Consultant-Operations Readiness

Wood • Houston, TX

21h

About The Position

Wood is currently recruiting for an Operations Readiness Consultant for engagement in Operations Readiness Projects from the point of concept through to handover of deliverables as start-up. We are seeking personnel who have experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry. Successful candidates will lead scalable operations readiness programs from definition in a consulting phase through leading a small teams for defined projects. The position will lead Operations Readiness practitioners as well as multi discipline SME's with our clients and sub-contractor orgamizations. Successful candidates will lead initiative from beginning to end; customer and stakeholder management, scope definition, program development, planning, organization, resources, execution, assurance, close out and capturing of lessons learned, as a subject matter expert or in delivering a specific theme within the program.

Requirements

• Have been involved in operations consultancy projects, with proven experience in the definition of Operations Readiness deliverables.
• Understand operational readiness program and objectives from a client/owner perspective.
• At least 3 years supervisory experience in an operations environment
• Minimum 5 years oil and gas industry experience
• Working knowledge of operations readiness requirements
• 4 year degree in an engineering discipline (preferably chemical engineering)
• Ability to produce reports
• A working knowledge of the oil and gas industry with experience in downstream or upstream operations.
• Proficient with Microsoft Applications
• Excellent communication skills
• Authorization to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood is required

Responsibilities

• Provide operational requirements for design and assist in resolving design/operation differences with the design engineering team through Actively engaging and influence design team by Attending design meetings Promoting best practices and lesson learnt from past project or operating experiences Providing Operations and Maintenance practicality to design proposals and arrangements Provide operational/maintenance review of all equipment specification and data sheets to validate Operational requirements are met: Sparing requirements Isolation requirements Spare parts requirements Specific training Capacities Pressure ratings Maintainability HFE Standards Ensure OR&A participation in TQs SQs & Management of Change (MoC) proposals Develop, review and/or approve pertinent project procedure Startup, Operating, Maintenance, System Check-out Procedures, etc. Utilize Performance Agreement between Operations and other disciplines to ensure clarity and accountability for shared work products Understand and utilize the assurance and control frameworks Ensure a forum for documenting, filing, and communicate design decisions, with Operations concurrence Document and share flaws and lessons learned for future projects Represent OR in Project HSE Studies & Reviews e.g. participate in HAZOPS, Audits, PSUA and actively bring closure to action items and closure document actions taken Ensure timely completion of OR assigned action items Utilize other OR staff to validate and get feedback on your OR activities Provide opportunity and maintain interface management with other OR personnel and other project disciplines Established network with OR practitioners Responsible for leading, managing and maintaining plans schedules for Project and other OR deliveries Implementing Quality Project Delivery for “right first time” start up, identifying and mitigating issues that could lead to delays and unnecessary project and operations costs Implementing Project to Asset Handover strategy, to define the project deliverables required for handover of the asset and to ensure that the operations have the capability to operate and maintain the asset from the moment of handover

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior