POSITION DESCRIPTION
Position Title:
Senior Process
Engineer
Date:
May 2013
Reports To (Title):
Lead Process Engineer
Department:
Technical
Incumbent:
Approved by (Title)
Manager, Technical
Signature:
Signature:
Date:
Date:
PURPOSE
To provide effective process and utilities engineering services to Methanex New Zealand in order to achieve
daily operational excellence and to drive down unit cost of production, improve production capability,
and/or minimise overall risk of harm to people, risk of harm to the environment or risk of lost production.
Provide technical advice to Operations on plant operating rates, conditions and procedures
Provide support to junior engineers to ensure work is completed in a timely and effective manner.
DIMENSIONS
Budget
- Opex
- Capex
$5000
Number of Direct Reports
Number of Indirect Reports
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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
RESULTS/DELIVERABLES
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Process Engineering
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Process Safety Management (PSM)
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Ensures that an effective Process Engineering service to
the Operations Department is consistently provided in
order to achieve daily excellence in the areas of plant
operation with particular support in defining daily targets
such as:
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Plant rate
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Operating conditions/profiles
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Inventory management
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Short term shutdown/start-up planning
Provides engineering input into troubleshooting
operational problems.
Reviews operating procedures that require technical
input.
Provides engineering service to the Operations
Department in order to achieve long term (>6months)
excellence in the areas of plant performance with
particular support in achieving targets in reliability,
safety, productivity, efficiency and plant change.
Identifies, evaluates and executes continuous
improvement opportunities to drive down unit cost of
production, improve production capability and/or
minimise overall risk of harm to people, the
environment.
Manages and completes work to meet or exceed relevant
Process & Project KPIs.
Provides process engineering support for plant changes
using the Plant Change Request procedures.
Provides PCR leadership of specified project teams
dealing with major plant changes.
Supports the Process engineering element of the capital
planning process such that studies, justifications and
value propositions are provided for work that is on, or
proposed to go on the annual Capital Plan
Provides Process support to other MX sites Process staff
as required.
Provides technical recommendations to the SMT and
capital planning team for catalyst related decisions
including
selection, replacement, performance
monitoring and disposal.
Assists in the development of junior engineers through
knowledge sharing and coaching.
Ensures compliance with the requirements of PSM to
minimise overall risk of harm to people, harm to the
environment or loss prevention through completion of
audits and timely close out of assigned PSM element
corrective actions.
Improves the safety in design performance of MXNZ
through application of learning from incidents at other
sites.
Participates in risk/safety reviews required for plant
changes. Acts as leader at HAZOPs, FMEAs and other
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Other
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Legislative compliance
Methanex vision and values
Contributes to the organisational vision of
Global Methanol Leadership and as a team
member demonstrates the core values of
integrity, trust, respect and professionalism
Responsible Care
General
review meetings for projects.
Prevents risk of injury to self or others and supports
Methanex H&S initiatives
Good working knowledge of relevant/assigned Tech Eng
Procedures. Contributes to the development &
maintenance of relevant systems, procedures &
standards within MX.
Participates in safety audits in line with department audit
schedule.
Undertakes to maintain the corrective actions database
and incident database assigned actions to achieve a ZERO
overdue target.
Provides back-up to the Lead/Principal Process Engineer
to cover for leave/absence when requested
Ensures project work is implemented in accordance with
MX procedures, MX Project Standards (MPS), statutory
compliance and NZ legislation.
Legislation in area of expertise is complied with and
proposed changes/updates communicated, as defined in
the Legislative Compliance System ES2A0202
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Demonstrated through feedback from team and leaders
Undertakes all aspects of the role through living the
Methanex values
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Conducts all business in a manner which supports the
Responsible Care® ethic
Networks with other Methanex sites to the mutual
benefit of all sites
Responsible for ensuring awareness of all controlled
documents relating to this position as per Document
Awareness Report from Document Management
Database
Contribute to the ‘operational excellence’ for Methanex
New Zealand as an effective member of the Technical
department
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KEY COMPETENCIES
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Technically compent with good analytical and problem solving skills.
Demonstrates productive work habits through efficient use of time and resources. Delivers work
consistently in a timely manner and to the appropriate standard. Completes work to a ‘Right first time’
ethic.
Good level of interpersonal skills (communication, listening and reliability) together with an ability to work
with internal & external ‘customers’.
Proactively seeks improvement opportunities
Good written and oral communication skills.
Operates with high level of integrity and trustworthiness
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KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
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Methanex New Zealand Commercial Manager
Methanex New Zealand Technical Manager
Methanex New Zealand Lead/Principal Process Engineer
Methanex New Zealand Process Engineering Team
All members of the Technical Department
Members of Maintenance & Operations Department
Members of Finance Department
Members of Global Logistics Department
QUALIFICATIONS
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BE, BSc or equivalent, in Process Engineering. Preferably a Chartered member of IChemE.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
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Minimum of seven years experience in Process / Utilities Engineering encompassing all aspects including
trouble shooting, monitoring, auditing, conceptual design etc. Minimum 3 years experience working with
Hydrocarbon processing facilities.
5-7 years design experience in the sizing and selection of standard processing units, e.g. pumps, control
valves, relief valves, compressors and distillation systems
Competent user of Process related design and hazard review/assessment software, e.g. HYSYS, PHAPro.
Competent user of standard computing packages (e.g. Microsoft Office).
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