Principal Process Engineer
SwedenCompetitiveOn-site0 applicants
About this role
We are seeking to appoint a Principal Process Engineer at a Client’s site in Sweden for the delivery of process design scopes and to provide support during turnarounds. This position is suited to an experienced process engineering professional with a proven track record of leading process engineering activities and site experience.
The assignment is scheduled to start in August 2026 and will run for 18 months. The position is full-time and requires full on-site presence in Nynäshamn, Sweden.
Responsibilities
- Process Engineering & Studies
- Provide process engineering input to ongoing and planned refinery projects
- Support development of project scopes and technical definitions
- Perform process calculations and evaluations
- Review heat and material balances
- Support process simulations (if required)
- Review process safety requirements, including flare loads, relief cases, and isolation philosophy
- Review process design basis, PFDs, and P&IDs.
- Participate in design reviews (e.g., HAZOP, HAZID, SIL) as required
- Review and comment on vendor documentation and engineering deliverables
- Support project execution
- Assist with commissioning planning and readiness reviews (as required)
- Participate in technical meetings and reviews
- Turn Around Support
- Support turnaround, preparation, and execution from a process engineering perspective. Provide day shift or night shift process engineering coverage during shutdown, start-up, and commissioning activities
- Review shutdown, isolation, decontamination, and start-up procedures
- Identify process risks, and mitigation measures during turnaround activities
- Troubleshoot process upsets and provide technical support during shutdown and start-up phases
- Support operations, maintenance, inspection, mechanical, and HSE teams to ensure safe execution
- Support Management of Change (MOC), risk assessments, and process safety reviews related to turnaround activities
- Monitor unit performance during restart and support stabilization and optimization of op