Process Engineering Lead

About the position:

The Process Engineering Lead is part of the Process Engineering and Automation team within Chevron s ENGINE Center. This role supervises a team of Process Engineers that provide technical support to Chevron s business units, such as supporting Operations to troubleshoot and optimize existing operating assets, process design support to capital projects and developing and implementing digital tools to enhance process monitoring. The Process Engineering Lead will manage a team that forms part of a larger Process Engineering function across Chevron, working closely with their counterparts in the Chevron Technical Center (CTC).

Key responsibilities:

Provide a safe, respectful work environment for the team

Manage team in support of the team s subject matter consulting for capital projects or existing operations across the enterprise.

Provide leadership direction in the areas of process engineering, facility optimization, process simulation, process troubleshooting of equipment items and capital project support.

Collaborate with functionally linked CTC chapter manager(s) in work assignment and prioritization of the Process Engineering Team in the ENGINE.

Coordinate training, mentoring, coaching, career development, performance management responsibilities for direct reports.

Ensure that team and individual deliverables are understood, performance expectations are clear, and that progress is measured and reported.

Participate in recruitment and hiring within Process Engineering and Automation team

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor s degree (B.E./B. Tech) in chemical engineering or related field from a recognized (AICTE) university

Strong written and verbal English communication skills to interact with Chevron s global employee workforce

Demonstrated supervisory experience of diverse engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications:

Proven 10-15+ years of process engineering experience in upstream, downstream, LNG or petrochemical process facilities. Possibly through operation support engineering assignments or process design work for capital projects.

Experience in performing analytical calculations such as mass transfer, fluid flow, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, process control, kinetics and equipment sizing.

Experience in working with process monitoring tools and process modeling software, such as PI, Seeq, Hysys, PROII, etc.

Awareness of Process Safety Management concepts and principles such as Process Hazards Analysis, Alarm Objective Analysis, Integrity Operating Windows, etc.