Sr Advanced Project Engr

We are seeking a highly experienced KPI & Visualization Lead to drive the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-wide KPI frameworks, performance management dashboards, and advanced visualization solutions. This role will focus on delivering Production, Maintenance, Reliability, Equipment, and Energy Performance KPIs for customers in the Refining, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Power, and Mining industries.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and solution design to implementation, deployment, and customer adoption

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end project execution, ensuring successful delivery from solution design through project closure.
• Serve as the technical lead for KPI development, performance management solutions, dashboards, reports, mobility applications, notifications, events, and portal-based analytics.
• Define, design, and implement Production, Maintenance, Equipment, Reliability, and Energy KPIs across multiple process units and business functions.
• Translate business and functional requirements into detailed technical specifications and coordinate implementation with integration and reporting teams.
• Design data transformation, aggregation, and calculation logic using data collected from multiple enterprise systems.

Analytics & Visualization

• Design and develop enterprise performance management dashboards and reporting solutions using industry-leading visualization platforms.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify meaningful insights and drive data-driven decision-making.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise visualization standards and best practices.
• Develop intuitive, impactful, and user-friendly visualizations that effectively communicate complex operational and business information.
• Apply analytical techniques and data mining approaches to uncover trends, patterns, and performance improvement opportunities.

Customer & Project Management

• Prepare project documentation, including Functional Design Specifications (FDS), Detailed Design Specifications (DDS), and related deliverables.
• Conduct customer workshops, demonstrations, and end-user training sessions.
• Track project progress against schedules and communicate status updates to stakeholders regularly.
• Manage customer expectations while ensuring delivery within approved scope, budget, and timelines.
• Plan and coordinate engineering activities to achieve project milestones.
• Proactively resolve customer issues and drive timely escalation when required.

Ensure compliance with organizational standards, methodologies, and quality practices.

YOU MUST HAVE

• 12-15 years’ experience in designing and implementing Production, Maintenance, Energy and Reliability Key performance Indicator for refining, petrochemical, mining, power, or other chemical industries
• Prior experience of delivering large Enterprise level Operations, Maintenance and Performance management dashboard 
• Designing and implementing Visualizations and Reports using various visualization tools Microsoft - Power BI, Dundas. 
• Excellent Expertise in SQL, SSAS, SSIS can independently mine data to translate Business data needs into creative visualizations
• Strong hold on MDX concepts.
• Able to apply different mining techniques to build high-quality visualizations
• Prior experience of delivering large Enterprise level Operations, Maintenance and Performance management dashboard 
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of the Equipment, Energy, and process Monitoring KPI’s in the Refining and Chemical Process industries.
• Able to Identify, define and build KPI for equipment, process and Energy parameters for various process units and Departments.
• Knowledge of Refinery Operations, Refinery Configuration and business Process involved right from Crude purchase to Product Dispatch operations,
• Experience in implementing production, Maintenance, Quality KPI using solutions like AVEVA Insight, Siemens Opcenter Intelligence, Honeywell Uniformance KPI, KPI manager etc.,
• Experience in writing SQL queries and stored procedures
• Working experience of integration with other systems using OPC, OLEDB, ODBC and web services.

Industry Experience

• 12 to 15 years of experience in designing and implementing Production, Maintenance, Reliability, Equipment, and Energy KPIs within the refining, petrochemical, power, mining, or process industries.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale Enterprise Performance Management and Operational Intelligence solutions.
• Strong understanding of refinery operations and business processes, including crude procurement, production, quality management, maintenance, energy management, and product dispatch.

Technical Expertise

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing visualizations and dashboards using platforms such as Microsoft Power BI, Dundas BI, or equivalent visualization tools.
• Advanced SQL skills, including complex query development, data modeling, stored procedures, and performance optimization.
• Strong expertise in SSAS, SSIS, and multidimensional data modeling concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of MDX and analytical calculations.
• Experience defining and implementing KPIs for equipment performance, process efficiency, reliability, maintenance, and energy management.
• Experience with performance management platforms such as: 
  • AVEVA Insight
  • Siemens Opcenter Intelligence
  • Honeywell Uniformance KPI
  • KPI Manager
  • Similar industrial analytics solutions
• Experience integrating enterprise systems using OPC, OLEDB, ODBC, APIs, and web services.

We Value

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities with experience guiding multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions while meeting customer commitments and project deadlines.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to identify commercial opportunities, including change orders and project growth initiatives.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience delivering both on-premises and cloud-based analytics solutions.
• Ability to build strong customer relationships while effectively navigating cultural and organizational differences.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence adoption of data-driven decision-making practices across organizations.

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech/M. Tech in Chemical Engineering.
• Prior experience of delivering large Enterprise level Operations, Maintenance and Performance management dashboard 

Travel:   

• Willingness to travel 50% to 60% of the time for customer engagements, project execution, workshops, and site activities.