Director, Production Engineering

Venture Global LNG•Cameron, LA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost. We are seeking qualified applicants for the position: Director, Production Engineering Located: Houston Summary We are seeking a Director, Production Engineering to join our Integrated Production Excellence Team. This position will be located in Cameron, LA with frequent travel to Arlington, Virginia. This role reports to the SVP, Integrated Production Excellence and will be responsible for developing or progressing an Operational Readiness schedule to transition the facility from EPC to the operations phase. Post transition, the role will be responsible for closely working with Production/Operations, Maintenance, Commercial Operations, Gas Supply and other Engineering disciplines to ensure that the safe and sustainable realization of facility production targets are met

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Process Engineering
Ten to Fifteen (10-15) years demonstrable experience as a Production Engineer in an LNG liquefaction facility is required with a solid understanding of feed gas pre-treatment, NGL/Condensate management and Storage and loading applications.
Competent in use of specialized software including but not limited to PI, Process Book, Sigmafine, HYSYS, Pro-Treat, HTRI
Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization and with individuals and groups from different disciplines, industries and governmental agencies
Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status

Nice To Haves

A Professional Engineer’s (PE) License or equivalent CEng license is preferred
Other Process related experience in petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Develops or progresses an Operational Readiness schedule to transition the facility from EPC to the operations phase.
Works closely with Production/Operations, Maintenance, Commercial Operations, Gas Supply and other Engineering disciplines to ensure the safe and sustainable realization of facility production targets.
Understands all facets of Feed Gas Allocation, and LNG/NGL production, storage, and shipping.
Understands the principles of fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and hydrocarbon process chemistry as applied to an operating process unit.
Familiar with the hazards of hydrocarbon processes and the methods used to keep process facilities safe.
Reviews and validates forecasting and scheduling tools.
Utilizes these tools to advise Production Management of limitations or deficiencies that may impact production.
Works with the outage planning organization as a technical resource.
Reviews and validates tools for monitoring and ordering catalyst and chemicals needed to manage the facility.
Maintains energy balance models.
Develops tools to quantify facility emissions to support environmental and compliance reporting.
Reviews and validates the daily Production status reports depicting all critical information and data for Production Management. This includes Inlet Feed Gas measurement and allocation, Power Consumption, LNG/NGL Production, Emissions and Waste measurements, and Efficiency monitoring.
Develops and maintains loss accounting summaries to allow for identification or categorization of facility production losses.
Reviews and validation of Production performance summaries for each process unit summarizing data on total production, capacity utilization, operating reliability, unit efficiency, production loss categories and quantities, and energy utilization.
Thoroughly understands the technical Management of Change process and utilizes it in support of facility changes.
Participates in regulatory agency audits.
Supports procedure development and training related to capital projects, temporary or new modes of operation, and compliance.
Works with Engineering and Construction departments as needed to assure O & M interests are represented on major projects.