Downstream Oil & Gas Reliability Engineer

ProSidian Consulting, LLC • Washington, DC

62d • Hybrid

About The Position

ProSidian is seeking a Downstream Oil & Gas Reliability Engineer | Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation For Downstream Oil & Gas / Midstream / Pipelines [DOE0072072] for Program Support on an Exempt 1099 Contract. This role is primarily remote within the USA, with on-site meetings expected. The position supports the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO), which provides debt financing for large-scale energy infrastructure projects. The engineer will provide Independent Engineering (IE) advisory services, focusing on technical due diligence, engineering validation, risk management, and lifecycle monitoring for downstream oil and gas, midstream, and pipeline projects. The role involves converting engineering findings into lender-ready outputs and supporting financing decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, geoscience, petroleum engineering, mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, environmental, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering, construction, operations, compliance, risk, finance, or energy infrastructure advisory experience.
• Demonstrated work on oil and gas, power, utilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects for owners, lenders, independent engineers, or federal clients.
• Proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office (advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word).
• Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat, data analytics tools, and Visio.
• Ability to quickly learn other tools as needed.
• Commitment to work with intelligent, interesting people with diverse backgrounds to solve the most significant challenges across private, public, and social sectors.
• Inquisitive nature and ability to question the status quo.
• Humility, grace in success and failure, doing meaningful work where skills have an impact and make a difference.
• Willingness to constantly learn, share, and grow, and to view the world as their classroom.

Nice To Haves

• PE, PMP, CSP, API, NACE/AMPP, PMI, or discipline-specific credentials preferred where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provides Independent Engineering advisory support for Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities, with emphasis on refinery and downstream reliability, unit availability, maintenance performance, and failure risk.
• Reviews project documentation, evaluates technical and commercial interfaces, identifies risks and mitigations, validates assumptions, supports conditions precedent and disbursement readiness reviews where applicable, and prepares defensible work products including reliability metrics, unit performance reports, failure analyses, turnaround inputs, and improvement recommendations.
• Coordinates with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders to support timely lender and DOE decision-making.
• Serves as a Downstream Oil & Gas Reliability Engineer within the Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation For Downstream Oil & Gas / Midstream / Pipelines swim lane, delivering bankable, technically defensible Independent Engineering advisory services by converting discipline-specific engineering, construction, compliance, operating, commercial, and risk findings into lender-ready due diligence, monitoring, certification, and decision-support outputs.
• Serve as a Downstream Oil & Gas Reliability Engineer - Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation For Downstream Oil & Gas / Midstream / Pipelines Specialist (Labor Category: Senior Consultant II) to provide Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation For Downstream Oil & Gas / Midstream / Pipelines Technical as part of an as part of an Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services | Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Advisory / Technical Due Diligence / Credit Evaluation / Lifecycle Monitoring Team that provides Engineering Services.
• This includes activities that address and Long-term equipment performance assessment: Reliability, availability, maintainability, spare parts, failure modes, and lifecycle performance review.
• May participate in data room reviews, borrower/contractor interviews, site observations, monthly monitoring meetings, risk register updates, CP evidence reviews, draw package checks, issue closure tracking, and preparation of Independent Engineer reports for DOE, LPO, credit, and program governance stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Health benefits
• Pre-tax employee benefits
• Incentives
• Group Medical / Dental / Vision Health Insurance Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Vacation and Paid Time-Off (PTO) Benefits (2 weeks vacation, three sick days, 10 ProSidian holidays, and government holidays)
• Pre-Tax Payment Programs (Flexible Spending Account - FSA)
• Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plans via the Corporate Perks Benefit Program
• ProSidian Employee & Contractor Referral Bonus Program (up to $5,000)
• Performance Incentives
• Supplemental Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior