Contract Site Operations Engineer

Airswift


Airswift was tasked by one of our major oil and gas clients to seek for a Site Operations Engineer to work at Lloydminster, AB for a 12-month contract.

Overall Job Summary
The Site Operations Engineer will:
• Provide field level process engineering support to Operations and other stakeholders within Thermal and Conventional Heavy Oil.
• Apply engineering theory and problem-solving skills to resolve safety/environmental/integrity concerns, optimize facility performance, and scope/identify opportunities that reduce OPEX or add business value.

Roles & Responsibilities
• Support and collaborate with Operations to:

o Resolve operational process / equipment issues (analyze and troubleshoot process issues, recommend ideas and solutions).
o Verify process changes, validate process function, and perform equipment sizing / rating by creating and updating process simulations models and/or completing engineering calculations / analysis.
o Identify facility bottlenecks, process improvements, and OPEX reduction opportunities; scope and frame to resolve.
o Support safety, environmental, and integrity concerns; scope and frame to resolve.
o Complete or support work intake for process engineering investigations and process, management of change requests.
o Complete process release calculations to support process safety event incident investigations.

• Provide process engineering representation and support for Operational risk assessments, Project / MOC PHA, revalidation HAZOPs, and other related evaluations.
• Define, implement, monitor, and sustain facility Safe Operating Limits.
• Support integrated production planning by identifying and managing facility constraints.
• Support facility outages by quantifying outage production impacts, supporting operational risk assessments, completing process engineering calculations / modelling, and supporting found work resolution.
• Complete performance monitoring on facility process and equipment; collaborate to drive business performance and operational efficiency.
• Execute process engineering investigations and small, process engineering MOCs.
• Interface with Facilities Engineering to support process engineering requirements for front end scoping and execution of engineering investigations and MOCs (process engineering support for facility changes).
• Coordinate process trials (PTRs) (eg. chemical trials, process optimization).
• Interface with capital project teams as needed, support up front scoping and integration/consideration of operating conditions.
• Support the Enhanced Production Audit Program (annual measurement schematic review, engineering estimates, monthly or quarterly gas sample verification, audits).
• Complete data gathering / trending to support business needs.
• Complete and support engineering work in alignment with the professional practice management plan.
• Support the continuous improvement of business processes and documentation.

Qualifications
• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
• Must be registered with APEGS as a P. Eng.
• Chemical Engineering degree or equivalent program with a focus on process engineering courses.
• 8+ years of related industry experience
• Previous experience in an operational, process engineering role is an asset
• Previous process engineering design experience is an asset
• Proficient with process simulation tools (HYSYS, Unisim)
• Proficient in process calculations (control valve sizing and rating, piping hydraulics/heat loss, PSV/PVRV sizing and rating, vessel/HEX sizing and rating, pump curves/performance, ).
• Drivers license is required

To apply for this job please visit www.airswift.com.

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