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Lead Process Engineer

Company:
KBR
Location:
Basra, Iraq
Posted:
September 01, 2025
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Description:

Title:Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process Engineer

EPRO35 - Principal Technical Professional - Process

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Responsibilities:

Day to day delivery of Process Engineering support for site operations

Deliver safe and effective operations by managing risks, addressing queries and minor modifications activities

Collaborates with Central Engineering team to identify and define engineering solutions to reduce risk and grow installed production capacity

Promotes a culture of open safety reporting and continuous improvement.

Provides immediate front-line support for Operations and Maintenance teams to resolve minor issues and escalate more significant issues to the Central Engineering Team.

Ensures asset Process Engineering risks are understood, controlled, managed and reduced.

Participates in a variety of asset and project risk assessments

Monitors health of process equipment and associated operating envelopes, recording and investigating all Safe Operating Limit excursions.

Monitors Process KPIs and initiates corrective actions as necessary

Provides Process support to technical MoCs and Engineering Queries

Acts as technical interface with Projects and Modifications organization, including development of Statement of Requirements (SOR) and Project Initiation Requests (PIRs) and Decision Support Packages (DSP)

Supports delivery of Production Efficiency Improvement and Defect Elimination processes (including simple investigations for deferrals and vulnerabilities)

Identifies production vulnerabilities and optimization opportunities to support production forecast and grow IPC.

Technical Custodian of critical site drawings and registers (P&IDs, PFDs, LVR)

Maintains and uses Hysys model to optimise production.

Performs follow-up actions and observations from self-verification checks that are related to Process Engineering e.g. Relief system, Locked Valves, MOC compliance

Participates in Start Up Readiness and Assurance Reviews

Provides coaching to junior engineers

Experience, Qualifications & Key Skills :

Above 8+ Years experience in O&G industry (Preferable with IOC’s direct or contract)

Professional (Chartered) Engineer Preferred

Technical degree in Chemical Engineering or allied engineering subject.

Experience in previous asset engineering / operations engineering role.

Practical exposure to production facilities.

Excellent communication, interpersonal and coaching skills

Strong bias for being proactive and getting results

Excellent IT skills – Office suite, document management, applications for CMMS and Change Management.

Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results

Skilled in behavior change management

Preferred Qualifications:

Certified Professional Engineer

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

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