Senior Start-up Advisor

**The Project Operation Business Division is looking for a**

**Senior Start-up Advisor (F/M)**

Location: Rueil Malmaison or Local Contract depending our subsidiaries

**Axens Presentation:
Axens group provides a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates, the chemical recycling of plastics, all natural gas treatment and conversion options along with water treatment and carbon capture. The offer includes technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units, catalysts, adsorbents and related services. Axens is also specialized in Carbon Capture. Axens is ideally positioned to cover the entire value chain, from feasibility study to unit start-up and follow-up throughout the entire unit life cycle. This unique position ensures the highest level of performance with a reduced environmental footprint. Axens global offer is based on highly trained human resources, modern production facilities and an extended global network for industrial, technical supports & commercial services.

Axens combines the friendliness of a company on a human scale and the influence of a multinational environment whose customers are spread over more than 85 countries.

Axens is an IFP Group company.

**Context**:
Axens Project Operations (POP) Business Division mission is to provide advanced technologies, basic engineering design, modular units design and technical services to its customers.

The Start-up department is responsible to advise and support our clients during commissioning and start-up steps of new units and revamped units

We look for Senior Start-up Advisor who will take part to the start-up of units licensed by Axens for our refining and petrochemical customers as well as for new technologies.

**Missions**:
As a Senior Start-up Advisor, you will be involved in the following activities under the direction of a Chief Start-up advisor:

- Verify the construction in compliance with Axens’ specifications (equipment and P&ID inspection), supervise catalyst loading in the unit;
- Issue detailed start-up operating procedures for customers;
- Provide the technical support needed to ensure a smooth and safe start-up of the units;
- Provide recommendations to optimize and tune the units operations
- Monitor performance test of the unit
- Share site feedbacks with start-up team and management team.
- Contribute to the development of standard documents of the Start-up department.

Depending on your experience when starting, you may quickly be promoted to the position of Chief Start-up Advisor.

**Knowledge and Level Required**:

- With a Degree in Chemical Engineering, Master of Sciences or equivalent, you have a confirmed professional experience of at least seven years on activities of Start-up/commissioning in Oil&Gas sector.
- An experience on gas treatments, Hydrogenation, Light ends, Middle distillates, FCC, Hydro processing, Conversion, Reforming, or Isomerization, or Naphtha block or Aromatic complex are highly appreciated.
- A relevant on site experience is highly appreciated.
- An experience in process design is appreciated.
- A fluent level of English is mandatory, other language(s) appreciated.

**Associated Skills**:

- Curious and open-minded, you are motivated in working in an international environment;
- You are agile in working in collaborative organizations and multi-cultural company.
- You wish to work in an international and technical environment
- You are autonomous, pragmatic, flexible
- You are deeply concerned and sensitive to HSE and security-related matters.

You are ready to travel all around the world, on our clients sites (approx. 150 days/year), compensated by attractive allowances
Then this job is done for you

This position is based in France or on local contract depending on the location of our subsidiaries.

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