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mentor and develop engineers while maintaining accountability for deliverable quality and consistency.\nPlan and manage process engineering scope, including development of manhour estimates, staffing plans, and input to project schedules; monitor performance and maintain alignment with project objectives.\nContribute to proposal development and project positioning, including scope definition, technical input, and basis of estimate development; identify and pursue opportunities for follow-on work with existing and new clients.\nWork directly with refinery operations, technical, and project teams to define scope, confirm design requirements, and develop practical solutions that meet facility needs; maintain client relationships at the working and project leadership levels.\nLead P&ID reviews and design workshops; participate in HAZOPs and technical review meetings, ensuring actions are resolved and incorporated into the design.\nDrive multi-discipline coordination with piping, mechanical, I&C, electrical, and CSA teams, ensuring process intent is properly translated into design deliverables.\nCoordinate execution across multiple offices and engineering centers, effectively utilizing distributed resources while maintaining consistency in technical quality and delivery expectations.\nReview and challenge engineering designs from an owner/operator perspective, identifying risks related to process safety, operability, maintainability, constructability, and long-term reliability.\nOversee process simulations and design calculations, ensuring appropriate application and validation of results.\nSupport vendor and package activities, including technical bid evaluations, vendor document reviews, and resolution of technical queries.\nProvide field support as required, including site visits, walkdowns, constructability reviews, commissioning, and start-up support.\nIdentify and communicate scope changes, technical risks, and potential impacts to cost and schedule; support development of mitigation strategies with project leadership.\nSupport brownfield project execution, including tie-in definition, battery limits, and coordination with operating facilities.\nContribute to development and continuous improvement of engineering procedures, guidelines, and work practices; provide technical leadership within the office and across projects.\nApply sound engineering judgment to balance technical rigor with practical execution, delivering solutions that are safe, operable, and constructible.\nEnsure all work is executed in accordance with applicable company, client, and regulatory requirements, with a strong focus on safety and quality.\nIn addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.\n\nYour knowledge/skills, education, and experience: \n\nKnowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification: \nBachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering.\nLicensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) required; Texas licensure preferred.\nMinimum of 15 years of process engineering experience, including substantial refining experience and demonstrated responsibility for project delivery; candidates with 20+ years of experience are encouraged to apply.\nDemonstrated experience working for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor, including leading process engineering execution through FEED and detailed design.\nStrong knowledge of refinery process units, utilities, and offsites, including the design considerations associated with modifications to operating facilities.\nDemonstrated ability to lead process engineering scope, including planning work, developing manhour estimates, coordinating resources, and managing technical quality, schedule, and budget performance.\nDemonstrated ability to establish the design approach, develop and review engineering deliverables, and take responsibility for the technical integrity of process engineering work.\nStrong analytical capability and command of process engineering fundamentals, including process simulation, equipment sizing, hydraulic analysis, relief systems, and process control.\nPractical experience applying process safety principles in design, including participation in HAZOPs and use of Management of Change (MOC) processes.\nProven ability to represent an engineering contractor as a client-facing Process Engineering focal point, lead technical discussions, communicate recommendations, and resolve technical issues with refinery clients and owner/operators.\nDemonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and execute work across multiple offices or engineering centers.\nExperience supporting brownfield projects and field activities, including site walkdowns, tie-in identification, constructability reviews, commissioning, or start-up.\nEffective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to engineering teams, project management, and client stakeholders.\nU.S. Gulf Coast refining project experience preferred; familiarity with Corpus Christi area facilities is beneficial.\nCommitment to safety, quality, and ethical engineering practices in alignment with company, client, and regulatory requirements.\n\nCommunication:\nCommunicates clearly and effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, with clients, owner/operator representatives, project management, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.\nLeads client meetings and technical discussions, explains design decisions, and presents recommendations with confidence and sound technical reasoning.\nCommunicates scope changes, technical risks, and impacts to cost and schedule promptly, supporting resolution with clients and project teams.\n\nBehavior/ Core Competencies:\nAt Kent, you will be expected to operate with a high degree of professional judgment, accountability, and autonomy, while remaining aligned with project and organizational objectives. 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