Advisory Consultant Engineer

Advisory Consultant Engineer

Requirements

• A good quality degree in Chemical Engineering is necessary.
• Proven knowledge and strong understanding of major industrial processes from the thermodynamic, operational and design/modeling perspective, with minimum of 15 years of professional experience in one or more of the process industries that includes Oil and Gas, Refining, Chemicals, Petrochemical.
• Verifiable ability to use and apply process simulation and design tools from AspenTech Engineering Suite software (Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus EO, ACM, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining, Aspen OnLine, EDR, etc.) or other Software vendors.
• Proven experience in process modeling of the whole complex plant, e.g., Ethylene plant, ammonia plant or refinery plant.
• Previous experience in process modeling and simulation, strong knowledge of refinery process, oil and gas and chemical process models is a must.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English is a must.

Responsibilities

• Leading a small team.
• Be the technical lead on medium and larger projects, dealing effectively with technical issues to ensure customer satisfaction and assigning tasks to the team members.
• Review process flow diagrams, process & instrumentation diagrams, mass balances, actual plant data, process descriptions, process manuals and lead process discussions, providing an effective process knowledge transfer to junior engineers.
• Oversee multiple projects and provide guidance and advice to less experienced team members to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Participate in client meetings, prepare project documentations (Functional Design Specifications, Detailed Design, Model Acceptance Test, As-built Documents, Reports, etc.), and assist with user training as necessary.
• Co-ordinate solution delivery in concert with AspenTech Project Management and the Client to ensure projects achieve stated milestones, delivery dates and financial goals.
• Implement projects using AspenTech’s process simulation like Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus EO, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen OnLine and others.
• Responsible for AspenTech RTO and Digital Twin deployment project for open loop and/or close loop optimization and sustainability projects.
• Confidently communicate with and present results to clients.
• Work co-operatively with the AspenTech extended team in Sales, Support, Product Management and Research & Development to ensure successful project delivery and completion.
• Maintain and extend client satisfaction levels and develop opportunities for additional Services.
• Assist the sales organization and Services management team in preparing and delivering complex bids and proposals to major corporate clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD is an added advantage.
• Experience in a related service organization is an added advantage.
• Knowledge/modelling of Polymer processes is an added advantage.
• Knowledge and hand-on skills on APC and Historian like IP.21 is an added advantage.
• Proven knowledge and experience on the design, implement and troubleshoot the RTO application.
• Previous Experience in AI/ML, Data Modeling is highly advantageous.
• Exposure in the use of LP techniques, defining and implementing data integration with external systems and databases will be an added advantage.
• Designing and implementing enterprise-wide visualization and collaboration solutions using AspenTech products, or 3rd party (PowerBI), is an added advantage.
• Advanced level use of Microsoft Office. Experience with Python, C#, C++, VB.Net or other programming languages is highly advantageous.