Job Description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways -- from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.
The Role
AspenTech is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant Engineer within our Global Professional Services organization based in Pune, India, whose primary responsibility is to provide consulting services within the Engineering (ENG) Services Team.



This position will require deep expertise in Refinery, Olefins, Polymer or Spec Chem process industry, and it will focus on the deployment of solutions for industrial processes and utilities systems by using AspenTech software technology. This will include development of steady state and/or dynamic models, for offline and/or online real time solutions used for process monitoring, process optimization, process improvement and energy studies, and energy/emissions reduction.



The incumbent will execute project work and would require travelling to customer locations as needed. It may also include providing support to Product Management, Marketing and R&D as an internal subject-matter-expert for process modeling.
Your Impact• Be the technical lead on medium and larger projects, dealing effectively with technical issues to ensure customer satisfaction and assigning tasks to the team members.
• Review process flow diagrams, process & instrumentation diagrams, mass balances, actual plant data, process descriptions, process manuals and lead process discussions, providing an effective process knowledge transfer to junior engineers.
• Oversee multiple projects and provide guidance and advice to less experienced team members to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Participate in client meetings, prepare project documentations (Functional Design Specifications, Detailed Design, Model Acceptance Test, As-built Documents, Reports, etc.), and assist with user training as necessary.
• Co-ordinate solution delivery in concert with AspenTech Project Management and the Client to ensure projects achieve stated milestones, delivery dates and financial goals.
• Implement projects using AspenTech's process simulation software like Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Plus, and others.
• Implement digital twin solutions for open loop and/or close loop optimization and sustainability projects.
• Confidently communicate with and present results to clients.
• Work co-operatively with the AspenTech extended team in Sales, Support, Product Management and Research & Development, and Partners to ensure successful project delivery and completion.
• Maintain and extend client satisfaction levels and develop opportunities for additional Services.
• Assist the sales organization and Services management team in preparing and delivering complex bids and proposals to major corporate clients.


What You'll Need• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Environment Engineering/Science or related field is required. Master's degree or PhD is an added advantage. Experience in a related service organization is an added advantage.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of major industrial processes from the thermodynamic, operational and design/modeling perspective, with minimum of 12 years of professional experience, in one or more of the process industries that includes Oil and Gas, Refining, Chemicals, Petrochemical or equivalent experience in an Engineering Company or in the Engineering department of an Operating Company. Knowledge of Polymer processes is an added advantage.
• Previous experience in process modeling and simulation, strong knowledge of refinery process, oil and gas and chemical process models is a must. Special focus and experience are expected in refinery process modeling and reactor modeling techniques.
• Experience and verifiable ability to use and apply process simulation and design tools from AspenTech or other Software vendors. Knowledge/use of AspenTech software for Engineering (i.e. Plus, Aspen HYSYS, etc.) is preferred.
• Previous Experience in AI/ML, Data Modeling is highly advantageous.
• Designing and implementing enterprise-wide visualization and collaboration solutions using AspenTech products, or 3rd party (PowerBI), is an added advantage.
• Advanced level use of Microsoft Office. Experience with VB.Net, C++ or other programming languages is highly advantageous.
• Exposure in the use of LP techniques, defining and implementing data integration with external systems and databases will be an added advantage.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English is a must. Additional languages skills are an added advantage.
• Must be comfortable in a technical lead role for project execution and consultative role.
• Fast learner and proactive problem solver with strong analytical skills.
• Team player with strong leadership and organizational skills, positive attitude, and ability to relate to customers and maintain good working relationships.
• Be able to work well in diverse teams composed of people with varied backgrounds.
• Travel to customer sites, if required. Travel is usually less than 25% (on a calendar basis) and may occasionally be international.
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