Principal Consultant

The Role
The role is to be part of the Consulting delivery team, supporting project execution primarily within the region, and globally as required. Initially, the role will be to work under the guidance and direct of the project technical lead, with a view to developing the required experience and skill to take on the technical lead role within 1 to 2 years.

Your Impact
• Assist the project lead in executing projects including assessment, kick-off, design, modelling, configuration, installation, commissioning and post-audit.
• Perform/participate in studies, proof of concepts/trial evaluation and provide user training.
• Support Sales and Marketing to grow services business.
• Support and train junior personnel

What You’ll Need
• Petroleum industry experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or similar relevant experience
• Background or exposure to one or more of the following areas: refinery process operations, refinery planning, refinery scheduling, Advanced Process Control (APC), or optimization technologies will be an advantage for this role.
• Understand the concepts of multi-variable identification and be able to proficiently execute data analysis for larger scope problems
• Exposure to plant systems (e.g. data historians) and limited programming experience is a plus, but not required.
• Fast learner with a desire/motivation to learn cutting-edge new technologies.
• A team player with the ability to relate to customers and maintain good working relationship
• Able to work collaboratively and effectively within a team
• Able to demonstrate strong communication skills within a customer facing environment
• Proactive problem solver with strong analytical skills
• Excellent English verbal and writing skills
• Must be willing to travel extensively (up to 30% of the time, on average, but not on a continuous basis)