Principal Designer at KBR, Inc.

Chennai, tamil nadu, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

27 Sep, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Process Design, Process Simulations, Heat & Mass Balance, PFDs, PSFDs, P&IDs, C&EDs, Safety Studies, Process Control Configurations, Fired Heaters, Heat Exchangers, Compressor Hydraulics, Utility Balance, Engineering Practices, Vendor Evaluation, Report Writing

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Title: Principal Designer Process Design Engineer Summary Section As a Lead Process Engineer, under broad direction, supervises and leads a group of engineers. Provides technical direction over a group and is responsible for employee performance appraisals and for coaching and developing junior professionals. Plans, budgets, organizes, and controls an important segment of a very extensive and highly diversified engineering program or an entire engineering program of moderate scope. Job role is responsible for a measurable asset such as an assigned staff and budget. Responsibilities: ▪ Develops Process Design Basis and Design Philosophies based on scope of work ▪ Reviews / Performs Process Simulations and Guides Process Engineers to perform Process Simulations and develop Heat & Mass Balance as required. ▪ Experience in development of PFDs, PSFDs, P&IDs, C&EDs, Safe charts. ▪ Proven skills in routine process calculations (hydraulics and sizing) and use of process software and in-house developed spreadsheets. ▪ Experience in Process control configurations and ESD systems, equipment designs such as separators, pumps, compressors, gas treatment units. ▪ Experience in engineering and design of facilities involving Fired Heaters, Heat Exchangers, Columns is preferred. ▪ Experience with Steam, Instrument air, Plant air, Nitrogen, Fuel gas/oil systems, Water systems (Cooling water, Chilled water, Potable water treatments, DM water, Wastewater) Design ▪ Should be familiar with Steam balance ▪ Should be conversant with Compressor hydraulics ▪ Experience in performing relief valve and flare load calculations. ▪ Develops utility balance, UFD and summary for all utilities of a process plant. ▪ Knowledge in offsites which includes tank farm, boilers and power generation. ▪ Knowledge of engineering practices, calculation methods, international standards, codes, specifications, and procedures. ▪ Carry out all the planning, scheduling and coordination required to execute a project. ▪ Coordinate with peers and sub-ordinates involved from other engineering Depts. ▪ Identify and mitigate risks related to performance guarantees, vendor packages scope etc Review of vendor offers, preparation of technical bid analysis. ▪ Evaluates Vendor / Consultant/Licensor offers for Process Packages / Equipment, Specialized Process Engineering Studies etc. ▪ Should be familiar with routine safety studies like HAZOP, HAZID, SIL etc. ▪ Knowledge of Pre commissioning/Commissioning/Operations is an added advantage. ▪ Should have good report writing skills Qualifications including Required Education, Experience, & Skills: ▪ Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with 15 to 20 years of experience ▪ Proficient in process engineering software’s (HYSYS, Flarenet, Pipenet, Pipesim) is required. ▪ Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills. ▪ Experience in the fields of Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, refinery, Offshore and Utilities & Offsites related to industry. 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Responsibilities

The Principal Designer is responsible for supervising and leading a group of engineers, providing technical direction, and managing employee performance. This role involves planning, budgeting, and controlling significant segments of engineering programs.