Our client is part of a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. With 104,000 employees in more than 110 countries, the global group play a key role in helping to meet the world's growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways.

Our client is the global solutions and service organisation within the global group and provides business and operational consultancy, catalysts, technical services and research and development expertise to the energy and processing industries worldwide. The organisation has over 5000 staff working from an extensive network of offices around the world, with primary commercial and technical centres in the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Our client supports the group's business activities in downstream manufacturing and marketing, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), upstream production and project management, and provides services to refining, chemicals, gas, metals, pulp, paper and motor-sport customers worldwide.

Gasification and Hydrogen Manufacturing (GSGG) is one of the delivery groups within the company offering a wide portfolio of services and licensing processes, supported by a significant R&D effort. The group has a healthy performance; ambitious growth plans and employs some 100 professionals based in the Netherlands, Germany, China, India and United States. The main GSGG department is primarily involved in gasification R&D, new business development together with Gas & Power Clean Coal Energy business, design package delivery and operational service provision to new and existing assets for residue, gas and coal gasification and hydrogen technology.

Key activities include design and start-up support to 15 coal gasification units, natural gas gasification for the Pearl project in Qatar, and tar sands gasification for hydrogen production in Canada. At the moment 70% of the company's business income is generated through licensing to third party customers, and they have significant ambitions to develop their own equity projects for syngas production based on coal gasification.

For our client we are currently looking to recruit a Senior Process Engineer Gasification – Design to join the company in Amsterdam.

Key responsibilities

As Senior Process Engineer, you'll lead a team of 3-4 professionals as you participate in the preparation of basic design packages and basic design and engineering packages for the Gasification Process project. In detail, we'll expect you to:

• The preparation of the technical part of licensing proposals
• The preparation of Basic Design Packages and Basic Design and Engineering Packages for Shell Gasification Process projects
• Liaise with the customer during the project definition stage and execution of the basic design, and provide services during the detailed engineering phase of the project
• Lead the work of supporting engineering contractors outside the company and the expertise business units within Global Solutions.
• Support the customer during the final commissioning and start-up phase to ensure the successful delivery of the project

Requirements

With solid chemical engineering knowledge and proven working experience in technology or process engineering, you'll be a practical engineer from a solid theoretical background, and possess a good understanding of the inter-relation between engineering and process aspects. A keen interest in process integration and optimisation is essential, and we'll also expect you to have:

• Strong analytical skills
• Good communication and teamwork
• Fluent verbal and written English language skills
• The ability to lead a team of professionals in a project environment and work in close cooperation with a range of highly qualified experts.
• Experience of gasification processes, equipment design, solids handling process control and safeguarding would be desirable.

interested?

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