Senior Process Engineer

Your Job

Optimized Process Designs, LLC (OPD), a Koch company, is seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Process Engineer to join our team and take a lead role in delivering midstream oil and gas projects.

In this position, you will apply your technical expertise across all project phases, from initial scope development through detailed design and construction.

You will lead process engineering efforts, mentor junior engineers, and take ownership of critical process deliverables including simulations, design calculations, and equipment selection.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with process simulation software, a strong background in refinery or gas processing facility design, and a passion for mentoring and collaborative problem-solving.

If you have a foundation in process engineering with a focus on midstream or downstream sectors, we invite you to contribute to complex, high-impact projects that drive operational excellence.

This role will sit on-site at OPD's headquarters in Katy, TX.

Our Team

At OPD, our people are our greatest asset.

Through our people, we have developed a strong, contribution motivated, team with a reputation for honesty, integrity, and ability to successfully execute projects.

We have a key advantage in being able to supply in-house construction services as well as in-house engineering/procurement.

This enables clients to have a ''one stop shop'' for the overall project, providing increased efficiency and avoiding potential interface problems.

OPD's industry experience, flexibility, and personal attention have made us a preferred partner to our customers and our tight knit, highly productive, team atmosphere makes OPD a great place to work.

What You Will Do


* Provide technical expertise to projects in all phases of work from initial project scope development through construction


* Lead process engineering on multiple projects with assistance from other Process Engineers


* Mentor junior engineers to help accelerate their technical advancement


* Independently evaluate and design facilities for midstream and downstream projects


* Basic & detailed design engineering activities for the assigned project in refineries and gas processing facilities


* Be the technical owner on all process deliverables such as - performing process simulations, design calculations, sizing & selection of equipment, etc


* Review of client's documents, specifications, datasheets, verification of FEED design & calculations, PFD, P&IDs, equipment datasheets, heat material balance, process line sizing calculations, hydraulic calculations, instrument datasheets including control valves and relief valves, and other process design-related tasks


* Evaluate vendor quotes and develop equipment bid tabs


* Assist in the development of I/O lists, line lists, cause & effect, control philosophies, shutdown philosophies, and providing necessary engineering inputs to the other disciplines


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