Sr Expert Process Engineer Operations
Date: 15 Apr 2026
Location: Craiova, RO, 200581
Company: OMV Group
Overview of the company
OMV Petrom is the largest energy company in South-Eastern Europe, being active on every aspect of the energy value chain: from wells, producing oil and gas, to refining and fuels distribution, gas supply and power generation & supply. We provide the energy for day-to-day modern life: fuels for mobility, light and heat. We believe that we can only evolve with a diverse mix of employees and by ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
At OMV Petrom, we have a long tradition of responsible behavior towards employees, the environment and society. Sustainability means a focus on conducting the business responsibly, efficiently and in an innovative way. We are committed to create long-term value for the company and our stakeholders, while respecting the environment and, supporting the communities in which we operate.
Your tasks
- Analyse existing facilities in OMV Petrom Upstream and propose improvements, de-bottlenecking, upgrades to efficiently decrease operations costs and enhance productivity/efficiency of plants/equipment and process safety;
- Smart reaction and educated resolution for trouble shooting, understanding of root-causes
- Provide specific process engineering calculations and support debottlenecking studies of surface installations and/or individual equipment and production system
- Assess equipment which are part of running facilities in view of their fitness in regards to installed/designed capacities vs. actual & future requirement
- Promotes and supports implementation of advanced controls into running facilities with a high level of automation in view of obtaining economic benefits via optimization of operating point without compromising on safety
- Be part of multi-disciplinary teams for integrated production system model from the reservoir to the selling point
- Agility to respond to external , third party and regulatory requirements/ changes (gas processes changes, demand of gas, and gas quality)
- Perform technical studies and specific audits, reports and memos;
- Support OR&A and Process Safety with process expertise during pre-startup audits or process safety audits
- Continuously analyse opportunities for production system optimization and/or process safety improvements and propose best solution;
Your profile
- Master degree in Engineering or similar
- Relevant professional experience: > 7 years
- Very good knowledge of principles, strategies, working methods within operations;
- Experience in Field Management optimization projects;
- Good understanding of the whole value chain from subsurface to the delivery;
- Extended experience and knowledge of Best practices in Integrity management and Process Safety
- Extended experience in Field Management (mature fields operations, production operations, production technologies, facility engineering, lifting of oil & gas, drilling, asset management, HSSE, managerial interrelationships, interaction with authorities, legal requirements)
- Excellent communication both verbal and written in English
Location
Craiova
What OMV Petrom can offer
- Long weekend plans are always welcome - on Friday, our office hours end at 14.00.
- You can rely on a health insurance that covers medical treatment in a variety of private medical clinics.
- You can work from home, if the work activity allows.
- The number of your days off increase according to your work experience so that you'll enjoy more free time.
- We aim to make your vacation days happier, by paying each vacation day double.
- Are you a top performer? Your work can be rewarded each three months based on performance results.
- Additional days off and various financial support for different events like marriage, child birth, etc.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning and a variety of development programs.
- Do you prefer cars or bikes? We have free private covered parking.