Massive Recruitment at Shell nigeria

SHELL Nigeria recruitment, January 2013
Ample opportunity exists in SHELL Nigeria
to contribute and manage strategic
projects which contribute to production
availability and growth, as well as strategic
cost leadership practices within the
organization. Successful professionals and
engineers will be expected to exhibit the
highest level of technical know-how,
operational expertise as well as authentic
leadership and collaborative behaviors, in
support of the organization’s aspiration to
achieve top quartile performance and
production delivery. We therefore need
competent Nigerian engineers and
professionals with relevant post NYSC work
experience to take up these exciting
opportunities and join us to secure
Nigeria's energy future.
Below is a list of jobs as advertised in
several national dailies.
The experienced professionals and
engineers we seek will be expected to
support daily equipment and facility
maintenance, reliability and availability as
well as production delivery onshore and
offshore.
Job Title: Head Metering
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 37
Work experience 12 -15 years
Skill set -
HND or B.Eng. degree with at least 10years
experience in oil & gas operations.
- Minimum 5 years experience with
measurement/metering in the oil/gas
industry, including custody transfer
measurement design, calibration and
maintenance.
- Experience with crude oil handling and
gas sales agreement management and
third party injection measurement will be
an advantage.
- Good interpersonal and team leadership
skill.
- External stakeholder management focus
Roles and responsibilities -
Responsible for metering activities across
SEPCIN - Technical to site, Projects,
Calibration and Verification, Planning and
archive.
- Specify and monitor metering equipment
standards and approve equipment for use
within SPDC.
- Technical authority (TA-2) for metering.
- Oversee, specify asset needs and assist in
system design actions for both up-grade,
new and specific replacements.
- Oversee and support up-date equipment
specifications for equipment sourcing and
company supply of recognised / approved
metering equipment.
- Support to commercial on metering
issues.
- Monitor calibration requirements and
application specification to recognise the
required calibration facility for metering
stations.
- Liaise with systems and equipment
vendors to ensure SPDC standards and
requirements are met.
- Liaise with all SPDC departments as
necessary to ensure internal supply
standards, metering department and
operational requirements of all metering
projects are met.
- Undertake document and design reviews
to support Projects and approvals of all
issues within SPDC.
- Support document logging and system
entry of all Project docs to allow Operations,
Projects, Metering Dept and other SPDC
departments to have readily available
access to information.
- Oversee maintenance instructions and
spares necessary for the operation of
equipment.
Job Title: Gaslift Surveillance Engineer
Location: Nigeria
Job opening ID 38
Work experience 8 - 10 years
Skill set -
Minimum HND (Engineering discipline)
5 – 10 years operational experience in
subsurface and surface operations
including gas-lift. Understanding of
subsurface technology would be an added
advantage. Strong analytical, problem
solving and communication skills are
essential. Opportunity exists to develop into
a Snr Programmer based on available
opening and proven ability.
Competencies
- Collect and Evaluate Field data (skill)
- Monitor and analyse Integrated
Production System Performance (skill)
- Perform Integrated Production System
Optimisation (skill)
- Prepare Short Term Production Forecasts
(skill)
- Estimate Integrated Production System
Capacity (skill)
- Estimate Deferment and Safeguarding
activities (skill)
- Estimate Production Availability (skill)
- Perform Hydrocarbon Allocation (skill)
- Configure Wells and Facilities (skill)
- Measure and report Production/Injection/
Disposal (skill)
- Transfer Custody of Hydrocarbons (skill)
- HSE Policies, Standards and Procedures
(knowledge)
- Interpersonal skills (skill)
- Work with IT Applications (skill)
Roles and responsibilities -
Act as the Gaslift expert in Operations and
train new Production programmers and
Operations staff on Gaslift.
- To provide operations input into projects
relating to Gaslift incl field development
plan.
- Assist field operations to find the root
cause of problems associated with the
gaslifted wells.
- Organise routine dual string welltest,
analyse results and come up with
opportunities in case one arm is taking the
majority of the liftgas.
- Highlight issues around GL metering and
ensure that the relevant parties follow up
to resolve.
- Prompt the PT to work on a solution in
case well Intervention is required.
- Ensure well related production operations
standards and specifications are adhered
to. Report any deficiencies.
- Ensure that relevant installed systems like
PI, PU and Fieldware are used efficiently.
- Chase the barrels: Look out for PSO
opportunities beyond Gaslift optimization.
Through these activities above, play a key
role in fulfilling field data requirements and
validation.
These priorities are achieved through
active participation in the following :
- Collating and challenging data
requirements.
- Ensuring appropriate data is acquired
including Short term planning of data
acquisition activities.
- Short Term Forecasting
- Contribute to Medium Term Forecasting
- Comparing actual production & injection
performance against forecast
- Providing data on actual production &
Injection performance for improving the
MT Forecast
- Artificial lift surveillance, analysis and
optimisation using the Shell Gaslift
optimisation tools (Winglue) and other IFM
tools.
- Maintaining Well Integrity (Well Integrity
monitoring and reporting, make decisions
within boundaries set by WRFM and ensure
actions are closed out).
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Monitoring and
Reporting.
- Short Term Production System
Optimisation (Optimisation within the
Operating Envelope and identification of
Opportunities
- Application of RTO tools
- Monitor, Review and Improve the
execution of Smart Field Value loops for ST
Plan and Forecasting, Unscheduled
Deferment management, Well Integrity
Management, Optimisation within the IPSC
- Contribute to Asset Reference Plans,
Business Plans, Development Concepts,
Facilities Design, Well design.
Job Title: FPSO Marine Officer
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 39
Work experience 5 -7 years experience
Skill set
Skill Level for the following key
competences: Cargo transfer operations,
Navigation practice, Effective management
of maritime risks, safe marine passenger
transfer.
Knowledge Level for the following key
competences:
FPSO operate and maintain.
Cargo quality and loss management,
Demurrage management, Manage ports
and berths, Knowledge of marine
Regulations and Standards, Maintain
integrity of export facility loading
equipment (mooring gear, hoses).
Qualifications and Experience Required:
2nd Deck officer experienced in crude oil
and petroleum product transfer by tankers.
Class 2 Foreign going or Nigerian Master
Home Trade or equivalent with basic
understanding of all FPSO and in-field
marine activities. Experienced in working
with tugs and risks involved with handling
of large tanker mooring grommets and
loading hoses. Good interpersonal and
negotiating skills
Roles and responsibilities
HSE-MS: Act as focal point for Maritime
Safety at the FPSO. Ensures compliance with
the MMG6 and Life saving rules within the
500 meter exclusion zone and during
tanker handling operations offshore.
Conduct vessel safety Inspections and
organise safety meetings.
FPSO Management of Maritime
Risks: Assist with crude loading
distribution into the FPSO, maintain hull
stresses, cargo tank atmosphere, proper
ballasting, COW and tank inspections, hull
integrity and FPSO moorings, life saving
gear and emergency response equipment.
Ensures all FPSO supply operation is done
safely and efficiently in line with
operational procedures Execute SAR and
MOB exercises. Provide assistance to
ongoing drilling operations or other SEPCiN
terminals as and when required.
Crude oil loading: Assist marine coordinator
will all crude oil export planning, execution,
cargo documentation, inward and outward
clearing. Ensure Contractor staff properly
execute crude oil loading without
accidents/incidents or demurrage caused
by SEPCiN marine operations, in line with
ISGOTT /SIGGTO /OCIMF recommendations.
Ensure safe personnel transfer and FPSO
cargo supply operations.
Cargo Control and Documentation: Ensure
all documentation is completed in time
without incidents. Compile monthly Port
Performance report and circulate as
required. Co-ordinates movement of Export
documents to/from Tankers and to/from
Export & Shipping in PHIA.
Maintain Integrity: Ensure mooring masters
complete pre arrival and departure checks
of mooring/loading equipment. Ensure
mooring masters inspect line boat towing
and SPM handling gears before each
loading.
Job Title: Gas Allocation Engineer
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 31
Work experience- 5 -7 years experience
Skill set - Since the Hydrocarbon Allocation
role/function interfaces with many others
namely, Production Operations, Production
Programming, Production Technology,
Reservoir / Surveillance Engineer, Process /
Facilities / Maintenance / Technical Integrity
Engineers, Production Chemists, HSE and
Company Management. The Hydrocarbon
Allocation Engineer should be a seasoned
production operations engineer with a
good depth of knowledge and experience
in Surface Production Operations,
production planning and programming
and produced fluids sampling and
metering.
- The job requires a strong analytical,
constructive and evaluative thinking ability
especially in the light of integrated oil and
gas operations as the flow and process
streams of gas is more complex and the
integrated production system
configuration must be maintained to
ensure proper allocation of sales,
utilizations and disposals to producing/
injecting conduit intervals for all streams
(Oil/water/Gas/Gas Lift)
- It is therefore expected that the
incumbent for this position would be an
Engineering/Science graduate with about 8
years Production Operations experience of
which about 5 years must have been spent
in field operations. Experience in
Production Programming or Hydrocarbon
Accounting role would be an added
advantage.
Roles and responsibilities
- Sub-process owner (Gas) for -SPDC SOX
(404) F2 – Hydrocarbon Allocation Process.
- Support engineer for Global process 15
implementation (Hydrocarbon Production
Information Management).
- Company Production Process support
(Gas) for introduction of new systems (e.g.
Energy Components) and future upgrades.
- Responsible for the overall QA/QC process
of SPDC Gas Production and sales data.
Ensure area teams take corrective action
for erroneous data.
- Support the corporate gas allocation team
to assume full responsibility for gas
allocation in SPDC’s integrated oil and gas
production business
- Make input to the gas administration and
sales requirement for new hydrocarbon
allocation software package. Ensure all
functional requirements are adequately
covered
- Make input to the gas metering
philosophy
- Support the condensate and gas
allocation and reporting process
- Provide input into gas metering
requirements for new projects and ensure
compliance
- Liaise with gas customers and
government gas companies on allocation
issues
- Provide input into new gas sales and
handling agreements and manage same
- Co-custodian of gas production and
disposal data
- Gas production performance information
reporting to internal & external
stakeholders
Job Title: Tanker Handling Coordinator
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 32
Work experience: 8- 10 years experience
Skill set
Skill Level for the following key
competences:
Cargo transfer operations – Cargo quality
and loss management – Demurrage
management – Navigation practice –
Manage ports and berths – Knowledge of
marine Regulations and Standards –
Effective management of maritime risks –
Safe marine passenger transfer – Maintain
integrity of export facility loading
equipment ( mooring gear, hoses).
Qualifications and Experience Required :
Chief Officer experienced in crude oil and
petroleum product transfer by tankers.
Class 1 Foreign going Master Mariner, with
basic understanding of all marine activities
at the Bonny terminal , Slot and inland
waterways. Capable to support production
marine activities.
Experienced in working with tugs and risks
involved with handling of large tanker
mooring grommets and loading hoses.
Good interpersonal and negotiating skills.
Roles and responsibilities
HSE-MS : Act as Authorized person (AP) for
Maritime Safety at Bonny terminal. Ensures
compliance with the MMG6 and Life saving
rules at Bonny slot jetty and Tanker
handling operations offshore. Ensures
barge hydrocarbon transfer at the jetty is
done safely and efficiently in line with
COBRA standard. Conduct Safety Inspections
and organise safety meetings.
Crude oil loading: Coordinate all crude oil
export planning, execution, cargo
documentation, inward and outward
clearing. Ensure Contractor staff properly
execute crude oil loading without
accidents /incidents or demurrage caused
by SPDC marine operations, in line with
ISGOTT /SIGGTO /OCIMF recommendations.
Maintain safe jetty personnel transfer and
mooring operations. Execute MOB
exercises.
Cargo Control and Documentation: Ensure
staff complete all documentation in time
without incidents, both Shell and 3rd
parties. Compile monthly Port Performance
report and circulate as required. Co-
ordinates movement of Export documents
to/from Tankers and to/from Export &
Shipping in PHIA.
Maintain Integrity: Ensure staff complete
pre arrival and departure checks of
mooring/loading equipment. Ensure staff
inspect line boat towing and SPM handling
gears before each loading.
Provision of Marine Support: Responsible
for arranging water transportation for
movement of materials and ensuring on
time delivery of the materials from/to
Kidney island. Ensures inspection of all
support vessels three monthly and assist
with follow up close out of action items.
Job Title: Senior Project Engr, CAO/SCADA
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Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 33
Work experience- 8- 10 years experience
Skill set - At least a University degree in a
relevant field in Science or Engineering;
Proven management experience in
technical and operational environments. A
natural change agent and minimum of 10
years experience in oil & gas production
planning & operations.
- A fine blend and combination of skills in
Operations management, Production
Engineering, Control and Automation, IT,
facilities integration, and change
management is required.
- Experiences and broad understanding of
project management, production
engineering, production systems,
development engineering, and sub surface
processes will be an advantage.
- Knowledge of Open Systems technologies
in IT required to tie together disparate
systems in IT, Automation Process Control,
and Data Acquisition System.
- Experience in the use of Shell Project
Management Methodologies; with excellent
inter-personal, negotiating skills and
leadership skills.
- Experience with development and
implementation of project management
processes, i.e. contract management,
procurement, project accounting,
document and resource management etc.
- Excellent communication skills (i.e. strong
listening, report writing and presentation)
and ability to influence without direct
authority. A natural change agent and able
to develop and manage a network of
change agents
- Ability to deliver results; Skills in managing
and participating in cross-cultural and
multi-discipline environment; Ability to
manage delivery through service
contractors and specialists
Roles and responsibilities -
Upgrade all obsolete DCS and Instrument
field systems and revamp vandalized CAO/
SCADA facilities.
- Implement the 3- level support model
after aligning it with the existing
Production maintenance Strategy
- Provide necessary IC&A discipline
resources to undertake the FEED portfolio
of development projects in SPDC and
SNEPCO if necessary through working with
outside Contractors
- Quality control and assure the output
from discipline members in the ROCI team.
- CAO/SCADA & RTO Discipline input into
Project Specifications generation
- Manage the interface between SPDC
activities and those of the Contractor.
- Review Contractors’ HSE and Quality Plans
to ensure compliance with legislation and
applicable SPDC/Group Engineering
Standards and procedures.
- Identify and evaluate hazards and risks
for the CAO/SCADA projects.
- Implement recommendations from VARs,
Environmental Impact Assessment reports.
- Utilize best practice within discipline by
keeping abreast of developments within
discipline both in SCIN and the Shell Group.
- Provide IC&A discipline input for the
creation of cost and schedule activities in
ROCI
Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
(Rotating Equipment)
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 34
Work experience: 8- 10 years experience
Skill set -
A professionally qualified maintenance
operations Engineer with 10 years
experience.
- Should have a good knowledge of his
discipline and other maintenance
disciplines.
- Incumbent shall have a University degree
(BSc or equivalent) in Electrical or
Instrument disciplines
- 10 years practical experience in oil and
gas production maintenance may be
acceptable in lieu
Roles and responsibilities-
A professionally qualified maintenance
operations Engineer with 10 years
experience.
- Should have a good knowledge of his
discipline and other maintenance
disciplines.
- Incumbent shall have a University degree
(BSc or equivalent) in Mechanical and/or
Rotating Equipment disciplines
- 10 years practical experience in oil and
gas production maintenance may be
acceptable in lieu
- Provide line troubleshooting support to
Asset teams on Mechanical and Rotating
Equipment maintenance activities
- Provide support to corporate initiatives in
the Asset.
- Prepares scope of work for major
overhauls of turbines, pumps, compressors,
vessel desanding and other related jobs to
be executed by contractors.
- Projects Analysis, Evaluation, Execution
and Management.
- Prepares the monthly Technical Integrity
Report for Asset
- Supervises pre-mobilization of contractors
and maintain project management controls
to ensure that all Mechanical and Rotating
Equipment works are carried out according
to standards and all HSSE controls are
strictly adhered to.
- Advises the Head, Asset Maintenance of
changes to programmed works and to
prepare preliminary work schedules for
future work.
- Maintains a close working relationship
and lines of communication with Asset Co-
ordinators and Team Leaders, Supply Chain
Management , and campaign teams to
ensure that all work is carried out to the
requirements.
- Participate in the sharing and
identification of best practices across the
Asset.
- Prepares monthly performance reports of
related activities and ensures that weekly
reports on progress are submitted on time.
Job Title: Maintenance Verification Engineer
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 35
Work experience: 5 -7 years experience
Skill set -
Technical graduate with 5+ years
experience in the oil and gas industry
- Proven understanding of maintenance
management systems and asset integrity
process safety management processes.
- Completion of comprehensive Change
Agent academy training.
- Proven change capacity, catalyst for
change and ability to drive and embed new
ways of working to deliver business
improvement gains.
- Proven Skills in Leadership Role.
Roles and responsibilities -
Oversee and carryout Verification Processes
and Hardware Barrier Assessment program
in SPDC.
- Facilitate / Participate in Verification and
Hardware Barrier Assessment activities.
- Development Communication Plan
- Serve as technical advisors to the Assets/
Districts
- Act as trouble shooters to identify and
remove barriers and obstacles that could
impede progress
- Train and facilitate the HBA/RCA process in
Asset /District Teams/TAs
- Assist with implementing and tracking
Maintenance and Integrity KPIs
- Utilise Effectively the M&I Dashboard to
monitor KPIs and Compliance Figures.
- Participate actively in OE Reviews both
internal and external.
Job Title: Maintenance Management System
Engineer Spares
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 36
Work experience: 5 -7 years experience
Skill set - A degree or equivalent
qualification together with 5 - 10 years of
broad experience across Production
Operations and Maintenance or
Engineering disciplines.
- Ability to structure and execute a major
change in maintenance strategy, working
through a large contractor team
- A good knowledge of SEPCiN key oil and
gas production assets and facilities as well
as their maintenance management systems.
- A good knowledge of SEPCiN Project
Management processes and systems, HSE,
inspection, technical integrity, maintenance
management systems, Project handover
process to Operations
- A good knowledge of SEPCiN Contracting
& Procurement and Logistics &
Warehousing processes and systems
- Expertise in data analysis and data
management.
- Good understanding of the IT applications
and databases in the Production and
Maintenance Portfolio.
- Experience in networking with Production
and Maintenance as well as IT experts.
- Good leadership, communication,
interpersonal, networking and influencing
skills.
- Proven ability to deliver results through
others and manage performance.
- Strong service delivery and result oriented
mindset
Roles and responsibilities -
Provide a comprehensive spare part
interchangeability records system (SPIR) to
enhance availability of aged plants, as well
as newly commissioned assets whilst
optimizing the cash flow over the life cycle.
- Assistance to the asset teams with respect
to identifying/sourcing the correct spares/
service kits and equipment documentation.
- Liaise with project teams to ensure
delivery of up to date SPIR and Bills of
Materials (BOM) that can be seamlessly
incorporated into SEPCiN’s spares database.
- Identify equipment categories for which
the stock levels (SPIR) have to be reviewed
and make input into spare parts stocking
policies
- Focal point for evaluating stocks that
Procurement and Logistics propose to
write off.
- Ensure that spares are properly coded in
the SAP Materials Management system and
regular update of the material master
through the approved change process.
- Assist Asset teams and Procurement &
Logistics with ensuring that buying
descriptions are correct.
- Assist Procurement & Logistics with
acceptance inspections.
Job Title: Tanker Operations Supervisor
Location: Nigeria
Type: Full time
Job opening ID 40
Work experience 5 -7 years experience
Skill set
Skill Level for the following key
competences:
Cargo transfer operations, Navigation
practice, Effective management of maritime
risks, Safe marine passenger transfer.
Knowledge Level for the following key
competences:
Cargo quality and loss
management, Demurrage management,
Manage ports and berths, Knowledge of
marine Regulations and Standards,
Maintain integrity of export facility loading
equipment ( mooring gear, hoses).
Qualifications and Experience Required:
2nd Deck Officer experienced in crude oil
and petroleum product transfer by tankers.
Class 2 Foreign going or Nigerian Master
Home Trade or equivalent with basic
understanding of all marine activities at the
Forcados, Bonga and SeaEagle offshore
terminals and the Forcados slot and Estuary
production support marine activities.
Experienced in working with tugs and risks
involved with handling of large tanker
mooring grommets and loading hoses.
Good interpersonal and negotiating skills
Roles and responsibilities
HSE-MS: Act as focal point for Maritime
Safety at FOT. Ensures compliance with the
MMG6 and Life saving rules at FOT slot jetty
and Tanker handling operations offshore.
Ensures barge hydrocarbon transfer at the
jetty is done safely and efficiently in line
with COBRA standard. Conduct Safety
Inspections and organise safety meetings.
Crude oil loading: Assist marine coordinator
will all crude oil export planning, execution,
cargo documentation, inward and outward
clearing. Ensure Contractor staff properly
execute crude oil loading without
accidents/incidents or demurrage caused
by SPDC marine operations, in line with
ISGOTT /SIGGTO /OCIMF recommendations.
Ensure Contractor staff assist with
maintaining safe jetty personnel transfer
and mooring operations. Execute MOB
exercises.
Cargo Control and Documentation: Ensure
staff complete all documentation in time
without incidents, both Shell and 3rd
parties.
Compile monthly Port Performance report
and circulate as required. Co-ordinates
movement of Export documents to/fro
Tankers and to/fro Export & Shipping in
PHIA.
Maintain Integrity: Ensure staff completes
pre arrival and departure checks of
mooring/loading equipment. Ensure staff
inspects line boat towing and SPM handling
gears before each loading.
Provision of Marine Support: Responsible
for arranging water transportation for
movement of materials and ensuring on
time delivery of the materials from/to
Ogunu. Inspection of all support vessels
three monthly and assist with follow up
close out of action items. Ensures
seaworthiness of vessels visiting or based
in FOT through premob validation.
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