Lead Process Engineer

About The Role

Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you want to make a difference? Are you ready to engineer change within the industry and wider community? 

At PD&MS, we’re determined to help drive the change that our world needs to see. To support current and new customers to be part of the energy transition, through future-friendly solutions.  

You can be part of our vision!

Working Pattern: Permanent / Full Time 

As the Lead Process Engineer, you will: 

• Perform process studies for technical evaluation of process solutions.
• Be technically competent in own discipline and actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development. 
• Provide value adding knowledge to constructability reviews and take consideration of layout restrictions, ergonomics, safety, utilities, and maintainability.
• Check and approval of and generating calculations against design code and best practice. Have excellent experience in Managing Team delivery, assigning work, monitoring progress, inputting weekly timely progress to planning tools and attending planning and resource meetings to ensure team resource and delivery progress aspects are maintained.
• Have experience in producing deliverables that conform to all applicable industry engineering codes and standards as well as the client’s policies and procedures relative to the equipment being specified.
• Sound knowledge of relevant commonly used codes therefore required.

About You

The role offers:

• Development opportunities: the opportunity to develop within your process department, to be appreciated, to work with people who have the same goals and are driven to succeed.
• Varied workload: you’ll have the chance to transfer your skills and develop in our industry and deliver on projects across the fully energy sector, from conventional to renewable energies.
• Opportunities for transferable skills: if you’re experience isn’t traditional oil & gas, we still want to hear from you!  If you’ve EPC experience in nuclear, rail, utilities, Petro-chemical, renewables, marine and pharmaceuticals then please apply.

Salary: Competitive Salary depending on knowledge and experience plus a range of benefits that support your finances, wellbeing, and family.

Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Private Medical Cover, Private Dental Cover, 33 days holiday, Holiday Buy, Flexible Working and Employee Assist Programme and CashPlan.

Location: Glasgow – hybrid working 3 days in the office with flexibility to work from home for 2 days.

You’ll have experience of:

• Sizing and selecting of Pressure Safety devices Relief Valves which is essential.
• Generating and checking & approval of Process Engineering deliverables (P&IDs, PFD’s Safety Device Calculations, Equipment Sizing, Hydraulic and Control valve sizing Calculations, Datasheets, Line Lists, Cause & Effects, Alarm & Trip, Control & Operating Philosophies, Process Reports and Basis of Design) 
• Specification and selection of Process instruments for Process operation and Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) is essential. 
• Process Simulation Software such as HYSYS and UNISIM. Dynamic simulation which is highly advantageous
• Excellent understanding and calculation of AIV and FIV in process systems
• Excellent Knowledge of typical process equipment which is essential and to be demonstrable. Typical equipment to be experienced within the role include Separators, pumps, heat exchangers, gas compression, vessels, tanks, chemical injection. 
• Mentoring graduate engineers
• Proven capability in an engineering design company / EPCC support role experience 
• Calculating and Specifying Process Safety Time for Safety Instrumented systems
• Writing/checking/approving system Scopes of work for 3rd party specialist vendors 
• Participating in safety studies such as: HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA and design safety reviews. 
• Understanding and calculation of Pressure Surge in process systems
• Producing, checking, and approving deliverables that conform to all applicable industry engineering codes and standards as well as the client’s policies and procedures relative to the equipment being specified. Sound knowledge of relevant commonly used codes therefore required.
• Supporting business development for new bids (Understanding scope, preparing deliverables and process activities and CTR preparation and process narratives)

About Us

Personal attributes 

Our GENES, our core values, define who we are, what we stand for and how we deliver.  

• Go the extra mile
• Empower our people
• Never get complacent
• Engage our partners
• Step up and deliver 

If this sounds like you, then you could be a perfect fit. 

Qualifications

• BSc in relevant Engineering Discipline
• Chartered Engineer status 
• Significant, demonstrable experience in Detailed Design Engineering and Engineering Checking/Approval
• Detailed understanding of all Engineering disciplines 
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of relevant Oil & Gas Industry Codes and Standards 
• Understand the application of Autodesk Design products 
• Competent in the use of MS Office applications 

PD&MS has been engineering solutions in the energy industry and beyond since 2002, our ability to combine innovative ideas with technical expertise sets us apart. A flexible, full-service provider committed to supporting the energy transition, we deliver high-quality project work across the entire lifecycle of assets within the oil and gas, renewables, and nuclear sectors. But whoever we work with, it’s the energy, professionalism and purpose of our people that really makes the difference. 

Be who you’re meant to be, with PD&MS 

We firmly believe in a work culture in which: individual differences are a source of collective strength and pride; everybody can perform to the best of their abilities and on a level playing field; and all colleagues feel they’re part of our team and their voices will be heard.  We’re already heartened by the diversity within our organisation, but we recognise that there’s always more we can do to improve further.  We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran, or disability status. 

We’re energised by the prospect of operating successfully today, tomorrow, and far into the future. But we’re also driven to ensure that our business activities are conducted in socially responsible, morally acceptable, and sustainable ways.