Process Engineering Chief

AECOM • Houston, TX

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About The Position

AECOM US+LATAM Energy practice is seeking candidates for the position of Process Chief Engineer to lead our Process Engineering team in our Industrial and Generation department. The Process Chief Engineer will be responsible for overseeing and developing the team’s engineering capabilities with a key focus on refinery, NGL, and petrochemical processes; ensuring the execution, completeness and quality of engineering deliverables; supporting and leading business development activities, and providing strategic vision to improve the I&G department’s process engineering capabilities by identifying and hiring staff as needed and implementing continuous improvement techniques to increase efficiency and consistency in performance in accordance with AECOM Quality and Safety standards.

Requirements

• BA/BS + 10 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Relevant engineering experience within industrial, refineries and/or power facilities.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years experience in team supervision.
• PE Licensure.
• 10+ years relevant experience within industrial, refineries and/or power facilities.
• 7+ years as technical lead on refinery or NGL projects.
• Demonstrated experience with engineering analysis software (Aspen/HYSYS, Arrow, Fathom, Promax, Pipe-flo).
• Experience with HAZOPs.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and coordinating engineering and design for complex, multi-discipline programs/projects and teams.
• Demonstrated experience in work process standardization and continuous improvement of engineering work product development.
• Demonstrated experience in resource planning (labor forecasting, hiring, staff planning, labor cost estimating).
• Experience in supporting business development activities, including proposal work scope development.
• Passion in developing talented technical teams.
• Experience in full EPC, Design/Build project.
• Experience in workshare with international engineering resource centers.
• Field construction support, startup and commissioning experience.
• Successful experience working in remote and multi-disciplined teams.
• Expert familiarity with industry codes and standards.
• Experience working in collaborative 3D model environments (e.g. Plant 3D, Navisworks).

Responsibilities

• Provide general supervision of all process team members.
• Assist Department Manager in assuring that Office and Corporate news, policies and procedures are both communicated and clearly understood through routine team meetings.
• Promote open and honest dialogue with and between team members.
• Promote behavior-based safety and ensure team members have received all required Health & Safety training.
• Mentor team members in their execution and completion of tasks to meet project objectives.
• Review and approve timesheets of team members.
• Identify staff to support projects.
• Adjust workloads and schedules to balance project requirements with available resources.
• Manage process work to keep team staff billable and meet growth objectives.
• Anticipate when project requirements exceed available skill set or manpower capacity and develop plan of action with I&G Department leadership to address needs.
• Coordinate the hiring and successful integration of new employees.
• Identify, develop and provide resources required of team to satisfactorily perform work.
• Implement any required disciplinary or warning actions, and resolve conflicts.
• Provide mentorship, direction and career planning to team members.
• Identify appropriate training and professional development opportunities.
• Conduct performance reviews.
• Ensure staff comply with AECOM and Department work processes, standards and procedures.
• Identify lessons learned with engineering work processes and recommend corrective action plan.
• Support project leadership during the detailed checking and ITR processes in compliance with QA procedures.
• Assist Project Engineer in identifying and quantifying potential change orders to current project scope.
• Review or assign review responsibility for all work products produced by team in accordance with QA/QC program requirements and specific client needs.
• Establish an environment of excellence through appropriate and timely recognition of exceptional performance.
• Provide guidance and input for development of annual business plan.
• Support proposals by developing an execution plan for the process needs of the project.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits.
• Paid time off, leaves of absences.
• Voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options.
• Well-being resources, employee assistance program.
• Business travel insurance, service recognition awards.
• Retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees