Field Operations Supervisor (PACO Northbank) at Vagan Oil & Gas Limited

Academics

• SSCE or Equivalent Minumum

Start Date

• 1st March 2024

Work Experience

• Minimum of 5 years as Instrumentation Technician in Oil and Gas industry with experience in Crude oil separation and Gas dehydration.

• Experience in SPDC gas plant and flow station operations (Preferably Northbank Node) is also a strong added advantage.

Skills

• Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining instrumentation system on Delta V DCS (Emerson) systems.
• Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining instrumentation systems on Twister gas dehydration technology.
• Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining instrumentation systems on Solar Turbines (Taurus 60, Centaur 40, and Mars 100) and Engines (Waukesha, Caterpillar etc)
• Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining instrumentation systems on Cameron/Howden/Siemens compressors.
• Experience in various process control valves and ESD valves systems maintenance
• Experience in Fire and Gas detection (Honeywell point and open path gas detectors, smoke detectors, Spectrex flame detectors etc) and suppression system maintenance (Turbine enclosure CO2 suppression system)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Alarm management and rationalization experience.
• Experience in Safeguarding systems maintenance
• Experience in Oil, NAG and AG facilities operations

Soft Skills (Added advantage)

• Perform basic computer related activities.
• Knowledge of worksite hazard mgt and permit to work systems.
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Communication & teamworking.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good organizational skills
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Self-Motivated and performs under minimal supervision.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure performance assurance and proactive health checks of the associated components of the PAS, SIS and Fire & Gas Systems (Point Gas Detector).
• Ensure periodic health checks on Human Machine Interface workstations and Servers. Systems fault diagnosis and recovery.
• Access and interpret Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID); Cause and Effects Matrix (C&E); Process Flow Scheme (PFS); Functional Logic Diagram (FLD); Instrument Loop Drawings (ILD) and Process Engineering Flow Scheme (PEFS) required for fault tracing and issues resolutions.
• Work closely with service Contractor(s) towards safe delivery of vendor-based maintenance jobs.
• Initiate and follow up with spares procurement towards expedited delivery for maintenance execution.
• Ensure technical integrity of assets through Preventive and Corrective Maintenance activities, quality assurance and performance standard verification of safety critical equipment
• Technically support Operations personnel towards plant safe operations.
• Ensure field instrumentation availability and reliability towards meeting business targets on hydrocarbon processing and export operations.
• Maintain Systems availability for the continuous operation of the Flow station and AGG facilities
• Identifying critical spares and follow-up ordering and delivery.
• Integrate with other disciplines to achieve Asset integrity on continuous basis.
• Promotes site safety and continuous hazard identification, mitigation and close-out.
• Other assignments for continuous improvements as exigent.

Work Cycle

• The work location is Swamp-field based accessible via the Helicopter and Boat.
• The job activity period is daily on 12-hour (7am to7pm) routine over a 21-day period.
• There is a standard 3weeks on and 3weeks off schedule.
• The successful candidate will manage own absences with his/her contractor for suitable qualified covers.
• There may be need for periodic visits to Shell industrial area for trainings and official assignments.
• Personnel may be required to work extended hours as need may arises.