Principal PACO Engineer at Shell Petroleum Development Company

Job Description:

This role provides an exciting opportunity to join the Shell Nigeria Deepwater Projects’ Discipline Engineering team. If you have the ability and passion to develop and deliver efficient, cleaner, and reliable Instrumentation and Automation solutions to the business in line with the company’s strategy – fit for purpose, first time, on schedule and on cost then we have a position for you.

In P&E, we believe that an inclusive and diverse workplace is essential to our future success. Our selection criteria are focused on getting the best talent for the job. We encourage you to apply for the role if you believe your experience, skills, competences, or diverse perspective can make the difference. We are committed to bias-free resourcing, allowing equal opportunity to everyone.

Where You fit in

The role sits within the Discipline Engineering team of the Deepwater Projects team in Lagos. The Deepwater Projects Lagos organization supports Shell Companies in Nigeria (comprising of SNEPCo, NLNG, SEN, All On, and Daystar Power) by the world-class delivery of Deepwater projects and assets through leveraging the appropriate processes and tools, while developing local Nigerian capability. The services and projects delivered by the Deepwater Projects Lagos organization span the complete E&P lifecycle: concept selection, define/FEED, project execution, commissioning / start-up, and support to operations.

This role specifically provides discipline-specific expertise and skills to the Deepwater Projects team in Lagos. Your activities will include the delivery and review of engineering deliverables for the various projects and activities executed within the SNEPCo Deepwater Projects Design office and operations support functions. Your activities may also include periodic provision of engineering solutions and technical calls for the wider Lagos based functions of SCiN - Deepwater Projects being the sole engineering warehouse based in Lagos.

You will gain greater exposure and insights to business operations (technical and non-technical), internal & external stakeholder management, commercial decision making, and strategic problem solving.

What is the Role?

The Deepwater business is demanding, involving many critical service applications. The work requires people who are results-driven, enthusiastic, energetic, dedicated, flexible and willing to work in a team-based environment. Overall system availability of present and future assets is critically dependent on a successful floating system and subsea system performance. This performance will be achieved via a successful floating systems and subsea systems engineering and support.

You must be able to work in a matrix organization - in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-racial group in a developing country with its unique qualities; supporting operations as well as upgrade projects simultaneously; and anticipating and resolving day-to-day operations and project maturation issues.

This is an opportunity to work with and contribute to a diverse skill pool of professionals from various disciplines by applying in-depth instrumentation & control technical expertise, learnings, and best practices required for the design, installation, commissioning, and operations support for delivery of projects and asset activities. It also offers opportunities to grow and develop technical and non-technical skills in an area that is critical to current and future Deepwater developments, working in a role with direct customer interface and accountability for meeting overall business and team objectives.

Key Accountabilities for the Principal PACO Engineer include:

• Supporting the Head, Instrumentation, Control and Electrical Engineering to articulate and build implementation plans towards achieving the strategic direction for the team.
• Providing efficient, cleaner, and reliable control and automation solutions to the business in line with the company’s strategy i.e., brownfield and greenfield projects and activities, asset operations and maintenance etc.
• Providing authentic and visible leadership in the areas of HSSE, diversity, interpersonal and technical skills development, and cost leadership.
• Collaborating with other members of the discipline engineering team to achieving high quality design output, assurance, and execution in business targets.
• Executing technical work, complying with industry and company standards while identifying continuous and performance improvement initiatives.
• Contributing to various asset management processes to ensure technical and design integrity, efficiency, and safety of facilities as a technical authority.
• Providing mentorship and coaching for less experienced staff.
• Demonstrating an open mindset to learn and adopt best practices from Shell, partners, and industry.
• Maintaining effective interfaces with key stakeholders e.g., Production unit (Maintenance, Operations, WRFM), Deepwater Projects (Discipline Engineers, Engineering Managers, Project Managers etc)

Main Interfaces

• Internal: Discipline Engineering team, Project Managers, Engineering Managers, Discipline Engineering Leadership Team, Production Unit (Maintenance, Operations, WRFM) Leads, Other SCiN Business Functions, and the Deepwater Projects Community
• External: Contractors, and local authorities.

What We Need from You

As a Principal PACO engineer, you are expected to provide control and automation solutions and successfully manage assigned Process Automation and Control Optimization (PACO) discipline scope within our projects. Thus to deliver on the role, you will need to have a learner’s mindset and possess strong interpersonal skills i.e., able to influence and develop relationships across various functions and cultures within SCiN. You would also need to be comfortable coaching less experienced colleagues and delivering through others. You would be required to work in line with company guidelines on (i) HSSE and (ii) Ethics & Compliance. You must be also COREN registered or registrable.

In addition, you would need the following to be successful in the role:-

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronic / Instrumentation and Control engineering or equivalent.
• Visibly demonstrates personal and company HSE commitment.
• Minimum of 12 -15 yrs years post-graduation experience directly related to instrumentation and control in upstream E&P with at least 10 years directly related to Instrumentation, Control and Safeguarding Systems engineering within an upstream Deepwater or similar environment.
• Direct experience on deepwater facilities and familiarization with construction, commissioning, operational requirements will be an added advantage.
• Experience on delivery of projects and/or activities with significant subsea control and distribution content will be an added advantage.
• Good understanding of Nigerian business environment and the Upstream and Deepwater business
• Demonstrate understanding and usage of relevant international, national and industry standards as may be applicable in Deepwater engineering and operations support activities.
• Able to identify and deliver opportunities for optimizing systems designs, reducing operating costs and proposing technically robust solutions to deliver value.
• High personal energy level; core values enterprise first, leadership and teamwork; and a proven track record in achieving stretching personal and business goals i.e., with consistent high quality and timeliness in delivery of work outputs.
• Committed to improvement and ability to thrive in a challenging environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - able to work effectively and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels and across organisational boundaries.
• Strong influencing skills, and ability to deliver through others and with others without formal authority.
• Knowledge of key stakeholders’ needs/ interface management as well as business drivers, including economic, political, environmental, and social issues.
• Ability to form strong professional relationships at different levels of the organization.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills.
• Experience as a field Control Systems Engineer will be an advantage.