Process Engineer

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The Process Engineer will report to the Process Engineering Team Lead with the primary responsibility of providing focused and specialized process engineering support to the asset. This role will serve as the main engineering point of contact for surface facilities within their assigned field area, with a focus on maximizing production, minimizing downtime, and achieving Goal Zero HSE performance.

Accountabilities:

For the area of the field to which they are assigned, the Process Engineer is responsible for:

• Surveillance:
  • Maintaining awareness of the state of the surface facilities through instrument data (e.g. PI trends), relationships with field operators, and direct observation in the field.
  • Maintaining awareness of the field business context, with emphasis on surface related costs and value drivers.
• Troubleshooting
  • Understanding the root causes of equipment and system failures.
  • Actively participating in the MTO (Manage Threats and Opportunities) process.
  • Proposing and justifying solutions for failures, then developing the MoC (Management of change) and overseeing execution of those solutions (typically by Brownfield team)
• Optimization
  • Direct collaboration with production engineering to optimize the full value chain from reservoir to sales point.
  • Understanding the limits of the system and where current performance is in relation to those limits.
  • Support the WRFM production system optimization process through leading facility reviews and supporting well reviews.
  • Proposing and justifying projects to safely increase value through increased production or reduced costs, then developing the MoC (Management of change) and overseeing execution of those solutions (typically by Brownfield team).
• Process Safety
  • Ensuring that the MoC process is rigorously followed.
  • Ownership of critical documents (primarily P&IDs and Cause-and-Effect matrix).
  • Supporting HSE incident investigations as required.
  • Supporting new (and revalidation of existing) Process Hazard Analyses (such as HAZOPs).
• In all areas, application of Continuous Improvement / Lean practices is required to systematically reduce cost, increase production, and improve safety. This includes documenting, sharing, and adopting lessons learned and best practices inside and outside Shell.

Dimensions

The asset currently consists of two central processing facilities in SOV South and a central processing facility under construction in Bajada de Añelo. Additionally, there are approximately 130 wells in production and the associated gathering pipeline network, export oil and gas pipelines, and water disposal wells.
 

• Regular (min. 1or 2 days/week) presence in the field.
• Interaction with all levels of the organization, including operators, field leadership, asset leadership, development teams, engineering TAs, and project delivery staff.
• No direct Reports.

Requirements

• ­~5 years of experience as a Professional Engineer with a degree in Chemical Engineering. 
• Knowledge in Process Engineering is required. Experience as Process/ Facilities engineer in plant/field is highly desirable.
• Native Spanish speaker with good proficiency in English.
• Knowledge in separation technology, liquids recovery, stabilization and gas treatment.
• Knowledge in using process engineering design tools such as UniSim, Pipesim.
• Knowledge level understanding of Asset Integrity – Process Safety Management concepts and processes.
• Awareness level understanding of Shell and Industry Facilities design standards and codes, and performance standards, such as DEPs, PRS and API codes.
• Awareness level competency demonstrated for Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) techniques and methods, preferably including Causal Learning.
• Demonstrated abilities to work across multi-disciplinary teams that could include operations, leadership, finance, engineering, regulatory, and others.
• Awareness level competency in Managing Threats & Opportunities (MTO), Production System Optimization (PSO), Wells, Reservoir, and Facility Management (WRFM), and Alarm Management processes.
• Change Management skills, including knowledge level understanding of the Management of Change (MOC) process.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative.
• Knowledge of mechanical aspects of heat transfer and rotating equipment, instrumentation systems, piping design, etc. as they impact on process design requirements (e.g. Vibration, cavitation, fatigue, overloads).

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