RTO Consultant

About the Job
The individual will be part of the Global Optimization group and will participate at senior level in various activities, including the implementation of Real Time Optimization (RTO) applications in Refinery and Petrochemical units, using the company Process Optimization (APO) software.

Key Responsibilities

• Implementation of RTO applications in Refinery and Petrochemical units based on the company Process Optimization (APO) software.
• Maintenance of the installed base of RTO applications.
• Act as a technical interface with customers, establishing professional relationships to ensure that project requirements are fully defined and agreed.
• Ensure that the engineered solution meets project requirements in terms of functionality, standards, quality, and supporting documentation and implementation process at a minimum. Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems that arise during project execution.
• Monitor and control assigned work scope against the project plan, ensure effective change control, and identify risks/opportunities.
• Review process flow diagrams and P&IDs, contribute to process discussions; complete database or schematic changes, implement complex calculations for data analysis, and manipulate data files and collection lists accurately.
• Assist and eventually participate in other the company Project Areas.

Essential Qualifications

• Chemical Process and/or Control Engineer with 10+ years of relevant experience in Optimization of Refinery and/or Petrochemical operations and/or planning.
• Expert user of rigorous refinery process simulation packages or expert in advanced control applied to Refinery and Petrochemical, or both.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of Arabic will be an added advantage.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with PI Asset Framework and PI Vision.
• Programming skills in TCL, Python, Excel VBA, SQL would be a plus.
• Familiarity with Power BI.