Job Summary:

• To provide operations engineering support to offshore operations and associated asset support functions for the relevant production asset, with the following objectives:
• Achieving annual oil production, gas export, water injection and HSE targets in compliance with company standards, business policies and goals.
• Being the collaboration room focal point for emerging operational issues, co-ordinating required support from relevant functions to implement solutions.
• Managing operational expenditure to ensure that planned activities remain within budget and within agreed timescales.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Acting as the main operations focal point for engineering, subsea and subsurface work programmes to ensure that the required operational input is provided and that all work activity is coordinated and executed in full alignment with asset operations strategies and integrated field plans. Will involve attending at SEQ, SOM, SIL, HAZOP and HAZAN meetings / workshops as required and / or facilitating the required operational input from other areas of the Operations Team (onshore or offshore).
• Maintaining and reporting monthly (onshore and offshore) asset production efficiency and loss data in the respective Asset Choke Model and APRS, ensuring that all production losses are categorised and that improvement plans / initiatives are in place to minimise recurring / future losses.
• Liaising with Asset Subsurface Team to ensure asset Installed Production Capacity (IPC) is accurate and that all / any variations are fully justified and fed back into asset Annual Operations Plan (AOP).
• Monitoring production practice / procedures and where required, working with offshore Operations Team to ensure actual production is optimised.
• Managing relevant subcontracts in full accordance with company contractor management processes, OPEX cost forecasting and invoice review and approvals.
• Along with the Asset HSE Advisor, acting as the main operations interface with BEIS and OGA, in relation to the production and submission of annual asset performance data and annual emissions consents.
• Acting as the main operations interface with respect to TPAs (Transportation Pipeline Agreements), involving the preparation, submission and management of TPA waivers and the production and submission of technical papers in relation to TPA waiver applications.
• Conducting regular offshore visits to ensure full alignment between the Onshore and Offshore Operations Teams and to manage / monitor specific work programmes.
• Liaising with other company producing Assets Operations Teams to identify synergies, as well as share best practices and resources, for the overall benefit of the company.
• Liaising with well integrity group with specific interest in maintenance of annuli, integrity of well SDVs and intervention scopes.
• Ensuring that OPEX is controlled and within annual budget, particularly with respect to chemical consumption, equipment rental and external services costs.
• Providing relevant and required input to subcontract tendering process, where required, and in full alignment with relevant company processes.
• Participating in and / or lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations into equipment failures and / or production loss causes.
• Participating in company and / or corporate improvement programmes / initiatives, relating to business / production efficiency improvements.
• Deputising for the Operations Manager, as and when required by the company.

Experience / Qualifications:

• A degree qualification in chemical engineering would be preferred.
• Previous experience in a similar Operations Support Engineer type role, relating to production / process engineering within the oil and gas industry, is essential.
• Previous experience of process / production operations and / or support is essential.
• Project management experience with brownfield production enhancement engineering projects is essential.
• Demonstrable experience of providing production operations support to North Sea / mature assets is essential.
• Experience of leading Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations would be preferred.