What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Process Engineer (Multiple Locations) position at DNV?
About Us
We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.
As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.
About Energy Systems
We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.
About The Role
DNV Energy Systems is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join our Hydrogen and low-carbon fuels team. In this role, you will work with a group of process engineers, collaborating with other colleagues in identifying customizable solutions to clients’ challenges in their energy transition endeavors. Your contributions will help maintain DNV’s know-how around hydrogen as a fuel and feed to other processes. This know-how will readily respond to clients’ requests in a fast-paced environment.
Hydrogen & Low Carbon Fuel aspires to become the preferred business partner to support customers in mitigating their risks by providing high-quality due diligence studies focusing on green hydrogen production and its integration to a supply chain or the production of derivatives such as ammonia, methanol or synthetic fuels. Among the challenges that a process engineer in the team will be facing are process modeling of several scales of a facility based on the customer’s requirements and the preparation of Front-end Loading (FEL) documents from the identification of the opportunity (FEL 0) to Select (FEL 2).
This role is based out of any of the following DNV Offices (Houston, TX, Oakbrook, IL, Columbus, OH, Detroit, MI, Medford, MA, Miami, FL) presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site. Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.
What You’ll Do
business need, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment Department
(hrrecruitment.northamerica@dnv.com). Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
For more information
https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal
About You
What Is Required
We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.
As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.
About Energy Systems
We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.
About The Role
DNV Energy Systems is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join our Hydrogen and low-carbon fuels team. In this role, you will work with a group of process engineers, collaborating with other colleagues in identifying customizable solutions to clients’ challenges in their energy transition endeavors. Your contributions will help maintain DNV’s know-how around hydrogen as a fuel and feed to other processes. This know-how will readily respond to clients’ requests in a fast-paced environment.
Hydrogen & Low Carbon Fuel aspires to become the preferred business partner to support customers in mitigating their risks by providing high-quality due diligence studies focusing on green hydrogen production and its integration to a supply chain or the production of derivatives such as ammonia, methanol or synthetic fuels. Among the challenges that a process engineer in the team will be facing are process modeling of several scales of a facility based on the customer’s requirements and the preparation of Front-end Loading (FEL) documents from the identification of the opportunity (FEL 0) to Select (FEL 2).
This role is based out of any of the following DNV Offices (Houston, TX, Oakbrook, IL, Columbus, OH, Detroit, MI, Medford, MA, Miami, FL) presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site. Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.
What You’ll Do
- Perform technical due diligence on processes for producing and using hydrogen, including processes to make hydrogen-derived products such as methanol, ammonia, and synthetic fuels
- Being able to scale down processes and their corresponding cost estimates matching customers’ interests work in designing and optimizing production processes of different scales
- Leverage a deep understanding of low-carbon fuel technologies and process modeling to predict and deliver scenarios supporting the customer's strategic decision-making process
- Develop, lead, and coordinate mass and energy balance methodologies to assess end-use applications' technical and economic impacts
- Contribute to the know-how building and knowledge management of the Process Engineering team
- Support business development by leading and participation in the preparation of proposals.
- Manage work related activities for multiple projects and proposals in a fast-paced environment
- Review billion-dollar capital project documentation in several maturation levels such as FEL-2, FEL-3, and Construction to comment on information completeness.
- Design processes using process modeling tools to produce a list of major equipment for preparation of a Cost Estimate Class 4 as per AACE.
- Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
- Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
- Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
- 401(k) with company match
- Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
- Education reimbursement program
- Flexible work schedule with hybrid/remote opportunities
- Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
- Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
- Career advancement opportunities
- Benefits may vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election.**
business need, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment Department
(hrrecruitment.northamerica@dnv.com). Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
For more information
https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal
About You
What Is Required
- Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Chemical Engineering or higher
- Minimum Five (>5) years of relevant experience in process engineering with exposure to process modeling with tools such as UniSim or Aspen HYSYS. Ability to develop chemical processes models from scratch. Experience with only review of process models will not be considered.
- Experience with making/preparing process/system design, including PFS, PEFS, PFDs, P&IDs, and the ability to design equipment.
- Demonstrated knowledge level for reading and preparing these diagrams with tools such as MS Visio and/or AutoCAD and/or equivalent
- Experience as a team member in capital projects through the several stages of project development including Front-End Loading (FEL) stages from FEL 0 to FEL 3, construction, commissioning and operations.
- Ability to prepare cost estimates (Class 5 to Class 4 as per AACE).
- Knowledge about hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and synthetic fuels processes.
- Master competence level in Process Safety
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate technical information to subject and non-subject matter experts
- Strong project management and change management skills
- Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given workweek
- Results and documentation-oriented work philosophy with great attention to detail and a desire to grow
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the time to conferences, customer meetings, project sites, agencies, and internal meetings
- Must possess a valid driver’s license and be able to rent and drive a car or travel on public conveyances when required
- We conduct pre-employment drug and background screening
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in process and project development
