Process Engineering Placement 2025

TAQA supports diversity in the workplace and along with an inclusive environment, aims to ensure everyone feels that they can be themselves at work. This includes supporting people with a disability or health issue in a non-judgemental environment.

Why work for TAQA?

Compressed Working Week (CWW)

TAQA offers onshore employees and contractors a Compressed Working Week (CWW) in order to help achieve a healthy work-life balance. The CWW is an arrangement where employees and contractors work a standard two-week work period (10 days) over a compressed period of 9 working days i.e. employees contracted to work 37.5 hours per week will work 75 hours over 9 days (instead of 10 days). The 10th day in the second week of the CWW period is known as 'Flex Friday', a non-working day.

Roles and responsibilities

Basic purpose of the role

As a placement student within the TAQA Engineering team in Aberdeen, you will gain substantial industry knowledge by collaborating closely with experienced colleagues.

• Knowledge and experience of industry technical specifications and standards.
• Assist engineers with various tasks to broaden your knowledge and experience in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Receive technical oversight and support from the Process Technical Authority and Process Lead Engineers throughout your placement.
• Work alongside process engineers within the modifications, decommissioning and operations teams.
• Participate in change management processes.

Key responsibilities

The summer student position will provide support across the Process Engineering discipline, including the following key activities:

• Brae Alpha Platform Operating and Procedures Manuals (POPM). This activity is a key focus for the asset team in 2025.
• Update of Promax simulation models for Brae Alpha and Harding. Maintaining accurate simulation models ensures these models can be utilised for input to flare & vent assumptions, process plant optimisation and fault finding.
• Harding/Brae Alpha TAR scopes - Support a range of Engineering scopes planned for 2025, including TAR scopes

Qualifications, experience and skills

• Currently undertaking a Chemical Engineering Degree at BEng (Hons) or MEng level

Additional skills/requirements

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels.
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Ability to be proactive, pragmatic and deliver results.
• Evidence of creative thinking with the ability to introduce new concepts and ideas