS
  • Pro/II
  • Equivalent process simulation platforms
  • Experience translating optimization model outputs into operational guidance for plant operations and control room teams.
  • Familiarity with DCS, APC, or real-time optimization environments preferred.
  • Experience interpreting operational data from SCADA, PI Historian / OSIsoft, or equivalent industrial systems.
  • Familiarity with predictive analytics platforms, industrial AI systems, or digital optimization solutions preferred.
  • Middle East or GCC operating environment experience preferred.

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Subject Matter Expert – Process Engineering

Abu Dhabi

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