Senior, Process Engineer at Nestoil Plc

We’re on an evolutionary journey where we’re changing our story. We are looking to hire an experienced Senior Process Engineer to join our diverse team in our Company.

In this role, you will coordinate process engineering activities to achieve production optimization and drive the efficient and cost-effective execution of facilities engineering programs, ensure holistic approach to process optimization to achieve sustainable and reliable production operation as well as coaching and mentoring of the field engineering team.

As a Senior Process Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Developing and driving process engineering programs to ensure optimal performance of production facilities.
• Developing solutions to solve the current challenges with the quality of oil and water separation at Odidi, Jones Creek, Batan and Egwa.
• Driving the process to ensure that crude oil produced in our facilities meets export quality (BS&W less than 0.5%).
• Driving the effort to design and implement field wide cathodic protection program to mitigate against corrosion of flowlines, wellhead platforms and other production facilities.
• Carrying out end to end studies and trouble shoot our facilities and come up solutions that will debottleneck the systems to perform optimally and yield incremental production.
• Reviewing management of change proposals and developing modifications as needed to meeting standards for safety, environmental regulation, and equipment reliability.

What are we looking for?

• Minimum of B.Sc in Chemical /Process Engineer.
• Candidate must be a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers or other related Engineering body.
• 10+ years minimum experience in Process Engineering in an oil and gas industry at least 3 of those years must be in a lead or supervisory role.
• Fluency with process engineering tools such as HYSYS, Pipephase, etc and must be capable of developing PFDs and P&IDs.
• Experience in the Niger Delta oil and gas fields is an advantage.
• Ability to work effectively (minimal supervision) in a diverse multidiscipline team environment. History of success with complex process facility and diverse personnel to ensure timely and efficient delivery of work product.
• Ability to maintain positive relationships with peers, contractors, supervisors, and customers in a diverse workforce.
• Proven experience with management of change to achieve process improvement in a brown field environment.
• Must be able to adapt to and overcome the challenges peculiar to working in the Niger Delta Oil and Gas fields.