RTO Consultant (Real Time Optimization)

About the role

AVEVA is seeking an experienced RTO Consultant to join its Global Optimization team in Abu Dhabi. You will work on implementing and maintaining Real Time Optimization applications for refinery and petrochemical units, leveraging AVEVA Process Optimization software.

Key responsibilities

• Implement Real Time Optimization (RTO) solutions in refinery and petrochemical environments using AVEVA Process Optimization (APO) software.
• Maintain the installed base of RTO applications and provide ongoing technical support.
• Act as the primary technical interface with customers, ensuring project requirements are clearly defined and met.
• Validate engineered solutions against functionality, standards, quality, and documentation requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during project execution.
• Monitor project scope, manage change control, and identify risks and opportunities.
• Review process flow diagrams and P&IDs, contribute to process discussions, and perform complex data analysis.
• Support additional AVEVA project areas as needed.

Required profile

• Chemical Process or Control Engineer with 10+ years of experience in refinery and/or petrochemical optimization.
• Expert user of rigorous refinery process simulation tools or advanced control systems.
• Fluent in English; Arabic knowledge is a plus.

Required skills

• AVEVA Process Optimization (APO) software.
• Refinery process simulation packages.
• Advanced control applications for refinery/petrochemical processes.
• PI Asset Framework and PI Vision.
• Programming in TCL, Python, Excel VBA, and SQL.
• Familiarity with Power BI Services at AVEVA.