Control Engineer I
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About the Role
North Oil Company Qatar seeks a Control Engineer I to provide front-line technical support for control and safety systems on the Al Shaheen offshore oil and gas field.
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Responsibilities
- Provide front line Control & Safety system technical/engineering support and solutions
- Ensure highest safety and technical support in assessment and recommendations for Control and Safety systems
- Provide all aspects of Control and Safety systems engineering/technical support to offshore team, Operations Center, Maintenance support and Shutdown/Campaign entity
- Responsible for technical administration of all Control and Safety systems spare parts for field operation
- Provide immediate support in close liaison with Tier 2 Maintenance Coordinator, Operations Centre Manager/personnel, Offshore stakeholders, etc.
- Encourage and foster Incident Free environment through role model safety behaviors
- Provide first level/front line specialist technical advice and guidance to site/offshore personnel on maintenance troubleshooting, root cause analysis
- Prepare scopes of work for short term interventions, organize vendors, supply direct support to site requests
- Proactive management of all safety and business critical backlog
- Visit offshore sites on regular basis to enhance collaboration and promote understanding of goals
- Manage repair process for critical equipment, including visits to local vendor workshops and warehouses
- Monitor efficiency of maintenance strategies and feedback to Maintenance Engineering
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 7 years experience in Oil and Gas industry in a similar role
- Significant understanding of Offshore Oil and Gas Plant/Equipment and expert in Control & Instrumentation Maintenance/Engineering
- Experience with Yokogawa Prosafe RS ESD and CENTUM VP DCS
- Knowledge of ICSS Infrastructure (Hyper V, VMware, Fortinet, Hirschmann, etc.)
- Knowledge of Industrial Protocols (Modbus, OPC, Profibus, Profinet)
- Experience with Allen Bradley RSLogix 500/5000
- Siemens PCS7 knowledge is a must (Simatic Step 7, WinCC, F systems, S7 400)
- Fluent in English written and oral communication
- Medically fit to travel to offshore Oil and Gas Platforms
- Results driven approach and attitude
- Industry recognized training and professional certification (TUV FsEng and/or GICSP is advantage)
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Job Dimensions
- Provide front line Control & Safety system technical/engineering support and solutions.
- Technical specialist in ICSS Control & Safety system Maintenance/Engineering, Control & Safety system Discipline Engineer.
- Position interacts daily with Offshore C&I Supervisors, Tier 2 Maintenance Coordinators, Operations Centre Manager/personnel, etc.
- Position has interactions with external stakeholders (Contractor Management).
- Provide input into budgets and draw on experience to highlight any unusual or unexpected impacts on budgets.
Context and Environment
- Position is in a Joint Venture Operating Company on the Al Shaheen oil and gas field, one of the largest offshore oil and gas fields in the world.
- The role is onshore based in Doha, Qatar and is a permanent staff position on a residential basis (5 day working week).
- Role will require regular offshore trips together with visits to contractor offices and facilities.
Accountabilities
- Ensure highest safety and technical support in the assessment and recommendations for Control and Safety systems.
- Maintenance activities, issue procedures and technical support for its discipline.
- Provide all aspects of Control and Safety systems engineering/technical support and assistance to offshore team, Operations Center, Maintenance support and Shutdown/Campaign entity.
- Responsible for the technical administration of all Control and Safety systems spare parts for field operation, from its creation to its refurbishment or end of life.
- Provide immediate support in close liaison with Tier 2 Maintenance Coordinator, Operations Centre Manager/personnel, Offshore stakeholders, etc.
Activities
- Encourage and foster Incident Free environment through role model safety behaviors, take corrective action wherever necessary.
- Foster and reinforce positive HSE performance by vendor personnel, contractors and peers.
- Ensuring compliance with HSE legislation, company standards and procedures.
- Provide first level/front line specialist technical advice and guidance to site/offshore personnel on maintenance troubleshooting, root cause analysis.
- Provide technical and administrative support to site base operations; preparation of scopes of work, organization of vendors, supply direct support to site requests.
- Ensure daily communication with NOC OC T2 & Maintenance Engineers in T3 and provide support where required.
- Proactive management of all safety and business critical backlog.
- Visit offshore sites on regular basis to enhance collaboration and promote understanding of goals.
- Visit vendor workshops/Lab for Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) if required.
- Manage the repair process for critical equipment, including visits to local vendor workshops and warehouses.
- Monitor the efficiency of maintenance strategies and feedback to Maintenance Engineering.
- Ensure 4 months and 5 weeks planning are optimized, liaise with planning department, and attend weekly IOP meetings.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent
Experience
- Minimum of 07 years’ experience working in the Oil and Gas industry in a similar role or oil & gas automation engineering firm.
- Significant understanding and knowledge of Offshore Oil and Gas Plant/Equipment and expert in Control & Instrumentation Maintenance/Engineering.
- YOKOGAWA Prosafe RS ESD System, YOKOGAWA CENTUM VP DCS, YOKOGAWA Plant resource manager (PRM), PIMS, Alarm Management System (ARA).
- ICSS Infrastructure System Knowledge: Domain Controller, Microsoft Hyper V Virtual Platform, Vmware ESxi, Fortinet Firewall, Hirschmann network switches, Acronis, Trellix, WSUS, Whatsup Gold, Cogent DataHub.
- Industrial Protocol (Modbus Serial/TCP, OPCDA, OPCUA, Profibus, Profinet).
- Allan Bradley RSlogix 500/5000.
- Siemens PCS7 knowledge is a must including (Simatic Step 7, Wincc, F systems, Redundant H System & S7 400) as advantage.
- Versatile, resilient, and able to interact effectively working in a multi cultural and highly technical specialized environment.
- Thorough understanding and application of industry process safety guidelines and procedures.
- Thorough knowledge of cross discipline maintenance requirements, CMMS and planning processes.
- Good communicator and able to interact effectively with peers/Line Management.
- Medically fit to travel to offshore Oil and Gas Platforms.
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