Senior Engineer, Process Automation

Job description / Role

Job Purpose:

Support implementation of cost-effective improvement programs to close gaps and provide assurance across all plant and pipeline assets on production related quality and quantity by establishing standards, evaluating gaps, supporting initiatives and a companywide Centre of Excellence for Production.

Key Accountabilities:

• Policy, Standards Processes and Practices
  • Support to establish consistent approaches which deliver improved efficiency and effectiveness across all assets, thereby contributing to the objectives of the department. This includes the management of product measurement, mass balance methods and quality specifications.
  • Support and implement companywide improvement programs of production quality, quantity management activities in order to ensure compliance with company standards and enable performance visibility.
  • Assist the establishment and management of processes whereby production quantity and quality events, opportunities and related risks are reviewed across the company. Identifying the improvement areas and following up mitigating actions in order to ensure that repeated occurrences of similar events are prevented.
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting
  • Contribute to the establishment of a coherent, accurate production measurement process for production quantity and quality to provide a dependable input to the company reporting system (PRISM), thus supporting management decisions.
  • Participate in the investigation of production quantity and quality, communicating stakeholders concerns and recommending preventive and corrective actions in relevant areas of production throughout the life cycle of the asset.
• Community and Networks
  • Support the establishment of effective networks of internal stakeholders (i.e. process owners and subject matter experts) and activate associated governance to maximize the benefit.
  • Coordinate with the subject matter expert for advice, support and training in relevant areas and act as interface between sites in order to establish and sustain new ways of working.
  • Support category management activities by developing the required business cases, screening alternatives and refining the selected alternative into an executable work plan.
• 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 functional objectives.
• Budgets
  • Provide input for preparation of the functional budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver functional objectives.
  • Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
• Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures
  • Implement approved Section / Team / Department policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the work programs in line with company and international standards.
• Performance Management
  • Contribute to the achievement of the approved performance objectives for the function 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 best industry standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.
• Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability
  • Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures and controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices.
• Reports
  • Provide inputs to prepare MIS and progress reports for company management.

Communications & Working Relationships:

• Internal
  • Regular contacts with concerned manager / vice president and other staff within the division on work related matters.
  • Regular contact with plants and production planning & optimization divisions on work related matters.
• External
  • Frequent contacts with ADNOC and group companies on work related matters.
  • Frequent contact with vendors, third party service providers for work related requirements.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills:

• Minimum Qualification
  • Bachelor degree in Chemical or Process Engineering or equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills
  • 8 years of experience in gas plant or refinery operations.
  • Advanced knowledge and practice in quality, business process and performance management systems.
  • Thorough knowledge of gas extraction and processing plants operations and production engineering principles.
  • Good experience on process simulations and other workplace computer applications.
  • Gas plants production process and systems.
  • Solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process.
  • Familiar with budget, schedule, risk analysis studies and ERP systems (preferable MAXIMO).
  • Full knowledge of HSE in a plant environment.
• Professional Certifications
  • NIL

Technical Competencies:

• As per the approved competency dictionary.

Behavioral Competencies:

• As per the approved competency dictionary.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.