Senior Process Engineer

RINA is a global knowledge company where expertise travels across borders, disciplines, and industries. Every day, we collaborate on solving complex challenges that no single field could tackle alone. With a presence in more than 70 countries and 160 years of heritage, we turn individual know-how into collective progress. 

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Process Engineer to join our office in Houston, TX or Chicago/Lisle, IL within the  Plant Engineering Division.​

Compensation Data

$130,000 - $180,000 commensurate with education and experience

Mission

The Senior Process Engineer will act as lead process engineer for a major oil product storage terminal project, leading and coordinating the process engineering activities throughout the project execution. The role will be responsible for defining and developing the overall process design and operating philosophy of the facility, ensuring safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant operation. This Engineer will provide technical leadership to the process engineering team and coordinate closely with project management and all relevant engineering disciplines.

Key Accountabilities

Lead Process Engineering Activities:

• Serve as Process Engineering technical lead.
• Plan and oversee discipline activities and deliverables.
• Define design basis, criteria, operating philosophy, cases, and facility process requirements.
• Coordinate and review assigned engineers’ work.
• Ensure consistent, quality discipline deliverables.
• Manage interfaces with other disciplines and project functions.

Process Design and Development, Lead development, review and execution of:

• Process Design Basis and Design Criteria;
• Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs);
• Heat and Material Balances;
• Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs);
• Process and hydraulic calculations; line sizing and pressure-drop calculations;
• pump sizing;
• process equipment and instrument datasheets;
• process control and operating philosophies.
• Define product receipt, storage, transfer, recirculation, and dispatch requirements.
• Set design flows, operating and simultaneous-operation cases, and equipment capacities.
• Develop and review terminal transfer and distribution hydraulic models.
• Help define and optimize tank farms, pumps, manifolds, and loading/unloading systems.

Technical Leadership and Coordination:

• Guide and mentor assigned Process Engineers.
• Review and technically approve calculations, specifications, datasheets, PFDs, P&IDs, and other deliverables.
• Coordinate with Piping, Mechanical, Instrumentation & Control, Electrical, Civil, Layout, Fire Protection, and Process Safety.
• Help the Project Engineering Manager resolve multidisciplinary issues.
• Join technical meetings and design reviews with clients and stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve technical risks, design issues, interface gaps, and missing information.

Process Safety and Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure design meets project requirements, applicable codes, standards, and regulations.
• Provide process input to safety and hazard identification activities.
• Join HAZID, HAZOP, and other design and safety reviews as required.
• Support shutdown, isolation, safeguarding, and emergency operating philosophies.
• Align Process Safety and Fire Protection input with design and operating scenarios.

Design Optimization and Project Execution:

• Optimize facility configuration while maintaining safety, operability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Evaluate design alternatives and recommend technically justified solutions.
• Define process requirements and constraints for plot plans and equipment layouts.
• Support equipment selection, procurement, and vendor document reviews.
• Assess process impacts of design changes.
• Track discipline progress and issues affecting schedules or deliverables.

Construction, Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Support:

• Support construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up as required.
• Review commissioning and operating procedures for process requirements.
• Support readiness reviews, troubleshooting, and process issue resolution.
• Support testing and initial operations as required.

Collaborate and Communicate Effectively:

• Work with mechanical, electrical, and operations teams to meet project goals.
• Clearly communicate technical information, updates, and recommendations to stakeholders and project managers.
• Promote teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in Process Engineering, preferably within the oil & gas, downstream, terminals, tank farms, or energy infrastructure sectors.
• Proven experience as a Lead Process Engineer or Senior Process Engineer with responsibility for coordinating Process Engineering activities.
• Previous experience in the design of oil product storage terminals, tank farms, liquid hydrocarbon handling facilities, or similar facilities is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of liquid storage, pumping, hydraulic systems, and product transfer operations.
• Strong experience in hydraulic calculations, pump sizing, line sizing, and definition of operating scenarios.
• Proven experience in the preparation and review of PFDs, P&IDs, process calculations, equipment datasheets, and process philosophies.
• Good knowledge of applicable Process Engineering codes, standards, and industry practices.
• Experience with process simulation and hydraulic calculation software, such as Aspen HYSYS or equivalent engineering tools.
• Experience participating in HAZID, HAZOP, and multidisciplinary design reviews.
• Strong technical leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to coordinate Process Engineering activities within multidisciplinary and geographically distributed project teams.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple technical priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced project environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to interface effectively with Clients, Project Management, engineering disciplines, vendors, and construction/commissioning teams.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent professional certification preferred.

Additional Qualifications

• Ability to travel up to 25%, including project and job sites, based upon business needs.
• Valid driver’s license.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

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Competencies

• WORKPLACE DYNAMICS - Resourcefulness in shaping progress and working efficiently.
• FORESIGHT & INSIGHT - Context awareness adopting a systemic perspective and informed decision making.
• PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Ownership for life, work and results, striving to grow professionally and personally.​
• INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE - Skills and strategies we use to interact effectively with others.
• DOMAIN & BUSINESS ACUMEN - Applying a scientific approach and critical thinking in operations and solution development within area of expertise.

At RINA, your growth drives our innovation. We bring together engineers, inspectors, digital minds and specialists from more than 100 nationalities, creating an environment where diverse perspectives sharpen how we think, collaborate and deliver. 

RINA North America provides a comprehensive benefits package, including the following insurance options: Medical, Dental, Vision, Medical Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Transit, Parking, Basic Life, Basic AD&D, Voluntary Life, Voluntary AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Accident, Voluntary Critical Illness, Identity Theft Protection, Pet Insurance, and Employee Assistance Program. Additional benefits provided include paid time off, company holidays, tuition reimbursement, nursery grant, travel resource services, and 401K plan with company discretionary match.

Flexibility and respect drive how we work. We are committed to building a workplace where every person feels valued, empowered to develop their potential, and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. It is the policy of RINA to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation, genetics, military status, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans (veterans who served during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a badge has been authorized), and Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law. 

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