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Team Lead, Process Engineering
- Permanent
- Muscat, Oman
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 30/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
16/10/2026
Location
Muscat, Oman
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
30/11/2026
Job description
Twenty-eight units across the MAF refinery, from the CDU and Platformer with CCR to DHDS, SRU, PENEX and the utilities and oil movement areas, fall within the scope of this Team Lead, Process Engineering in Muscat. Reporting to the Head of Process Engineering with five process engineers in the team, you sit between the TSD Centre of Excellence and MAF operations. Complex operational problems in MAF plants are yours to lead to resolution, weighing economic, operating, maintenance and technical factors together. Optimisation work draws on process simulation, Heat and Material Balances, PFDs, benchmarking such as Solomon and Root Cause Analysis. Turnaround scopes, MOC scopes of work, HAZOP participation and minor plant modifications also come through the team. Regular reports on plant utilisation and availability go to senior management, corporate planning and finance, and operations, engineering and OMT management rely on your support to cut operating cost and recommend catalysts and chemicals. Developing the engineers in your team feeds the wider TSD talent pipeline. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and 8 to 12 years of relevant experience in oil and gas, refinery or petrochemical operations, with good knowledge of SAP, PI, LIMS and DCS systems. Fluent English is required, and native Arabic is desirable.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead the resolution of complex operational problems in MAF plants, balancing economic, operating, maintenance and technical considerations
- Analyse operating data to identify optimisation opportunities within and across process units and equipment
- Use process simulation tools to evaluate and improve unit performance
- Benchmark plants and systems against industry best practice and build implementation plans for identified opportunities
- Review complex design work by internal and external engineering resources that supports process optimisation
- Develop Heat and Material Balances and Process Flow Diagrams, and design minor plant modifications through to completion
- Monitor the performance of specific equipment
- Supervise preparation of the refinery turnaround process scope of work
- Prepare scopes of work for MOC requests raised for process improvement
- Perform Root Cause Analysis and propose corrective actions to improve performance
- Participate in HAZOP studies for modifications to existing facilities
- Draft preliminary documents for tender submissions
- Write technical procedures for modifications and new systems
- Validate the designs, analyses and findings produced by process engineers
- Support operations, engineering, corporate planning and OMT management in reducing refinery operating cost and recommending catalysts and chemicals
- Report progress against Process Engineering Services business plans, including challenges, mitigations and course corrections
- Issue regular performance reports on MAF plant utilisation and availability to senior management, corporate planning and finance
- Guide the operating team on daily and longer-term operating strategies
- Facilitate knowledge transfer between teams to build a culture of continuous improvement
- Allocate work and responsibilities across the process engineering team to keep productivity high
- Identify and develop talented engineers as a feeder for the TSD talent pipeline
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent
- Bring 8 to 12 years of relevant experience in a similar role within oil and gas, refinery or petrochemical operations
- Demonstrate experience in field investigation, inspections, troubleshooting, performance checks and data compilation
- Use SAP, PI, LIMS and DCS systems with confidence
- Show experience in benchmarking studies such as Solomon
- Apply experience in asset master data governance and data integrity
- Manage budgets and cost control for engineering services
- Understand P&IDs, PFDs, engineering drawings, OEM manuals and relevant international standards
- Know HSE requirements including process safety, H2S awareness, basic fire fighting and emergency response
- Offer experience in refinery commissioning and start-up
- Communicate fluently in written and spoken English, with native Arabic desirable