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Senior Facility Engineer at Dangote Group

Dec 21, 2023, 7:32 PM
Engineering
Dangote Group

Dangote Group is one of Nigeria’s most diversified business conglomerates with a hard – earned reputation for excellent business practices and products’ quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Facility Engineer

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full time

Description

Expert level skills as an E&P facilities engineer in developing both individually and with key stakeholders: subsea, jacket and topsides concepts, Engineering, installation, HUC, fabrication, offshore construction and pipeline design and installation scopes.
Able to effortlessly deliver Facilities Concepts, contract strategies, supplier prequalification, tender/RFP technical and commercial evaluation templates and scopes of work, Providing negotiation support, and creating and ensuring timely delivery of complex scopes for : Strategy development, contract scope, Work breakdown evaluation, Technical Evaluation, Mobilization support documents.
Demonstrated Expert at technically, prequalifying scoping and evaluating 3rd party facilities contractors and services and products (Engineering services for refurbishment, inspection, repair, jacket and topsides life extension, hook up and commissioning work, marine mooring, pipeline testing and replacement. ) from low to high risk, simple to complex work, and costs /values from the tens of thousands to the tens of millions USD. Typically has worked in E&P company looking after maint and brownfield projects as well as green field
Scopes range from studies, engineering and inspection support, fabrication and installations works: Production equipment verification , HUC, pipeline testing and repair/replacement, subsea versus surface facility structural comparisons concept studies greenfield field development concepts. May involve subsea as facility as surface technologies.
The incumbent will develop, assess and deliver conceptual offshore and limited onshore facility designs, completion designs and costed development plans from conceptual to the tactical as required and will cost same. Demonstrated skills in this regard are mandatory.
Expert in communicating the value and tradeoffs both subjective and objective for all options involved fac designs for full field development including surface and subsurface options.
Demonstrated specific focus on HSE, Cost, Time and Recovery per facility/ per structure.

Key Accountabilities

Ensure alignment and timely approvals both internal and external stakeholders and approvers. Sr Mgt, partners and government bodies alike. Where required coordinate the technical input into the Management Committee meetings with regulators and our partners.
Understand what must be done to ensure a world class database that is third party verifiable. The scopes of work, cost estimates, concept analysis, facility summary document, the e-Facility book, key Life of Asset Reference Documents updated quarterly complete with the relevant historic, installation, dynamic and static data for the field, the facilities, drainage points, reservoirs, and surface infrastructure are in place
Drive the implementation of field optimization of the producing fields, oil, gas and condensate, He/She has fully demonstrated understanding of the range of design options and material choices to deliver production from the reservoir to the sales point.
Set out discipline specific guidelines and procedures to ensure all work is carried out safely adhering to best international technical practices.
Ensure efficient approval and endorsement workflow: Contribute to the generation, coordination and delivery of documents to support the approval processes: for commercial agreement, strategies, tender lists, evaluation templates Facility proposals, Facility data gathering campaigns, Facility “re-entry” and work proposals.
Ensure seamless integration between Community/security, Government and regulatory affairs team, Exploration, Wells Engineering, Production Operation’s Logistics and Finance alike.
Support our Integrated Production Delivery Model, from reservoir drainage points to points of sale. Key focus areas are maximization of the gas and liquids volumes sold, within the technical limits of the reservoirs, quantity and quality of gas liquids resources using facility construction design, operations and completion optimization.

Qualifications and Experience

15+ years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry as a facilities engineer with at least 5 but no more than 8 years in field oversight and execution/construction mgt
Excellent technical and communication skills with a strong emphasis on teamwork, change mgt and influencing · Fluency in written and spoken English language
Track record in Offshore oil and gas Field Development Planning and execution: supporting Production, storage and transport of hydrocarbons as well as facility support for work over, Wire line, and well intervention services,.
Track record in Asset Optimization, minimum footprint, facility clustering, subsea versus dry tree trade offs, etc.
Technical innovator and entrepreneur, track record in finding solutions to increasing the recovery per dollar invested and operated. Not only Capex but OPEX results.
Track record in working in Nigerian or other international locales with heavy governmental engagement required in delivering 3rd party services in alignment with government partners: selection, tendering, and contracting for all E&P support services.
Demonstrated skill in supplier selection, scope development, negotiation support, evaluation, contractor mgt, and closeout in such locations
Deep expertise in concept selection, with at least 5 years in project/ planning, PEP, detailed design and engineering with some field execution and supervision experience.

Desired Attributes:
Technical Skills:

Ability to translate complex operational and development issues into simple documentable solutions for use in business cases, pre_Q, SOW, approval workflow, contract strategies, technical evaluations, award recommendations, and stakeholder presentations.
Ruthless bottomline technical focus, ability to translate and articulate technical solutions into documents and easily articulate key business drivers, HSE, Cost and Production keys
High level of independent thinking and reasoning, based on sound technical and commercial fundamentals
Able to bring those arguments professionally to influence key mgt and key stakeholders.
Ability to generate good quality technical and commercially sound reports using excel, power point and Word. Visio and MS project skills are appreciated Business Skills
Fully understand and able to articulate the values and tradeoffs based on accurate verifiable information on how the supplier’s performance will support or degrade our company short term, medium term and long goals.

Team Skills:

Interact and work effectively with other professionals in group/project team and in other disciplines in a timely fashion. Deadlines matter.

Personal Skills:

Demonstrate high level of oral and written skills (English), good listening ability
Demonstrate personal initiative and ability to mentor subordinates
Constructively accept views and guidance from supervisors and input from subordinates
Ability and focus on driving technical and commercial solutions

Benefits