Process Engineer (Local Talent)

Basra, IraqFull-timePosted Jul 21, 2026

Title:

Process Engineer (Local Talent)

"Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR!

The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets."

Position title: Process Engineer

Position status: Local Talent

Position reports to: Lead- Operation Support & Process

Department: O&M Support

Rotation pattern: 28/28

Job purpose

Responsible for the process design, operation and implementation, improve industrial processes in order to maintain efficiency, reduce cost, improve sustainability and maximize profitability.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Develop, configure and optimize industrial processes from inception through to start up and certification
  • Assess processes, take measurements and interpret data
  • Design, run, test and upgrade systems and processes
  • Develop best practices, routines and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality of output
  • Perform process simulations
  • Manage cost and time constraints
  • Provide technical assurance to unit operations and ensure production plan delivery
  • Provide process documentation and operating instructions
  • Participate timely completion of Management of Change work (MOCs, medium to long term).
  • Utilise and perform maintenance of standardized monitoring tools to perform unit monitoring (Spreadsheets, or data historians like PI Process Book, etc).
  • Participate in special projects as required
  • Support Senior Operation Support Engineer as required
  • Consult technical specialist teams as required
  • Facilitate/ Pparticipate in HAZOP studies, and other safeguarding reviews
  • Utilize structured problem-solving techniques as appropriate: option analysis, RCA, etc
  • Ensure compliance with engineering related regulations and Shell standards
  • Promote and support compliance to Operating Integrity
  • Provide input into and support for the Integrated Activity Plan
  • Support Operations Reliability Improvement Process to ensure timely and appropriate corrective action has been taken to ensure repeat failures are eliminated

Qualification & Training requirements

  • BSc. Degree in one of chemical or petrochemical engineering department.

Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years of proven working experience in Process Engineering.
  • Experience in process simulations, with working knowledge of process engineering software packages and Knowledge of process related standards.
  • Experience in different process industry, either upstream, downstream, gas plants or with engineering and construction major contractors.

Language proficiency, computer and software skills

  • Advanced knowledge of MS Office               Advance
  • Honey well Unisim                                            Intermediate                                    
  • PipeSim                                                              Intermediate
  • Instrument Calc. tool                                        Intermediate
  • PI Process Book                                                Intermediate
  • English - Speaking, Writing and reading        Intermediate

Skills

  • Reading and updating process documents
  • Presentation skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Report Writing
  • Communication skills

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