Oil & Chemical Industry Infrastructure Engineer

Global Edge is an international staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high-level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, Automotive and Motorsports, IT, Marine, Mining, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.

Position Overview

Our team is currently looking for an Oil & Chemical Industry Infrastructure Engineer for a client in the Oil and Gas industry.

As a recognized company expert in the chemical business, our client is developing the production, shipping, and marketing of refined products, liquid chemicals, and solid chemicals as an alternative route to market for our oil and gas resources. The Oil & Chemical Industry Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for reviewing all related infrastructure designs, conducting technical and commercial assessments for LTC project infrastructure systems, and working with different project organizations to develop plans, design basis, philosophy, and strategy for the project. The infrastructure engineer is a technical consultant and subject matter expert when required.

Responsibilities & Essential Duties

• Support in reviewing and analyzing site preparation surveys and geotechnical soil tests.
• Daily interaction with different organizations to interpret, analyze, and act on their needs and requirements related to the utility systems, infrastructure, and supply chain.
• Support the project team to define the infrastructure needed for shared services such as cogeneration, air separation units, hydrogen manufacturing plants, product handling and logistics, marine terminal storage, desalination plants, sulfur handling, communication networks, etc., ethylene/propylene grids, CO2 collection hubs, and CO2 delivery to underground sinks, where applicable.
• Review geotechnical and geophysical surveys for the selected pipeline corridors and other assets.
• Perform a full lifecycle review of any design related to utilities, pipelines, railway systems, corridors, roads, bridges, modularization, marine and terminal infrastructure, jetties, berths, land development, etc.
• Review and ensure company land use permit (LUP) approval for the targeted lands of the projects. Work with the Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY) and other government authorities to secure the lands and complete the necessary paperwork and requirements.
• Acts as a technical consultant and subject matter expert when required.
• Participate in and review the design and plans to develop an overall site construction plan that considers all elements of the construction, including large equipment transportation, construction lay-down areas, and yards, batching plants, fabrication areas, construction waste management areas, site preparation surveys and tests, temporary construction facilities and camps (for the company and contractors), a local modularization hub including modular erection yards, a construction jetty, and all support services, logistics, and security associated with the construction of these major facilities.
• Participate in developing the design plan for facility infrastructure.
• Working with different project organizations to develop plans and design the basis for infrastructure such as hospitals, administrative buildings, security administration, gates, fences, roads, trenches, etc.
• They are reviewing plans and deliverables for new integrated refinery and petrochemical projects to ensure that they comply with company standards and regulations as well as industry codes.
• Participate, review, and analyze any document related to utilities, infrastructure, and the supply chain.

Qualifications (Education, Experience, & Skills)

• Experience in running economic models and reading linear programming models as well as understanding/analyzing the financial and economic metrics of projects such as IRR, NPV, PI, cash flow analysis, EBITDA, etc.
• Experience in participating in pre-feasibility and feasibility studies as well as pre-FEED and FEED design phases for refinery and petrochemical projects. experience in participating in EPC studies for refinery and petrochemical projects.
• At least 15 years, preferably in the oil and chemical industries
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, such as civil engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, or mechanical engineering.
• Possesses commercial solid/business experience. Experience in negotiating Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreements, supply agreements, joint development agreements, definitive agreements, and other commercial aspects for utility systems, infrastructure, and supply chain of refinery and petrochemical projects.
• Knowledge of shared/common services supporting the refinery and petrochemical projects such as buildings, control rooms, laboratories, fire water systems, telecommunications, housing, and community, etc.
• Excellent negotiation skills and strong commercial and business acumen
• Possesses excellent communication skills (strong English language, preferably other languages too).

Global Edge Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Group, LLC does 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. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.