Not just a job, but a career

Yokogawa, award winner for ‘Best Asset Monitoring Technology’ and ‘Best Digital Twin Technology’ at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries. 

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About the Team
Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

Main Aspects of Job

The work will involve consultancy type tasks, carrying out yield and energy optimisation projects and assisting in the development of tools to help in these projects. The candidate may be required to visit client sites or work in our other offices. Although the work involved will mainly focus on yield projects, there may also be the opportunity to work in any of KBC’s other businesses when the need and requirements arise.

Main Roles and Responsibilities

• The post holder will be provided with the opportunity to complete individual tasks supporting larger projects, be provided with training in KBC’s suite of upstream and downstream simulation tools, and gain experience of different areas of oil and gas processing focusing on oil extraction and refining.
• The post holder will interact with a wide-range of experienced oil and gas engineers from different disciplines and backgrounds, often working with engineers based outside the UK.
• Tasks will include simulation of refinery process units, operating data analysis and optimisation of a client’s operation with the end result of understanding the technical and economic impact of proposed changes to operation. Tasks will typically be completed using KBC’s Petro-SIM and Excel and a chance to apply the problem-solving, design and engineering skills learnt during your design project to a real-life situation.
• Our clients range from independent oil refiners, petro-chemical sites and national oil companies working in all areas of hydrocarbon processing. The post holder are also given research and development tasks to self-supervise in addition to supervised project work.

Position Requirements

The candidate should ideally possess the following attributes:

• High technical ability with an expected degree qualification of a 1st or 2.1

• in Chemical Engineering

• Highly motivated with a hard work ethic

• Good communicator and team player

• Would like to pursue a career in consultancy or contracting

• Be computer literate with established skills primarily in Excel and also other Microsoft products

• Ideally be familiar with process simulation using commercial software - not essential

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.  We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status.  We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances.  Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.

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