Engineering Lead

PT Arkad Niaga Indonesia (LPR Group) is a resource recovery company supplying renewable feedstocks, starting with Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and now including Tire Pyrolysis Oil (TPO), to renewable fuel producers and global energy companies. Currently, Arkad is opening a vacancy for the position of Engineering Lead.

Job Description:

• Review and Validate technical documents like PFDs, P&IDs, and equipment datasheets

• Support equipment testing, commissioning, start-up, and shutdown activities

• Monitor daily plant operations and ensure process stability and efficiency

• Analyze process data, monitor KPIs and catalyst performance, and recommend improvements to optimize yield and efficiency

• Troubleshoot process issues with the operations team and across purification systems

• Coordinate with QA and inventory teams to maintain product quality

• Develop SOPs, work instructions, safety procedures, and train operators

Job Requirement:

• Min, Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Process Engineering (Advanced degree is a plus, but not mandatory)

• 7-12 years of experience in industrial plant engineering, with at least one full Design-Build-Operate cycle personally executed (greenfield design through commissioning into steady-state operations).

• Background that includes time at an EPC firm followed by a move to the owner-operator side – or the inverse

• Direct hands-on experience with at lease three of the following: DED / detailed engineering review, EPC contractor management, factory acceptance testing (especially with international vendors), equipment installation supervision, plant commissioning and start-up

• Strong technical foundation in chemical or process engineering – able to read PFDs, P&IDs, control narratives, and equipment datasheets critically, and challenge consultants where appropriate

• Experience operating in multi-vendor, multi-shareholder project environments – civil contractor, MK consultant, EPC firm, equipment supplier, technology licensor, regulatory bodies

• Experience in Technical Due Diligence (TDD) and Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) would be an advantage

• Experience in thermal conversion, pyrolysis, gasification, refining, or petrochemical processing

• Experience in contamination management – chloride, sulfur, or metals in hydrocarbon streams

• Familiarity with the Indonesian regulatory and EPC ecosystem for industrial plants