Lead Engineer

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s two Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

We are seeking a Lead Engineer, Process to join our team in Houston, Texas with travel to our LNG Facilities In Louisiana. This role reports to the Manager, Process Engineering, and will support the review of process design and operations engineering functions to meet the objectives of the project as delivered by the EPC and external consultants.

The successful candidate will have strong design understanding and operational expertise of key equipment involved in LNG liquefaction facilities with demonstrable experiences working with Feed Gas and Pre-Treatment systems, Liquefaction and Refrigeration Systems, HHC Management systems, Storage and Loading / BOG management Systems.

 Responsibilities:

• Support the development and progression of the Ready for Operations (RFO) schedule to transition the facility from EPC to the operations phase.
• Provide daily support to plant Production personnel in troubleshooting process issues and concerns by integrating fundamental principles of fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and hydrocarbon process chemistry.
• Support the development and utilize Process Monitoring tools that monitor process efficiency and make improvement recommendations to enhance production and efficiency performance.
• Develop comprehensive Operations and Engineering procedures to support new and enhanced as well as special operating modes of the CP facility.
• Provide Process Engineering support for plant shutdowns/turnarounds.
• Perform economic evaluations of equipment alternatives with emphasis on availability and reliability projections and life cycle costs.
• Support process improvement studies, performance optimization, incident investigations, economic evaluations, technical audits, and safety studies.
• Development of process simulations for process units, updates and modifies process simulation models.

Qualifications:

• Education and Certifications: 
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering
• Professional Engineer's (PE) License or equivalent CEng license is preferred.

• Experience: 
• A minimum of five to ten (5-10) years’ experience working in an engineering capacity in an industrial setting in engineering or operations
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
• Exhibit excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in key aspects of process engineering from conceptual design, economics, detailed engineering, plant startup, operations, and troubleshooting.
• Commissioning, start-up, and performance testing at project sites is a plus.
• Strong understanding of key equipment involved in LNG liquefaction facilities.
• Additional Skills:
• Possess effective computer skills; Microsoft Office software, and discipline specific software applications: HYSYS, Aspen Plus, etc.
• Skilled in the application of relevant major design codes and standards.
• Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status

• Additional Skills:
• Possess effective computer skills; Microsoft Office software, and discipline specific software applications: HYSYS, Aspen Plus, etc.
• Skilled in the application of relevant major design codes and standards.
• Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status.

Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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