Associate Engineer, Production

Venture Global LNG • Cameron, LA

90d

About The Position

Venture Global LNG is seeking an Associate Production Engineer to join our Integrated Production Excellence team. This position will be located in Cameron, LA with travel to various sites, as needed. The role will initially report to the SVP, Integrated Production Excellence and will be responsible for developing and progressing the Ready for Operations (RFO) schedule to transition the facility from EPC to the operations phase. Post transition, the role will be responsible for closely working with key interface stakeholders to ensure that the safe and sustainable realization of facility production targets and other critical KPI’s are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Process or Petroleum Engineering.
• One (1) to four (4) years’ experience working as an Engineer in a process plant environment is a plus.
• Oil & Gas experience is required, with a strong preference in LNG applications.
• Demonstrable passion to pursue a career in this discipline for engineering graduates.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of a facility production forecasting model.
• Support the development and maintenance of mass and energy balance models.
• Support the development and maintenance of tools for production, environmental and compliance reporting.
• Monitor production performance summaries and Key Performance Indicators for each processing Train.
• Monitor and order catalysts, chemicals and consumables needed to manage the facility.
• Support the development and maintenance of loss accounting summaries to identify and categorize facility production losses.
• Support the development of production engineering standards and procedures.
• Coordinate with maintenance, gas supply, commercial operations and finance on facility operations and reporting.
• Provide day to day troubleshooting support to operations.
• Set CP Facility LNG Trains Production daily targets, define operating limits and engage with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering to develop the Production Plan for the day.
• Build and maintain Real time, online, surveillance and monitoring models to optimize the Availability and Performance of the CP Facility LNG Liquefaction Trains.
• Perform Analysis to detect deviations from Live Operating Envelope Limits and identify actions required to safely and reliably maximize LNG rundown.
• Identify short-, medium- and long-term Availability and Reliability improvement initiatives to maximize LNG rundown using insights from Real time System and Physics-based/data-driven models.
• Identify Production risks that could impact Availability and Reliability and develop mitigation plans to address them.
• Provide input to the weekly and monthly Production reviews and follow up on any actions required to improve the performance of the CP Facility LNG Trains.
• Identify the CP Facility LNG Trains production loss events and engage with relevant stakeholders to review, validate, report and manage production losses in a timely manner.
• Lead or be part of EIRs (Engineering Investigation Requests) and MoCs (Management of Change) required to improve the CP Facility LNG Trains performance.
• Lead or be part of the CP Facility LNG Trains Production loss RCAs when required.
• Gather the required assumptions on LNG Trains performance and provide timely input to the Forecast and Annual Delivery Plan process.
• Support the Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) process and provide all required input and analysis.
• Support the development of Integrated Production Excellence standards and procedures.
• Capture Lessons Learned from the CP Facility and provide input to other Venture Global LNG projects / sites as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree