Senior Staff Engineer, Process

Venture Global LNG•Point Celeste, LA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s two Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost. We are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Process to join our team for our Plaquemines Parish Facility. This role reports to the Manager, Process Engineering, and will support the review of process design and operations engineering functions to meet the objectives of the project as delivered by the EPC and external consultants.

Requirements

Minimum Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
A minimum of ten (10) years’ experience working in a senior engineering capacity in an industrial setting in engineering or operations
Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience will be considered.
Working knowledge of key equipment involved in LNG liquefaction facilities.
Experience in all aspects of process engineering from conceptual design, economics, detailed engineering, and plant startup and troubleshooting.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Effective computer skills; Microsoft Office software, and discipline specific software applications: HYSYS, Aspen Plus, etc.
Knowledge & application of relevant major design codes and standards.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer's (PE) License or equivalent CEng license is a plus
Commissioning, start-up and performance testing at project sites is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support the development and progression of the Ready For Operations (RFO) schedule to transition the facility from EPC to the operations phase.
Serve as the project focal points for all areas of process engineering to ensure that the project is executed according to agreed budgets, schedules and design requirements.
Responsible for process engineering deliverables to ensure they comply with the project design and operation philosophies.
Prepare heat and material balance, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams.
Responsible for system design parameters, and design or rating of equipment such as heat exchangers, vessels, towers, etc. and provide technical guidance on complex design issues.
Review and coordinate with licensors, vendors, and subcontractors to ensure proper and complete integration within the project plan.
Support the development of process simulations for complex units, updates and modifies process simulation models.
Support process improvement studies, performance optimization, incident investigations, economic evaluations, technical audits and safety studies.
Support during construction to ensure site technical queries, non-conformances, concession requests are properly resolved.
Perform economic evaluations of equipment alternatives with emphasis on availability and reliability projections and life cycle costs.