Senior Engineer, Process Improvement
Job purpose
Develop and implement cost-effective improvement programs to close gaps and provide assurance across all plant and pipeline assets on production related quality and quantity by establishing standards, evaluating gaps, supporting initiatives and a companywide centre of excellence for production.
Key accountabilities
Plant and ADNOC gas processing process improvement support
Develop and implement process improvement strategies to enhance production.
Analyse operations data to identify areas for improvement and cost reduction. This includes production data (quality and quantity, shortfalls), planification and operation steering.
Conduct process simulations and modeling to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
Collaborate with cross-function teams to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
Provide technical support and guidance to production and operation team.
Develop, maintain, and update the process improvement toolkit to ensure consistency.
Provide expert services related to optimum and meets operational requirements as company’s technical authority in process improvement.
Initiate and coordinate or support the standardization of improvement design work, including the specification and philosophies.
Support or conduct the implementation of improvement programs of production quality and quantity management activities.
Assess the feasibility and economical interest of modification and process improvements at ADNOC LNG facilities.
Assess the impact on availability of new feed gas sources on ADNOC LNG assets and evaluate impact on products, quality, and facility performance.
Performance monitoring and reporting
Evaluate the effectiveness of the existing production quality and quantity and operation steering systems in terms of performance, efficiency and standardization, communicating stakeholders concerns and recommending preventive and corrective actions in relevant areas of production throughout the life cycle of the asset.
Contribute to the establishment of a coherent, accurate production measurement process for production quality and quantity and efficiencies to provide a dependable input to the company reporting system (energy components), thus supporting management decisions.
Community and networks
Support the establishment of effective networks of internal stakeholders (i.e. process owners and subject matter experts) and activate associated governance to maximise the benefit.
Coordinate with the subject matter experts for advice, support and training in relevant areas and act as interface between sites in order to establish and sustain new ways of working.
Support category management activities by developing the required business cases, screening alternatives and refine the selected alternative into an executable work plan.
Supervision
Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective functional objectives.
Qualifications, experience, knowledge & skills
Minimum qualification
Bachelor degree in chemical or oil and gas process engineering.
Minimum experience & knowledge & skills
8 years of experience in process engineering.
3 years of experience inside an ADNOC site operations entity.
Thorough knowledge of gas extraction and processing plants operations and production engineering principles.
Strong experience on process simulations and other workplace computer applications.
Strong understanding of ADNOC gas production flow scheme.
Strong understanding of production planning and operation steering.
Strong knowledge and practice in production performance monitoring systems.
Sound knowledge of assets management, OPEX and CAPEX management, oil and gas market and economic context, gas sales agreement.
Sound knowledge on relevant national and international standards.
Familiar with budget, schedule, risk analysis studies and ERP systems (preferably SAP).
Ability to promote innovation.
Solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process.
Ability to organize, schedule, coordinate, check, report, and negotiate effectively and to set priorities in a manner which ensures maximum performance and goal accomplishment.
Capability to respond quickly, decisively, assertively, and professionally to changing requirements.
Full knowledge of HSE in a plant environment.