About Zeeco:
Zeeco is a global leader in combustion and environmental solutions, delivering advanced technologies for the refining, petrochemical, LNG, chemical, and power industries. Zeeco engineers and manufactures world-class fired heaters, burners, flares, thermal oxidizers, and combustion systems designed to maximize thermal efficiency, operational reliability, and environmental compliance.
Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Process Engineer with 10+ years of experience and extensive expertise in FRNC5 software for the thermal design, rating, revamp, and optimization of refinery and petrochemical fired heaters. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and validating thermal designs, evaluating heater performance, optimizing combustion efficiency, and ensuring compliance with API 560 & API 530 and client specifications throughout proposal, detailed engineering, and project execution.
Hands-on experience with FRNC software is mandatory.
At Zeeco, engineering is about solving complex combustion challenges that drive efficiency, reliability, and sustainability for the world's leading energy companies.
For more than five decades, Zeeco has been a global leader in combustion and environmental solutions, delivering advanced technologies for refineries, petrochemical plants, LNG facilities, power generation, and other industrial applications. With engineering, manufacturing, and service operations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, our solutions support customers in over 100 countries.
As part of our continued growth, we are expanding our Engineering Centre in Pune, creating a centre of engineering excellence that supports complex fired heater projects across global markets.
If you're passionate about fired heater technology and are looking for an opportunity to work on technically challenging international projects while collaborating with industry experts, we'd like to hear from you.
We are seeking an experienced Process Engineering professional specializing in Fired Heater Thermal Design to join our growing Engineering Centre in Pune.
This opportunity is ideal for engineers with strong expertise in FRNC5, fired heater thermal design, combustion engineering, process optimization, and operational troubleshooting who are looking to broaden their experience through global collaboration and technically challenging projects.
The position and level will be aligned with the successful candidate's qualifications, experience, and demonstrated technical expertise.
Fired Heater Engineering
You will be responsible for delivering technically robust fired heater designs and performance improvements by:
- Performing thermal design and heater rating using FRNC5
- Optimizing radiant and convection section performance
- Improving thermal efficiency and combustion performance
- Conducting heater revamp, debottlenecking and capacity verification studies
- Supporting burner upgrades and fuel-switching projects
- Validating process guarantees against project requirements
- Ensuring compliance with API 560, API 530 and client specifications
Process Engineering
Prepare and review engineering deliverables including:
- Heat & Material Balances
- Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
- Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
- Equipment Datasheets
- Utility Summaries
- Performance Guarantee Calculations
- Technical Specifications
- Technical Deviations
Prepare engineering specifications for:
- Burners
- Relief Valves
- Process Valves
- Control Valves
- Shut-Off Valves
- Fans
- Fuel Gas & Fuel Oil Systems
- Air Preheaters
- Expansion Tanks
- Oil Coolers
- Oil Pumps
- Slipstream Filters and associated thermal fluid systems
Proposal & Project Engineering
- Review customer specifications and recommend optimum fired heater solutions.
- Perform heater sizing and thermal evaluations.
- Prepare Bills of Quantity (BOQs) and engineering cost estimates.
- Support techno-commercial proposals.
- Participate in customer technical meetings and design reviews.
- Review vendor documentation.
- Participate in HAZOP studies.
- Coordinate with Mechanical, Combustion, Instrumentation & Controls, Electrical and Project Engineering teams throughout project execution.
Commissioning & Technical Support
Support project execution through:
- Site commissioning
- Start-up activities
- Performance guarantee testing
- Operational troubleshooting
- Root cause analysis
- Performance optimization
- Customer technical support
Mandatory
Hands-on experience with:
- FRNC5
- Fired Heater Thermal Design
- Heater Rating
- Fired Heater Revamps
- Debottlenecking
- Combustion Engineering
- Operational Troubleshooting
- Thermal Performance Optimization
Experience in the design of:
- Expansion Tanks
- Oil Pumps
- Oil Coolers
- Slipstream Filtration Systems
- Associated Thermal Fluid Systems
Technical Knowledge
Strong understanding of:
- API 560
- API 530
- ASME
- TEMA
- Fired Heater Design
- Combustion Engineering
- Radiant & Convection Heat Transfer
- Burner Performance
- Fuel Gas & Fuel Oil Systems
- Heat Recovery Systems
- Air Preheaters
- NOx Reduction Technologies
- Energy & Thermal Optimization
Mandatory
Preferred
- HTRI
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
Experience in one or more of the following industries:
- Fired Heater OEMs
- Oil & Gas
- Refining
- Petrochemical
- LNG
- EPC Organizations specializing in Fired Heater Design
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or an equivalent discipline from a recognized university.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Fired Heater Process Engineering within the Oil & Gas, Refining, Petrochemical, LNG, or EPC industry.
- Demonstrated experience in the thermal design, rating, revamp, and optimization of fired heaters.
Build the Next Chapter of Your Engineering Career with Zeeco
- Opportunity to work with one of the world's leading combustion technology companies.
- Exposure to global projects involving advanced burner technologies and low-emission combustion systems.
- Collaborative international engineering environment.
- Career growth through challenging industrial combustion and energy transition projects.
