Aveva
Services Principal Consultant
Houston, Texas, United States of America · Principal · Full-time
Work authorization required$124k-$207kDetected 30 days ago
PythonMATLABComputer VisionProcess ImprovementCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingPublic SpeakingProcess SimulationThermodynamics
About the role
- AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.
- If you're analytical, pragmatic, and driven to make a tangible impact on the sustainability of the industrial sector, our team is the perfect place for you.
- The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.
Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of process simulation and optimization projects, ensuring technical excellence while meeting customer requirements, budgets, and project timelines.
- develop, configure, and validate open-equation process models
- automate model workflows and support commissioning of online applications.
- Build and maintain deep expertise in optimization technologies (APO/APS), applying them effectively and innovatively to solve complex operational challenges.
- Plan, execute, and review Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) activities for APO/APS solutions to ensure compliance with design specifications and functional requirements.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to model configuration, process design, and plant operations, implementing corrective actions to achieve performance and optimization targets.
- Review process flow diagrams (PFDs), P&IDs, and plant data; develop, configure, and validate open-equation process models; automate model workflows and support commissioning of online applications.
- Seeking a highly motivated Process Simulation and Optimization Engineer to execute and deliver advanced modeling and optimization solutions for refining, petrochemical, and upstream operations.
- The role involves developing and deploying open-equation process models, applying optimization technologies (APO/APS), and supporting both project execution.
- Onsite travel to the customer sites for commissioning activities and support as needed.
Requirements
- Experience with open-equation modeling frameworks and their application in industrial process optimization.
- Minimum of a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering with at least 3 years of relevant experience; candidates with higher degrees are strongly preferred.
Nice to have
- Review process flow diagrams (PFDs), P&IDs, and plant data
- Apply strong domain knowledge in refining, petrochemical, and upstream production processes, including a clear understanding of key operating variables and economic drivers.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Petrochemical Engineering, Refinery Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering with at least 3 years of relevant experience
- candidates with higher degrees are strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience with process simulation and optimization tools, with familiarity or working knowledge of APO/ROMeo or similar platforms highly desirable.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience developing, testing, or implementing process optimization and simulation applications in online environment.
- Strong foundation in core chemical engineering principles, including thermodynamics, mass and energy balances, and transport phenomena.
Compensation
- $124,200.00 - $207,000.00
- This pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation that the position offers, and final compensation can vary within the range depending on work location, job experience, skills, and relevant educational attainment and/or training.
Benefits
- USA Benefits include:
- Flex work hours, 20 days PTO rising to 25 with service, three paid volunteering days, primary and secondary parental leave, well-being support, medical, dental, vision, and 401K.
- Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.
- The ideal candidate combines strong chemical engineering fundamentals, hands-on modeling expertise, and the ability to translate process insights into measurable operational and economic benefits.
- It's possible we're hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location.
Company info
- sustainability-report.aveva.com/
- aveva.com/en/about/careers/
- AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment.
- Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check.
- Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
- AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect.
- We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.
- AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate.
- If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter.
- Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
- Our dynamic global team of 700+ engineers, developers, consultants, solution architects and project managers are at the forefront of delivering AVEVA cutting-edge solutions to customers.
- The work is complex and technical, but immensely rewarding: we empower customers to harness the full transformative potential of AVEVA's solutions.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification
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