Lead Process Engineer (Contract)

Lead Process Engineer (Contract) Location: London (Hybrid, minimum 3 days in office) Contract Type: Contract (Outside IR35) Travel: Quarterly overseas travel required (all travel and accommodation covered) Key…

Outside IR35 Hybrid Engineering
Contract type Contract
Posted 8 October 2026

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Lead Process Engineer (Contract)

Location: London (Hybrid, minimum 3 days in office)

Contract Type: Contract (Outside IR35)

Travel: Quarterly overseas travel required (all travel and accommodation covered)

Key Responsibilities

Lead process engineering on upstream development and optimisation projects
Identify and evaluate production improvement opportunities
Drive debottlenecking and facility optimisation work
Produce and review key process deliverables
Review vendor packages and contractor deliverables
Work closely with operations to improve facility performance
Present technical recommendations to stakeholders
Support project planning, scheduling and reporting

Requirements

10+ years' upstream oil & gas process engineering experience
Background in production optimisation or brownfield projects
Experience across conceptual, FEED and detailed design phases
Strong process simulation skills (UniSim, Flaresim or similar)
Confident leading technical scopes independently
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Knowledge of international engineering standards
Willingness to travel internationally each quarter and able to pass offshore or overseas medicals

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