Are you ready to drive forward the Energy Transition by taking on this key role on our exciting portfolio of projects?
Will you help our clients unlock the solutions they need to their complex technical challenges that are foundational in tackling climate change?
Through this highly rewarding role you will be shaping the world and creating a bright future for yourself.
Wood is currently recruiting for pre-FEED focused Principal and Senior Process Engineers with Linear Programming skills to join our award-winning Consulting Team based in Reading. We recognise the value of remote and hybrid working so are open to applications throughout the UK.
The Role
As an experienced engineer, with a strong appreciation of process design and an interest in the holistic aspects of Greenfield and Brownfield projects, you will grow your career through taking technical and design responsibility for delivering pre-FEED phases of project implementation (pre-feasibility, concept, feasibility, pre-FEED etc).
Focusing on technical project delivery you will be a key member of your project team to develop the technoeconomic solution that guides your client to successfully achieve the next stage in their decision gate process. Linear Programming will be a key element of your works to drive the optimal configuration solutions for our clients.
You will interface with a multi-disciplinary team of highly capable Subject Matter Experts and Consultants to deliver best in class solutions that will ensure high customer satisfaction. This will lead to opportunities for further advancement of your career in multiple directions. Through this you will support your own personal growth and that of our Consulting business as we deliver global solutions for the Energy Transition.
This is a fantastic role for a process engineer with a real passion for shaping projects while making a difference in the Energy Transition and Energy Security. Specifically, the role is for a Principal or Senior Process Engineer with experience in Linear Programming. The role will report to the Manager of Fuels & Chemicals within the Technical Consultancy group. The Fuels & Chemicals business line executes feasibility and concept studies across Refinery, Petrochemicals & Chemicals, Biofuels / Fuel Substitutes, Fertilisers and Decarbonisation projects.
Our Clients and Projects
It’s a future for all of us. We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.
Our Reading Consulting business is currently made up of a team of 50 individuals providing high-end Consulting services to our clients that provide the direction they need as their projects mature through the early phases of the development cycle.
Across our Technical Consulting business, we service a varied client base worldwide including; World Class private developers (major and independent), investment banks, utilities & power generation companies, Technology Providers, National, International and Private Energy Companies. We provide value added services bespoke to the clients' requirements across; advisory services, technical specialists, project management, owners engineering through all pre-FEED project phases as well as supporting Wood Project and Operations Business Units through FEED and EPC phases of the project lifecycle.
Our specialisms are across Upstream developments, New Green and Blue Energies, Hydrogen and Hydrogen vectors (e.g. Methanol and Ammonia), Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS), Fuels & Chemicals.
The work that we do for our clients is key to making the energy transition possible.
What we can offer
- A caring team culture; we support each other professionally and personally, encouraging knowledge sharing across all areas of the business
- Energy Transition Academy; join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across the energy transition, emerging and conventional energy sectors
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive renumeration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays),plus the potential for one additional ‘flex day’ per month. Further benefits include a generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
The key objectives for this role are:
- Execute and provide technical support to projects within Wood's Technical Consulting group
- Involved in conceptual and feasibility studies, optimisation work, and pre-FEED stages, including techno-economic analysis and licensors selection
- Work closely with customers to understand their needs and produce designs and services to meet these needs
- Be flexible, supporting several studies at the same time without missing milestones
- Coach and mentor less experienced staff
- Identify issues and propose solutions using innovative and novel solutions, plus ability to grasp unfamiliar concepts
- Complete technical design work to a high standard without supervision using Wood's and Client design methods, standards and data
- Grow in leadership qualities and capability providing optimised solutions to Client’s complex multi-faceted problems; articulating these in a way that allows Clients to readily present to their own internal and external stakeholders
- Develop compelling and competitive proposals that readily demonstrate to Clients the best way to deliver their project
- Challenge the status quo, support and be part of an award-winning group that seeks to grow and develop to be the best it can be
- Be a role model for Wood’s behaviours; encouraging a collaborative, inclusive and supportive team that can have fun and enjoy the work we deliver
Skills and qualifications
You may read these details and consider not applying because your knowledge, experience and skills base doesn’t fully cover every item listed, and that’s understandable. However, we’d still like to hear from you. At Wood, we understand and acknowledge that everyone is different, we are committed to equal opportunities and want to access all the talent that is out there. We are committed to attracting a broad range of skills, knowledge and experiences and embrace differences. So even if you feel you don’t have everything listed, but think you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills to help us unlock solutions to the world’s most critical challenges and grow your potential….do apply.
Expected:
- Chemical Engineering Degree
- Linear Programming experience for configuration works
- Up-to-date technical expertise and a solid record of project execution
- Previous experience with a range of different refining and petrochemical technologies is required
- Experienced in the execution of conceptual studies, optimisation work and front end engineering design stage of projects
- Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills, ability to manage own work and the work of others, plus a strong customer focus and team-working skills
- Readily adaptable with excellent communication skills
- Ability to analyse logical problems or problems with several obvious relationships, systematically break a complex task into more manageable parts and identify the critical components of a problem
Desirable:
- Chartered Engineer or Scientist
- Member of an appropriate professional institution
- Commercial awareness of project delivery
- Experience in FEED, EPC, Commissioning and / or Operations such that Clients recognise the experience from later phases being considered in their early project phase
Diversity Statement We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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