Lead Process Engineer

Our client is a global industrial conglomerate with approximately 7,000 employees, specializing in equipment manufacturing, energy engineering, and technical services. The company is expanding into the UAE with a new production facility, leveraging its extensive oil and gas expertise to deliver high-quality engineering solutions while maintaining strong standards of safety, reliability, and operational excellence.

What we offer
Your salary is tax free! You will have the opportunity to expand your network and be a part of a dynamic and growing company. Our client offers a direct employment contract, competitive salary package, and other benefits as per UAE Labor Law.

Who you are
As Lead Process Engineer, you manage process activities, man-hours, and technical deliverables to meet quality, budget, and schedule targets. You evaluate core technical docs (models, P&IDs, equipment specs, user guides).

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong leadership, team management, and multidisciplinary coordination skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• ADNOC: CV in ADNOC format; prior approval in a similar role is an advantage.
• Proven ADNOC project work, standards, and procedures.
• Proficient in MS Office, MS Project, Primavera P6, and 3D review tools.
• Strong stakeholder management and English communication skills.

Education & Qualifications:

• Degree/diploma in Chemical, Mechanical, or related engineering.
• 14+ yrs experience (oil & gas; UAE/GCC preferred).· UAE-attested degree; professional membership a plus.
• Required ADNOC docs: attested degree, experience letters, certificates, passport copy.· Mandatory ADNOC approval in same position; ADNOC experience highly desirable.
• Familiar with API, NACE, NORSOK & software (HYSYS, UniSim, Flarenet, HTRI, AutoCAD).· Wood, Kent, Worley experience preferred.
• Valid CICPA pass required.

Description
The Lead Process Engineering drives the technical execution and resource management for discipline deliverables. This role directs team performance to yield compliant, high standard technical packages on time and within budget, ensuring strict alignment with regulatory requirements, project criteria, and safety protocols.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Manage process engineering and manhours. Keep quality, budget and schedule on target.
• Prepare conceptual routing studies and the engineering execution plan. Facilitate process meetings.
• Make sure design follows good engineering practice, safety in design, project requirements, codes and standards.
• Prepare and review process simulation, process description, design basis and design philosophies.
• Prepare and review P&ID, PFD, equipment list, line list, utility and chemicals consumption lists, and relief and blowdown summary. Prepare and review equipment selection, line sizing, process equipment and instrument datasheets, and flare network calculation.
• Coordinate with the client, third parties, detail designers and other parties. Manage interface issues.
• Prepare and review the operation and maintenance manual. Direct drafters and check drawings.