Lead Development Engineer (Process)

About the job Lead Development Engineer (Process)

The Lead Development Engineer provides quality development support across the full asset lifecycle from design through execution and into operations. This role ensures that all disciplinary deliverables drive safe, efficient, and technically sound outcomes across both capital (CAPEX) and operating (OPEX) scopes.

The Lead Development Engineer directs contractor engineering teams, facilitates inter‑discipline coordination, and supports the Engineering Manager in setting design priorities and ensuring procedural compliance with the Project Execution Plan and subsidiary documents.

The Lead Development Engineer also contributes to the advancement of Mubadala Energy's growth portfolio by providing engineering input, supporting appraisals, and transitioning into front‑end development roles following exploration success. The position requires effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful maturation of both project and operational opportunities.

In addition to major projects, the position supports brownfield modifications and OPEX‑driven initiatives on existing operating facilities. This includes troubleshooting, debottlenecking, and optimizing performance to maintain asset integrity and production reliability.

This role also supports the process team in design development, ensuring that process engineering work complies and integrates with design engineering requirements in accordance with Company requirements.

Based in the Kuala Lumpur office, with travel as necessary to project design offices, fabrication yards, manufacturing facilities, offshore locations, and other Mubadala Energy offices as required to support project execution and operational needs.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure contractor compliance with the HSE aspects of project engineering procedures
• Demonstrate exemplary commitment to MPs HSE goals and culture
• Participate in process safety integration by ensuring that HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, and other safety studies are conducted, and their outcomes are reflected in the project design
• Incorporate both environmental and operational risks mitigations and ensure process designs meet corporate and regulatory standards

Function

Process and Utility Flow Diagrams (PFDs, UFDs)

Leads cross‑discipline engineering contribution to project planning and definition, including early‑stage design scoping, technical assurance planning, and input into contracting strategies and execution models.

Provides cross‑discipline interface management for subsurface, reservoir and process engineering, ensuring seamless integration with mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, installation, and operations engineering during project execution.

Ensure that contractor deliverables for the cross‑functional disciplines are aligned with project schedules, commercial terms, and technical expectations as outlined in the contract and execution plan.

Provide strategic input into project documents such as the Basis of Design, Project Execution Plan (PEP), and deliverables registers to ensure accuracy and technical consistency.

Represent the front‑end engineering for internal and external project reviews, decision gate meetings, and technical assurance sessions.

Liaise with commissioning, offshore, and operations teams to resolve process‑related issues and support a smooth transition from engineering to execution and operations during start‑up and handover.

Ensure that process engineering deliverables enable project progression through Mubadala Energy's Stage Gate Process, from Appraise through Define, Execute, and Operate stages.

Contribute to the setting and monitoring of engineering performance targets related to cost, schedule, and quality, and ensure appropriate corrective actions are taken when deviations arise.

Ensure that all project‑level engineering activities comply with Malaysian legislative requirements and Mubadala Energy's internal project governance and assurance standards.

Engage with key stakeholders including Operations, HSE, Asset Teams, PETRONAS MPM, JV partners, and other regulatory bodies to support engineering alignment and secure required approvals.

General

Support the Engineering Manager in delivering the ME stage gate process deliverables.

Support the Engineering Manager in enhancing relationships with counterparts within PETRONAS MPM, JV partners, contractor organization, vendors, etc. to ensure smooth and efficient functional approvals.

Support the Engineering Manager to secure consensus and agreement with PETRONAS MPM functional representatives.

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