Title:
Discipline Manager-Process Engineering
Position Description
KBR’s global business comprises two main segments – Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) and Government Solutions (GS). This role sits within STS in the Integrated Solutions business unit and is a key leadership role within KBR Engineering Operations.
KBR is looking for a Discipline Manager - Process Engineering.
The applicant should have wide ranging and extensive experience with an emphasis on excellence in team leadership. You will be responsible for managing the process engineering team, recruitment and ensuring projects are supported with resources, managing personnel and supporting projects. The applicant must have and maintain an understanding of the latest technologies and market developments to ensure best practices are implemented throughout projects.
The position is based in KBR’s Leatherhead Campus.
Key Functions
- Responsible for all aspects of engineering activities undertaken in process engineering on proposals, projects and developments.
- Coordinates with other Discipline Department Managers to integrate technology activities with those of other technologies to meet company goals.
- Monitors and adjusts levels of personnel, levels of skills, and development of skills in the technology.
- Implements technology development and training plans for continuous improvement of project execution consistent with company goals.
- Implements project quality control procedures in his/her technology area.
Relationships
- Engineering Director
- Reports to the Director of Engineering for process engineering group support.
- Project Engineering Managers
- Coordinates directly Project Engineering Managers on staffing requirements and conduct technical audits.
Responsibilities
Managing a team of process engineers, you will advise, and contribute to the following:
- Providing technology staff for projects and proposals and ensures that adequate personnel resources are available.
- Ensuring adherence to project quality control procedures and approves key documents as required.
- Approving specific design methods and tools to be used on projects.
- Selecting new personnel and develops individuals through direction, counseling, training and selection for specific project activities.
- Maintaining awareness within the organization of developing technologies and related services outside the company and, where appropriate, prepares evaluations and recommendations for their application on projects.
- Ensuring the continued development and application of KBR technology, execution methods and procedures for projects.
- Approving project designs involving state-of-the-art, one-of-a-kind concepts, for severe service or complex technical matters and makes technical policy decisions within his/her technology area.
- Engaging with professional organisations to support personnel and maintain knowledge of developing technologies
Skills / Experience:
Essential
- Experience communicating across a multi-discipline team and across different offices.
- Have an understanding of project safety requirements, international standards and implications on design.
- Have a good understanding of process control and implementation in design.
- Developing presentations and experience communicating with clients, personnel and professional institutions.
- Must be able to drive quality within the process team and ensure high standards are met.
- Experience of delivery on conceptual, pre-FEED, FEED and/or EPC projects.
Desirable
- Experience managing a large team and understanding how to manage personnel.
- Experience training/mentoring younger engineers either informally or through a formal training scheme.
Qualifications:
- BSc degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent
- a relevant number of years' working with a major EPC contractor or operator.
KBR Company Information
When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.
At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.
Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.
As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
