Senior Process Control Engineer

We are currently recruiting a Senior Process Engineer for a Global Oil & Gas Operator in Darwin, Northern Territory on an initial 12-month contract.

Key Objectives:

• Senior Process Control Engineer is responsible to ensure BoD and FEED consistency in design proposals.
• The Senior Process Control Engineer needs to be able to develop a comprehensive understanding of the company wide pan-packages processes.
• The Senior Process Control Engineer has a detailed understanding of operational and engineering processes and has the ability to work closely with colleagues and contractors across a number of different functional areas.
• The Senior Process Control Engineer is the technical focal point for all Process Control governance, advice and support within the defined sphere of expertise
• The Senior Process Control Engineer provides discipline expertise and technical guidance to commissioning, start-up and handover teams for all process control systems.
• The Senior Process Control Engineer fully understands the planning, development and content of package deliverables including design documents, system philosophies, study reports/technical notes, etc.
• The Senior Process Control Engineer liaise with packages, contractors, discipline leaders and upstream and downstream assets

Planning:

• Monitor and submit reports on Project Cost Control and Project budget
• Provide effective interface with other skills group members
• Plan Process Control documentation in line with the demands of the varying packages
• Work to Offshore, Onshore and Operations Engineering targets and KPI’s

Technical Expertise:

• Be responsible for the content and quality of all work within the Process Control discipline
• Provide specialist engineering input to the development of operational strategies for process control systems
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of Advanced Regulatory Control (ARC) and Advanced Process Control (APC) systems
• Support the management of Operator Training Simulators (OTS)
• Provide technical support in the area of Alarm Management
• Lead, co-ordinate and produce Process Control documentation in line with the demands of operations
• Provide technical support to Operations and Maintenance to run the plant in a safe and optimal manner

 
Qualifications:

• An Engineering Degree in either in Electrical or Process (Control) Engineering or Computer Systems
• Verifiable performance and delivery in positions of technical authority
• Experience in oversight of technical staff & ability to lead a team
• Experience with the development of and commitment to,engineering systems, procedures and quality assurance
• Experience of working within a controlled change management culture to ensure that any changes are fully assessed and approved
• Experience in high availability critical infrastructure

Skills & Experience Required:

• Technical professional within discipline with project and operations experience
• Broad understanding of EPC and/or Downstream business processes and principles.
• Able to organise and/or carry out hands on technical evaluations in own sphere.
• Good working knowledge with one or more Distributed Control systems typically found in industry (Yokogawa Centum VP, Honeywell Experion etc.)

Additional:

• 12 Month contract with potential to extend
• 2026 start date
• Location: Darwin, Northern Territory

If interested in this position, please email your CV to harry.evans@nesfircroft.com
Full AU working rights are required to be considered.

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