Senior Refining Process Consultant - Part Time As Needed

Overview

Provides expert process optimization and safety guidance for Gulf Coast refineries.

Key Responsibilities

• process design
• digital automation
• process optimization
• energy efficiency
• client engagement
• knowledge management

Tasks

-Winning Work and Growing Customer Base: Assist in crafting GHD’s Downstream engagement strategy and support the development of proposals and presentations aimed at securing new business opportunities. Participate in market analysis conversations and introduce actionable recommendations to enhance customer engagement and business growth. -Solution Development: Define and deliver services that meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems. -Leveraging Relationships and Reputation: Leverage a strong network of key client contacts, industry connections, and professional reputation to initiate new customer engagements and accelerate invitations for onsite introductory meetings. These meetings enable focused dialogue around site needs, helping to position GHD’s offerings to deliver value and measurable business results. -Process Improvement Projects: Review refinery operations and identify opportunities to introduce the latest advancements in process technology, digital automation, catalyst and chemical systems, and other targeted improvements. Ensure designs comply with safety standards, environmental regulations, and quality specifications. Contribute to development and updating of process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs). Assess current instrumentation and approaches to advanced control and identify improvements to support strategic gains in unit operational performance. -Process Optimization and Efficiency Solutions: Apply expertise in refining processes to identify opportunities to address operational inefficiencies, optimize unit performance, and generate cost savings. Evaluate constraints impacting throughput and develop options to eliminate production bottlenecks. Advise on the scope of process improvements and support implementation. -Acts in alignment with overall business strategy, GHD’s best practices and Code of Conduct. -Engineering Solutions Design: Review engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards. -Energy and cost reduction strategies: Evaluate energy consumption trends, benchmark performance against industry standards, and propose targeted strategies to enhance energy efficiency. Identify and recommend solutions to eliminate operational inefficiencies, increase throughput, improve product quality, and generate cost savings. -Knowledge Management System: Work within established knowledge management systems to deliver preset outcomes for an area of responsibility.

Requirements

• chemical engineering
• refinery experience
• process safety
• design codes
• problem solving
• leadership

What You Bring

-Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from a recognized university. -Ability to collaborate effectively with teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organization. -Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills with a strategic mindset. -Strong understanding of safety practices and procedures for operating sites to ensure own personal safety in a refinery operating environment. -Ability to foster trust through a customer-centric mindset and build strong professional relationships. -Personal Safety: Ability to wear appropriate personal protective equipment. -Minimum 15 years of experience at a refinery location, with extensive knowledge of refinery processes and operations, refinery facilities and equipment, and engineering technical support. -Travel: Ability to travel to operating sites in Texas and Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. -Professional Engineering license (a plus but not required). -Highly motivated self-starter skilled in balancing multiple priorities and delivering consistent results. -Exceptional communication skills with demonstrated ability in making presentations to customers and management. -Extensive experience in the Oil and Gas industry, with strong understanding of refinery processes and unit operations. -Extensive knowledge of industry design codes and standards. -Experience successfully partnering with refinery site leadership and managing high-level stakeholder relationships. -Knowledge of process safety considerations and impacts on equipment and project designs. -Minimum of 20 years of experience in the refining sector, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.

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About Ghd

-With a focus on innovation, it integrates expertise across various sectors to deliver world-class solutions. -The organization is known for tackling large and complex projects, such as designing bridges and tunnels and constructing energy-efficient buildings. -Notable projects include infrastructure development for major cities and energy-efficient solutions for industrial facilities. -The organization continues to expand its digital and technological capabilities to ensure solutions are cutting-edge and sustainable.

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Visa Sponsorship

-candidate must have valid u.s. employment authorization. -no visa sponsorship now or in the future is offered. -position is not open for non‑immigrant visa sponsorship.