Job Title: Lead Process Engineer
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Industry: Oil & Gas Servicing
Role summary
The Process Lead is responsible for the technical integrity of all process engineering deliverables across assigned oil and gas projects. The role ensures that PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances, process datasheets and operating philosophies fully align with the FEED, safety requirements and process performance criteria.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the development, review and approval of process design deliverables, including PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances and process simulations.
- Prepare and validate process datasheets, operating philosophies and control narratives, ensuring safe, efficient and operable process schemes.
- Ensure full alignment of process designs with FEED documentation, project scope, safety standards and defined performance criteria.
- Coordinate closely with mechanical, piping, E&I, safety and operations teams to secure full integration of process designs across all disciplines.
- Lead or participate in design and safety reviews (e.g. HAZOP, HAZID, SIL), ensuring that process risks are identified, documented and addressed in the design.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to process engineers, reviewing their work for accuracy, consistency and compliance with standards.
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry codes, standards and client specifications for all process engineering activities.
- Support commissioning and start‑up teams with process input, operating procedures and troubleshooting as required.
- Contribute to optimisation and debottlenecking studies to improve plant performance, reliability and energy efficiency.
- Prepare technical reports, calculations and documentation required for internal reviews, client approvals and regulatory submissions.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 15 years relevant experience in process engineering, with significant time in a similar lead/process lead role within the oil and gas sector.
- Strong experience developing and owning PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances, process datasheets and process philosophies for oil and gas facilities.
- Proven involvement in FEED, detailed design and safety reviews (HAZOP/HAZID/SIL) for upstream, midstream or downstream projects.
- Solid knowledge of applicable process engineering standards and best practices, with strong focus on safety and operability.
- Excellent leadership, communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary project environment.