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Senior Engineer, Plant Operations

About the Company

We are the largest oil producer within the ADNOC Group, accounting for over half of ADNOC's total oil production. As the country's oldest oil production company, our operations date back to 1939, when a 75 year concession was signed to explore for oil and gas in Abu Dhabi. As a global industry leader in environmental sustainability, we are the first in the world to capture carbon from the iron and steel industry. Our Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) facility at Al Reyadah has the capacity to capture 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO ) from Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) each year for use in the Bab and Rumaitha oil fields to support Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Al Reyadah is, therefore, a critical enabler of ADNOC's 2030 sustainability goals.

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 CO injection and distribution. Maintains optimum operating efficiency and assures facilities and systems integrity/reliability while assuring compliance to the HSE Management system. Troubleshoots and recommends corrective actions to deal with abnormalities, de bottlenecking, upgrading, and optimum operating conditions for the plant and processes.

Key Accountabilities

Review the operating data as per the planned production targets, past and present prevailing conditions including laboratory analysis and 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 carry out 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, CO injection KPIs. Ensure data entry accuracy in the 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.
Coordinate with Integrated Shutdown Planning Team and other stakeholders for the five yearly shutdown plans, conduct shutdown optimisation exercises (related to shut down, handover and start up), manpower distribution and resource management, and ensure yearly shutdown scopes are identified and performed within the approved shutdown period.
Troubleshoot plant chronic problems related to surface facilities and participate in the root cause analyses of major/critical equipment repetitive failures to ensure production availability.
Monitor the operation of equipment, prepare analytical reports with appropriate trends to track the performance of all processes, highlight abnormalities, and advise operation personnel on corrective actions. Check, endorse and review regularly the operating procedures and standing instructions of the plant units for safe and cost efficient operation.
Actively engage with the Technical Center and Project & Construction Teams in all stages of the projects, including Design Review, Value Engineering, 3D model reviews, and various HSE studies such as HAZOP, HAZID, OHID, ISD, SIL Review, Plot Plan review. Capture lessons learned, provide operations feedback, raise concerns and ideas to improve the overall project, and involve in Ready For Commissioning (RFC) walk downs, 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 and permanent changes performed for operational excellence are done through Change Management (MOC) processes, with appropriate approvals and execution plans. Ensure completion of engineering review, Scope of Work (SoW), budget secure, and project inclusion for MOC execution.
Direct involvement with Tactical Response Team (TRT) and Incident Management Team (IMT) during emergencies by providing guidance and training, acting as On Scene Commander, and serving as the main channel of information to provide a holistic view of all facilities and ongoing activities.
Participate 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, and provide supporting documents and mitigation plans.
Ensure the integrity of the surface and subsurface facility is maintained by taking appropriate preventive and remedial action on facility anomalies observed by the Integrity team. Plan and perform the integrity related subsurface activities such as communication tests, Below Cellar Inspection (BCI), Sustained Annulus Pressure (SAP) investigations along with the Well Integrity team.

Generic Accountabilities

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 section objectives.

Budgets

Provide input for preparation of the Department/Section budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver section objectives.
Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
Perform yearly budget optimization and capitalization exercise to reduce cost per barrel.
Ensure all material requirements are consolidated periodically and establish necessary coordination with PD for materials procurement.

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

Implement approved Department / Section policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the Department / Section's work programs in line with Company and International standards.
Comply with all applicable legislation and legal regulations.

Performance Management

Contribute to the achievement of the approved performance contract objectives for the Department / Section in line with the Company performance framework.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

Conduct regular visits to the worksites and ensure the job is executed safely.
Undertake hazard assessment and identify precautions for the PTW issued in their work area.
Ensure work is carried out in line with the ADNOC HSE procedure requirements.
Implement corrective action for hazards and near misses reported in the area.
Carry out the emergency responsibilities in line with the respective roles as per the emergency organization.

Reports

Provide inputs to prepare Section MIS and progress reports for Company Management.
COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal

Coordinate and liaise with other discipline Engineers and with all the relevant teams within the company when required.
Frequent contact with ADNOC Gas processing, Reyadah CO Supply.
Occasional contact with ADNOC Group companies.

External