🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) – 4 Positions

Job Title: Principal Materials and Corrosion Engineer, HI

Job Requisition ID: R166582
Location: Lagos
Job Family Group: Discipline Engineering
Worker Type: Regular
Business unit: Projects and Technology
Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

What is the Role?
As a Principal Materials and Corrosion Engineer you are to:

• Drive the implementation of Materials, Corrosion and Integrity (MCI) requirements in the design, fabrication, testing, installation, pre-commissioning and commissioning of a large and complex deepwater shallow project. Ensure the final products delivered meets the MCI requirements as well as the project scope of work and specifications.
• Lead the MCI activities during tendering, detail design, fabrication, testing, installation, and support the commissioning in accordance with Company policies and standards.
• Address MCI related technical queries and clarification questions from vendors, support the development of technical evaluation criteria and the technical evaluation of the bids.
• Set up and manage appropriate systems required to assure integrity of process plants.
• Ensure that all deliverables as defined in the project controls and assurance plan are completed successfully.
• Drive the materials selection, development of degradation and corrosion management strategy and development of inspection plans and work packs for the project, including requirements for implementation.
• Drive the identification, maturation and deployment of value adding new MCI related technologies and innovations. Support the testing and qualification of these new technologies.
• Drive the in-country testing of materials.
• Contribute to the development of fit for purpose quality plan and Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) including materials management procedure for the Project.
• Drive the identification and lateral application of MCI related learnings from other projects.
• Provide mentorship and coaching of less experienced staff.
• Contribute to the management of change process to ensure technical integrity, efficiency, and safety of facilities.
• Liaise with the broader materials and corrosion organisation within Company both locally and globally to ensure up-to-date tools and strategies are applied in the management of materials and corrosion on the project.
• Provide authentic and visible leadership in the areas of HSSE, diversity, interpersonal and technical skills development, and cost leadership.

What We Need From You?

• The Principal Materials and Corrosion Engineer shall have minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent (preferably Materials and Metallurgy) with at least 12 years of experience in upstream Exploration and Production (EP) projects with emphasis on Design and Execution in shallow water environment.
• At least 10 years experience directly related to materials and corrosion.
• A COREN registered is preferred, registerable engineer can be considered on its merit.
• Technical Professional with good knowledge of shallow water, pipelines design, fabrication, installation and commissioning and should have played a key role in the delivery of at least one major project involving offshore infrastructure design and installation.
• Able to provide in-depth materials and corrosion expertise required for the design, fabrication, installation, pre-commissioning and commissioning of onshore, offshore and pipeline systems.
• Able to work within and interface with mixed teams of professionals located globally.
• Have excellent communication and negotiating skills.
• Previous experience in working with the Nigerian Welding Society will be an advantage.
• Previous experience in testing of materials in-country will be an advantage.
• Team player, self-motivated, with coaching skills, persistence, and with ability to think outside- the-box.
• Visibly demonstrates personal and company HSE commitment.
• Demonstrates capability to proactively implement plans and follow through with sustained execution, meeting project milestones.
• Values and is open to listening to stakeholder perspectives, including experience managing multiple stakeholders and host government agencies.
• Able to maintain composure under pressure while providing clear and decisive leadership
• Able to deal with multiple, often conflicting, goals and priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills – able to influence and develop relationships across disciplines and multiple cultures, be comfortable coaching and motivating others, and deliver through others.
• Able to identify opportunities for optimising systems designs, reducing operating costs and proposing technically robust solutions to deliver value.
• Familiar with project development challenges in Nigeria or in other regions with similar challenges.

Application Closing Date
3rd January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Senior Process Engineer, HI

Job Requisition ID: R166584
Location: Lagos
Job Family Group: Process Engineering
Worker Type: Regular
Business unit: Projects and Technology
Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

What is the Role?
The incumbent will be a member of the Process Engineering team under the Engineering Lead:

• The purpose of this position is to provide process engineering expertise and assurance services for the HI OTB Projects.
• Member of the process engineering discipline and the HI OTB project team.
• Act as the Process TA 3 for the HI project team with accountabilities as defined in the AIPSM and DCAF.
• Drive the implementation of the process engineering discipline standard.
• Reports to and support the Engineering Lead HI projects, in the delivery of Process Engineering deliverables in line with the Project requirements.

Accountabilities

• Ensure compliance with the Opportunity Realization manual and the Discipline Control and Assurance Framework for the effective delivery of projects within the HI project team. Provide Process Engineering inputs in technical reviews and Management of Change to ensure technical integrity, efficiency, and safety of facilities.
• Support the project execution team in technical clarifications with vendors and seeking avenues for cost savings.
• Provide input into FEED and detailed design of new facilities or modifications to facilities undertaken by the HI team with special emphasis on the Flares Down Policy, GHG emission and energy efficiency and optimization of facility uptime/availability.
• Support the Asset optimization team in the development of facility and field models for the HI facilities in IPSM, Unisim, Pipesim and other tools.
• Accountable for development and application of facilities operating envelopes and technical limits diagrams for the new assets developed by the HI Project team. Ensure DATA QUALITY and drive the Data Quality Improvement Plan.
• Provide Technical Authority (TA3) support for the HI Project Team. And implement the Group drive to Industry standard design, with a focus on requirements management and systems Engineering in the delivery of world class assets.

What We Need From You?
A COREN registered engineer with B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree in Chemical Engineering (or equivalent)

• 8 - 10 years’ experience in engineering with at least 8 years working as a process engineer (including familiarity with process engineering tools); Skilled in the use of simulation tools e.g., UNISIM, IPSM-GAP, PIPESIM, etc
• Experience in an Oil and Gas Downstream or Upstream
• Experience working with Sub-surface Disciplines in a collaborative environment, including the use of Integrated Production System Modelling Tool(s).
• Experience with or understanding of Operations and Maintenance work process is an advantage.
• Experience in Field/facility engineering and technical safety/risk engineering.
• TA3 Certification would be an advantage
• Good interpersonal and negotiating skills, know-how of planning, economics and auditing.
• Track record of good leadership and managerial skills.
• Legacy knowledge of ongoing SWO projects particularly will be value adding.
• HSE Leadership Competencies
• Process Engineering Discipline Competencies at Skill level in Process Unit Design, Process Modelling and analysis and Process Safety.
• Demonstration of Shell Leadership Attributes.

Special Challenges:

• Maintain an overview of hydrocarbon streams in a complex oil and gas infrastructure with many interconnections.
• Utilization of Shell ORS process and minor modification work process in handling broad conceptual issues.
• Ability to function effectively given limited data availability and manage interfaces
• Ability to solve complex and real life problems; Ability to think outside the box, and deal with complexities.
• Ability to adapt quickly to drive to requirements management, system engineering and industry standards.
• The job of the process engineer involves multi-functional/multi-disciplinary collaboration and requires a broad understanding of both the operational, technical and commercial aspects of the EP business. A good knowledge of oil and gas processing is key for success in this role.
• Strong technical, integration and interpersonal skills are essential for the successful performance of the job.

Application Closing Date
3rd January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Security Coordinator - Deep Offshore Project / Assets

Reference ID: R166009
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Category: Health, Safety, Security, and Environment

What is the Role?

• To manage production and project security risks in the offshore operational environment to As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).
• This will entail the provision of an integrated security management system to cover production and project activities deep and shallow off shore, security logistics support both onshore and offshore, project and production activities onshore
• Provide coordination/supervision to Security Liaison Officers/Field Security Supervisors and provision of specialist advice and guidance to Asset and Project Managers on all issues relating to current security threats and risk management, among others.

Responsibilities

• Develop, adapt, deploy and embed requisite standards and provide assurance that security service for Project and production offshore is in accordance with Group and Industry standards.
• Carry out security risk/vulnerability assessments.
• Implement security strategy for all assets and projects.
• Provide security input into all project investments decisions.
• Provide security input into asset/project maturation and development from concept to delivery.
• Drive creativity, innovation and improvements in security practice.
• Provide security awareness.
• Implement Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR) and the Arm’s Length Approach (ALA) / Shell Guidance on the use of arms
• Manage security, security requirement and input for all stages of projects in the offshore space

Key Challenges:

• Understanding the security dynamics across the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea and implementation of controls based on robust security risks assessment.
• Managing relationships with host, impacted marine and onshore communities, and understanding of the power mapping across these interfaces.
• Ability to manage and work with GSA commanders to get support, especially in the maritime space.
• Managing multiple marine escorts, while maintaining peace within area of operation.
• Work closely with the security intelligence and surveillance team; including knowledge of appropriate technical security requirements.
• Maintaining the flexibility of security resources deployment to cope with the uncertainties in the multiple program scenarios
• Seeking and implementing synergies and economies of scale with other offshore operators in Nigeria

Requirements
What We Need from you?

• At least a Bachelor's Degree from a recognized institution. Post graduate qualification in relevant fields will be an advantage.
• Professional industrial security certification (PSP and/or CPP) from ASIS or equivalent body will be an advantage.
• Good knowledge of E&P business, especially in the Offshore environment.
• At least 10  years of relevant experience – at least 5 years industrial security experience in managing security in complex environment.
• Good knowledge of E & P business and understanding of Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea environment.
• Demonstrable leadership skills and experience in leading and managing teams.
• Demonstrable Collaboratory mindset to harvest internal and external stakeholders to enable strong networks beneficial to the security of Offshore assets and projects.
• Ability to manage and drive cost reduction: drive creativity and innovation.
• Good verbal and written communication skills; strategic thinker with good data management skill
• Creative, imaginative and stable in character, well organized and skilled at persuasion which are essential for collaborating with internal stakeholders and for interfacing with other external stakeholders
• Result oriented team player with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to perform under pressure in a demanding multitasking environment with changing priorities and challenging deadlines.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Process and Technical Safety Engineer

Job Requisition ID: R157570
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family Group: Health, Safety, Security, and Environment

What is the role?

• Lead Process and Technical Safety Engineering support to help Projects and Producing assets establish fit for purpose and cost-effective approaches to Technical Safety Engineering and asset operability and integrity.
• Deliverables will address technical and operational issues in a way that fully integrates with management of other business risks and activities.
• This includes work with HEMP principles including ALARP demonstration using various techniques such as QRA and Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) as applicable, and delivering related Process Safety services to Engineering.
• Provide discipline support consistent with business objectives and contribute to attaining industry leading cost and schedule performance in projects.
• Provide Hazard & Risk Safety Management, Process Technical Safety Engineering leadership and support to Onshore Conventional Oil & Gas (COG) Projects and producing assets to achieve Goal Zero.

Provide support for the following:

• Process Technical Safety support to Major Capital Oil & Gas Projects and Production Operations.
• Lead and Support Process Technical Safety (HEMP) Studies.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Provide specialist advice and support to Projects and Assets on requirements of HSSE Cases and associated HEMP studies (HAZID, HAZOP, Bowtie, FIREPRAN, etc) supporting these HSSE Cases.
• Provide support, challenge and expert advice, relating to Design Integrity, Technical Integrity and Operating Integrity during the Project and Operate phases of the asset life cycle.
• Develop, review and / or assure HEMP studies and deliverables for projects and assets.
• Responsible for assuring the design of new facilities and/or existing assets are adequately safe and incorporate loss prevention measures consistent with project safety, environment and business premises.
• Participate in incident investigations, audits, and technical safety reviews such as HAZOP, HAZID, EERA, ESSA, FERA, HBA, PSUA, SIMOPS and other technical safety assessments.
• Provide ad-hoc Process Safety support to producing wells Operations, CWI, Drilling (i.e., HAZOPS, risk assessments and incident investigations etc. as required.
• Screen and review deviations from established maintenance and inspection routines of Safety Critical Elements within the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) – Facility status reporting.
• Screen and review Management of Change requests as part of Project or Asset Management of Change processes.
• Design of Safety Critical Elements (SCE) and specification of Performance Standards under the Technical Integrity Framework.
• Support design safety systems including pressure relief facilities, flare systems, and emergency de-pressurizing systems. This includes establishing relief philosophy, reviewing relief scenarios, assessing calculated relief loads, verifying relief device sizing, and re‐viewing equipment specifications.
• Design fire protection systems, structural fireproofing, and area drainage.
• Design safeguards to minimize and/or control inherent hazards related to the operation of new facilities. This includes special considerations for process containment, emergency isolation, explosion venting, detonation arresting, static electricity safe‐guards, fixed gas detection systems, etc.
• Application of Physical Effects Modelling and Risk Management software (familiarity with Shell proprietary software like FRED and Shepherd preferred but other industry standard packages acceptable)
• Provide support for Emergency Response.
• Assist in Monitoring, Challenging, or supporting delivery of improved process safety performance through leadership of 5-year process safety reviews, facilitating maintenance of Operations SE cases, support hardware barrier assessments and audits.
• Support incident investigations and provide expert advice to identify root causes and learnings from major accident hazards to determine appropriate actions and the need for lateral learning

Key Challenges:

• Value delivery in HEMP ensuring the right balance between cost and risk (ALARP demonstration).
• Interfacing with major contractors providing services to the company.
• Ensuring proper change management in engineering design.
• Improving project design safety practices, Hazard and Risk Awareness, for Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) and (sub) contractor staff.
• Assuring the effectiveness of SE-MS throughout project life cycle and during operate phase.
• Delivering world class Safety and Environment performance.
• Improving process safety risk management at the frontline.

What we need from you?

• Science or Engineering degree. A degree in safety risk engineering would be advantageous.
• At least 7 years’ experience in the Exploration and Production (EP) industry of which minimum 3 years’ experience in a Supervisory role in Technical Safety Engineering.
• Design office experience within the Exploration and Production industry.
• Experience supporting Producing assets as Process and Technical Safety Engineer, discipline / facilities engineer or Production engineer desirable.
• COREN accreditation will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrate a breadth of knowledge consistent with the scope of activities and ability to use networks effectively across the organization.
• Skilled in HEMP and Safe Systems of work.
• Skilled in delivering through others.
• Skilled at team working, managing Business interfaces, and working and embedding change.
• Skilled in Project management techniques, including business planning and evaluation.
• Skilled in analyzing, solving problems, communicating, persuading, personal creativity and innovation.
• Strong focus on Enterprise First (ensuring close connection and alignment with other Shell Businesses.
• Passion, drive and commitment for SE performance excellence.
• Demonstrate regional and global focus.
• Excellent communicator.
• Excellent reporting writing skills.
• Good analytical ability and keen sense of reality.

Application Closing Date
17th December, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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