Senior Project / Facilities Engineer at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Position Description

• The Senior Project/Facilities Engineer will utilize strong hands on engineering and management skill set to effectively and efficiently deliver oil and gas facilities from initiation to handover within a brown (and sometimes semi green) field environment in a timely and safe manner.
• The role will directly support oil production objectives and operations and maintenance of the producing onshore/swamp assets including all processing, utilities and evacuation systems.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Manager, Project Execution, and the successful candidate will be responsible for daily operations and project management of facility projects from inception to completion for the Projects and Facilities Engineering Department.
• Support business objectives and, project delivery objectives by developing, implementing, using and communicating appropriate processes, systems and procedures with a focus on Health, Safety and Environment (HSE).
• Within the Project Delivery framework, the successful candidate will:
• Ensure that production facilities projects, corporate and legislative standards are met.
• Conduct/lead project evaluations and scope identification/development. Support Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and Detailed Engineering activities including cost estimates, schedules, contracting, designs, equipment sizing, HAZOP studies, regulatory permitting, construction work packages.
• Trouble-shoot, analyze and solve problems as they arise. Learn from all situations, listen to expertise ideas and apply solutions and lessons learned to future projects.
• Carry out procurements, cost control and supervise the execution of facilities projects including contracting, quality control, construction management and handover to operations.
• Lead engineering activities and execute projects in a team environment involving petroleum engineering, production services, operations and maintenance personnel.
• Interphase with operations and maintenance personnel, and provide technical field support for Management of Change (MOC) projects (optimization projects) or like-for like replacement projects to ensure operational integrity of facilities.
• Provide input into facilities design, P&ID and HAZOP reviews.
• Interface with support teams (Regulatory, Land, Technical Services, others)
• Provide supervision and direction to Junior Engineers and multiple on-site.
• Representatives and Contractors.
• Work closely with outside engineering firms and consultants during the detailed engineering phase when required.
• Support facilities pre-start up inspection, commissioning and turn over to operations.

Job Knowledge and Experience

• Facilities and field engineering experience, including working knowledge of Hysys, Pipesim or similar modeling tools
• Have working knowledge of engineering standards and codes (API5L, ASME B31.1, B31.3 and ASME Sec VIII etc)
• Have working knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety, Government regulations and requirements
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and organizational skills; capable of working in a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary work environment while managing multiple priorities.

Qualifications Required
Our suitable candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant engineering discipline
• Possess demonstrable experience and specialism in Pipeline Engineering and evacuation systems design and operations.
• Be a professional engineer/registered engineer recognized by COREN (or similar Engineering
• Practice regulatory organization) with 15- 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas environment.

Dimensions:

• Several medium sized Oil and Gas facilities projects annually.
• Annual CAPEX : Above US$20 million

Key Job Challenges:

• Stakeholder management; communities, JV partners, HSE.
• Fast paced delivery in a brown field environment; requiring wide breadth of technical skill set.
• Significant level of interfaces.

Key Interfaces:

• Senior Process/ Concept Engineer; project sand facilities.
• Project Controls Engineer.
• Field Operations Manager.
• Operations Team Leads.
• Community Affairs Advisor.
• Head Maintenance Services.
• Head Maintenance Execution.
• Senior Production Engineer.

Remuneration

• Very Attractive.