Shell Nigeria Recruitment: Senior Mech Engr (Rotating Equipment)

Shell companies have been exploring for and producing hydrocarbons for over a century. Today, Upstream International employs some 17,000 people worldwide and has interests in ventures in 36 different countries. This is a technically challenging work environment characterised by research and the pursuit of new ways of working. It demands people who will thrive in a culture that encourages and rewards innovation, collaboration and the ability to learn from success as well as failure.Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) uses advanced cutting edge technologies in ‘frontier’ deepwater areas of over 1,000 metres. The Bonga deepwater discovery made in 1995 increased Nigeria’s crude reserves by some 600 million barrels.SNEPCO is a rapidly growing company comprising a range of large operated and non-operated deep and shallow water assets. In addition to managing very major projects, activities done by our local-based staff include technical integrity management, production operations support, well and reservoir surveillance, subsurface and well delivery work. These activities are growing and worth billions of dollars.We’re currently looking to recruiting experienced engineering professionals into our Deepwater Projects organisation to support effective management of our growing activities.Job Responsibilities:
This experienced professional will be supporting asset integrity and delivery projects from the front-end through execution and commissioning towards value maximisation. She/He will be responsible for delivering safe,cost/schedule effective and efficient projects; and will be looked up to as important contributors to ongoing projects realization and strategic cost leadership practices within the Deep water Projects organisation. We therefore need competent Nigerian Engineering professionals with deepwater experience who have spent at least 5 years (post-NYSC) focused on practicing the discipline

Job Requirements:

A recognized Bachelors degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering discipline.·At least 8 years experience in rotating equipment engineering.·HSE commitment and leadership, including intervening to stop unsafe behaviours and customary work practices.·Knowledge of existing standards and ability to develop mechanical engineering system functionality requirements for new deep-water development projects.·Solid understanding of rotating equipment across the entire lifecycle, especially commissioning, operating and troubleshooting.·Experience in managing the settings of safety critical element protection systems.·Abilities in a few of the following areas is required: analysis and design of
rotating equipment, equipment specification, dynamic analysis of equipment installed on floating systems, risk and reliability, project planning and economics.·Initiative to implement reliability upgrades using Technical Authority and Management of Change Systems.·Experience overseeing repair work and acceptance tests in supplier facilities.·Excellent computer skills, with emphasis on troubleshooting packages is a requirement.·Excellent PC skills, with emphasis on using process historian systems like PI and SmartConnect to support engineering assessments of machine conditions.·Motivating and coaching less experienced colleagues. ·Collaborate with colleagues in New Orleans, Houston, Rijswijk, Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore and Aberdeen to deliver quality and seamless service to our customers as needed.

Capturing and instilling standard “best practices”, work processes, systems, and tools based on Group experiences realized from execution subsea projects.

Application Deadline: Tuesday 08 May 2012

Number of Vacancies: 1