Senior Operations Engineer

JOB PURPOSE:
Plans, coordinates, and supervises the safe and efficient oil and gas production, processing, and export operations and ensuring safe and efficient operation of the water injection, Gas injection, Gas lift, ESP wells and CO2 injection and distribution. Maintain optimum operating efficiency and assure facilities and systems integrity/reliability while assuring compliance to HSE Management system. Troubleshoot and recommends corrective actions to deal with abnormalities, de-bottlenecking, upgrading and optimum operating conditions for the plant and processes.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Review the operating data as per the planned production targets, past and present prevailing conditions including laboratory analysis, operating plant performance; highlight any major deviations from the Design Operating Envelopes (parameters.).
• Work closely with key stakeholders for alarm rationalization / alarm management and ensure compliance with alarm management KPIs, to ensure comprehensive plans are in the pipeline to achieve the mandated growth, to plan and carryout Field Technical Rate (FTR) / Field Capacity Test (FCT) to identify facilities’ bottlenecks, any potential problems and to establish optimum parameters for efficient and safe operation.
• Coordinate with different stakeholders in the planning and implementation of production and injection adjustments to meet mandated oil production and gas, water, CO2 injection KPls. Ensuring data entries accuracy in PIES system related to production, injection, and export data periodically.
• Continuous follow up with Development and planning teams to conduct Field Sustainable Oil Production Rate (FSOPR) exercise in line with the business plan, conduct Reservoir Monitoring Program (RMP) program and Water Alternating Gas Wells (WAG) changeover.
• Coordinates with Integrated Shutdown Planning Team and other stakeholders for the 5 yearly shutdown plans, conduct shutdown optimization exercises (related to shut down, handover and start up), manpower distribution and resource management and ensure yearly shutdown scopes are identifiedand performed within the approved shutdown period.
• Troubleshooting of plant chronic problems related to surface facilities and participates in the root cause analyses of major/critical equipment repetitive failures to ensure production availability.
• Monitors the operation of equipment, prepares analytical reports with appropriate trends to track the performance of all processes. Highlights abnormalities and advises operation personnel on corrective actions. Checks, endorses and reviews regularly the operating procedures and standing instructions of the plant units for safe and cost-efficient operation.
• Actively engage with Technical Center and Project & Construction Teams in all stages of the projects including Design Review, Value engineering, 3D model Reviews, Various HSE studies such as Hazard and Operability Review (HAZOP), Hazard Identification (HAZID), Occupational Hazard Identification (OHID), Inherent Safe Design (ISD), Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Review, Plot Plan review capturing and providing lessons learned and operations feedback and raising concerns and ideas to improve the overall project. Involve in Ready For Commissioning (RFC) walkdowns providing feedback and punch points, Commissioning, and post commissioning performance monitoring.
• Represent Operations in new technology trials in the field and ensure all required reviews are completed prior to execution in the field. Ensure all temporary & permanent changes performed for the Operational excellence, is done through Change Management (MOC) processes and follow-up for appropriate approvals and execution plans. Ensuring the completion of Engineering review, Scope of Work (SoW), Budget secure, Project inclusion for MOC execution etc.
• Direct involvement with Tactical Response Team (TRT) and Incident Management Team (IMT) Teams during emergencies by providing guidance and training, acting as On Scene Commander, and to be the main channel of information providing a holistic view about all facilities and the ongoing activities.
• Participation in risk assessment, conduct site visits and supervise 27 Critical Work Activities/ High Risk Activities and non-routine critical activities. Participate in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Risk Register review including meetings, reviews of the risk register, process safety committee forums, providing supporting documents and mitigation plans.
• Ensure the Integrity of the Surface and subsurface facility is maintained by taking appropriate preventive and remedial action on the facility anomalies observed by the Integrity team and Plan & perform the integrity related subsurface activities such as communication tests / Below Cellar Inspection (BCI) / Sustained Annulus Pressure (SAP) investigations along with Well integrity team.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• 8 years of experience, including at least 4 years in oil & gas industry