Senior Engineer, Process Improvement (Utilities - PAT-PQ)

Job description / Role

About the job

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

Plant and ADNOC gas processing process improvement support

• Develop and implement process improvement strategies to enhance production.
• Analyse operations data to identify areas for improvement and cost reduction. This includes production data (quality and quantity, shortfalls), planning and operation steering.
• Conduct process simulations and modeling to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Collaborate with cross-function teams to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Provide technical support and guidance to production and operation team.
• Develop, maintain, and update the process improvement toolkit to ensure consistency.
• Provide expert services related to optimum and meeting operational requirements as the company's technical authority in process improvement.
• Initiate and coordinate or support the standardization of improvement design work, including the specification and philosophies.
• Support or conduct the implementation of improvement programs of production quality and quantity management activities.
• Assess the feasibility and economic interest of modification and process improvements at ADNOC facilities.
• Assess the impact on availability of new feed gas sources on ADNOC assets and evaluate impact on products, quality, and facility performance.

Performance monitoring and reporting

• Evaluate the effectiveness of the existing production quality and quantity and operation steering systems in terms of performance, efficiency and standardization, communicating stakeholders' concerns and recommending preventive and corrective actions in relevant areas of production throughout the life cycle of the asset.
• Contribute to the establishment of a coherent, accurate production measurement process for production quality and quantity and efficiencies to provide a dependable input to the company reporting system (Energy Components), thus supporting management decisions.

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 maximise the benefit.
• Coordinate with the subject matter experts 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.

Qualifications, experience, knowledge & skills

• Bachelor degree in chemical or oil and gas process engineering.
• At least 6 years of experience in process engineering.
• At least 3 years of experience inside an ADNOC site operations entity.
• Thorough knowledge of gas extraction and processing plants operations and production engineering principles.
• Strong experience on process simulations and other workplace computer applications.
• Strong understanding of ADNOC gas production flow scheme.
• Strong understanding of production planning and operation steering.
• Strong knowledge/practice in production performance monitoring systems.
• Sound knowledge of assets management, OPEX and CAPEX management, oil and gas market and economic context, gas sales agreement.
• Familiar with budget, schedule, risk analysis studies and ERP systems (preferably SAP).
• Full knowledge of HSE in a plant environment.

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.