We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Facility Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Engineering
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time
Purpose Statement
- To provide expertise, supervision, and oversight in Engineering Design (both FEED & DED), Procurement, Construction, Installation & Commissioning on projects across the entire Facilities Engineering value chain for the organisation, with a particular focus on OML-11.
Key Deliverables
- Assure effective project management and provide clear advice/instructions to the multidisciplined project leadership team.
- Support the Upstream Group Project Manager to deliver a competitive (cost and schedule) project.
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects, ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
- Accountable to deliver all the surface facilities projects required to meet production promises.
- Provide facilities engineering & construction management support to other functional areas, e.g., asset team, drilling, subsurface, production engineering, etc.
- Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Develop a detailed project plan to track progress; develop and finalize the project execution and quality plan; develop contingency plans, resolve conflicts, set priorities based on trade-offs.
- Develop annual budget project costs and schedule estimates and participate in the development of the control cost and schedule; ensure resource availability and allocation.
- Manage the interface with the Financial and Commercial Functions to ensure that project execution matches the maturation of financing solution and commercial agreements.
- Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
- Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
- Develop contracting strategy and tender documents for the project scope and manage contract delivery. Lead the selection of the design and execution contractor(s).
- Review of contract documents and comparing with inquiry & offer and resolving the discrepancies.
- Manage interfaces with internal and external stakeholders (NUIMS/NNPC, State Government representatives, NCDMB, and Contractor Management.
- Coordinate the reviews of technical information, design documents and drawings, between/within the company and contractors.
- Develop and implement project management and health check systems including interface management, risk/opportunity, permits and consents, cost, schedule/progress, Quality. Apply these through design and construction phases to demonstrate Technical Integrity.
- Contribute to training and development of the Asharami Energy project team staff.
Minimum Qualifications / Experience
- A Degree in Engineering, preferably Civil / Structural, Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.
- COREN registered with working knowledge of oil and gas facilities, Process Engineering, and Project Engineering systems, tools and practices in a project lead position.
- A minimum of 15 years’ experience in EPCIC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation, Commissioning) in the Oil & Gas industry, with 5 years of those as a Project Manager of small and mid-size projects. Special consideration will be given to land, swamp and shallow water experience in the OML-11 lease or other leases in the eastern Niger Delta area of Nigeria.
Knowledge / Skills:
- Extensive Project management knowledge. Experience across EPCIC projects covering pipelines/flowlines sizing, design installation & repairs; oilfield process equipment sizing, design, fabrication, installation & troubleshooting; oilfield mechanical equipment design, fabrication & installation; electrical, instrumentation & control; facilities, pipelines/flowlines integrity services.
- Solid technical background, with experience in process engineering, understanding or hands-on experience in construction management activities.
- Extensive knowledge of design engineering, procurement, installations, construction, and commissioning.
- Experience in Contract Management.
- Skills in managing Strategic and Front-end Processes; Project Execution; Resource & Schedule Management; Cost Management; Project Control Processes; Contracting and Procurement; Construction Management.
- Excellent organization and planning skills; inter-personal and leadership skills with good communications skills (i.e., report writing and presentation) are essential.
- Team player, acting as a champion to break new grounds, self-motivated starter.
- Can manage as required the relationship with key stakeholders to achieve projects’ objectives.
- Thorough understanding of the risks and the technical/commercial issues associated with development and production of oil and gas.
- Proven track record of results delivery in challenging project environments.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Job Features
Job Category | Facility Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Engineering |