Engineering Superintendent, Production

Cheniere Energy•Cameron, LA

About The Position

The Engineering Superintendent, Production reports to the Manager, Production and leads the Production Engineering team. The role works across Production/Operations, Maintenance, Gas Supply, Commercial Operations, Environmental, Accounting, Engineering Services, and Process Services to manage and optimize LNG and regasification facilities. Responsibilities include maintaining production capacity curves and facility optimization and monitoring tools, supporting loss accounting and production forecasting, assisting with supply chain management, managing departmental KPIs and production reporting, and coordinating supplies of catalysts, refrigerants, and chemicals. The superintendent also provides mentoring and direction to staff. The position requires strong leadership, administrative, teamwork, problem-solving, analytical, presentation, communication, planning, and organizational abilities. The role requires working effectively with technical staff, management, plant personnel, government agencies, and other stakeholders. It requires knowledge of feed gas allocation and LNG/NGL production, storage, and shipping; applicable safety and regulatory requirements; process engineering principles; and hazards and safeguards associated with hydrocarbon processes. The job is performed in an industrial plant environment, with work regularly performed from home, after normal work hours, or on weekends. Limited travel may be required. The employee works indoors and outdoors and is exposed to year-round weather, ocean conditions, and noise, with considerable outdoor activity. The position includes substantial physical demands and requires scheduled physical examinations, company-sponsored first aid, CPR, and LNG firefighting training, and maintaining a TWIC card in good standing. Drug and alcohol testing applies as required by federal regulations or Cheniere.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Process/Chemical Engineering.
Strong leadership and administrative abilities.
Exceptional teamwork, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
Ability to create and deliver technical presentations to diverse audiences; public speaking ability is required.
Strong safety awareness in a hazardous environment.
Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate across organizational levels and with different disciplines, industries, and government agencies.
Ability to work with culturally diverse technical teams responsible for engineering, operating, and maintaining LNG terminals and liquefaction production facilities.
Ability to establish mutually respectful working relationships with management, peers, plant management, supervisors, and plant workers.
Strong organization and planning skills; ability to manage multiple activities and programs accurately and meet deadlines.
Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Project, and PowerPoint.
Knowledge of feed gas allocation and LNG/NGL production, storage, and shipping, including health, safety, governmental regulations, codes, and standards.
Knowledge of fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and hydrocarbon process chemistry as applied to operating process units.
Familiarity with hydrocarbon process hazards and methods for maintaining process facility safety.
Ability to meet the job’s physical demands, including climbing stairs and ladders, working at height, boarding ships via gangway, climbing to the top of a tank, and lifting and moving objects up to 50 pounds.
Ability to pass regularly scheduled physical examinations mandated by regulatory authorities.
Ability to obtain mandated certifications through company-sponsored training in basic first aid, CPR, and LNG firefighting.
Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing.
Subject to drug and alcohol testing as applicable.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Ten years of experience as a Production Engineer or Process Engineer in an LNG liquefaction facility is preferred.
Other process-related experience in petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing.
Proficiency with Sigmafine, PI Vision, PI System Explorer, and Aspen Hysys.

Responsibilities

Manage the Production Engineering team and oversee its execution of assigned responsibilities.
Initiate and support the development of systems and processes that promote operational excellence within the Production team.
Facilitate access approvals and maintenance activities for applications including Shiploading Logbooks, PI, CCLEAR, and CFAR.
Participate in regulatory agency, accounting, and internal audits.
Support procedure development and training related to capital projects, temporary or new operating modes, and compliance.
Reinforce safety and environmental awareness through job observations and interactions with plant personnel.
Work with Engineering and Construction to ensure Operations and Maintenance interests are represented on major projects.
Work with Production during two-year procedure reviews.
Support turnaround planning and development of an optimized turnaround execution strategy.
Understand the operational aspects of Sale and Purchase agreements and Gas Supply Tariffs, including quantities, scheduling, quality, and measurement.
Manage components of the department budget.
Coach, mentor, and lead the Production Engineering team.
Perform daily energy balances and review daily Production Loss Reporting and Ship Loading Reports.
Provide monthly energy balance close documentation to corporate business teams.
Develop, measure, and report departmental KPIs.
Prepare production performance summaries covering production, capacity utilization, operating reliability, unit efficiency, production losses, and energy utilization.
Track inlet feed gas measurement and allocation, LNG/NGL production, emissions and waste measurements, and efficiency.
Develop tools to quantify facility emissions for environmental and compliance reporting.
Develop, maintain, and use tools to calculate and track flared quantities for environmental regulatory compliance.
Develop and use forecasting and scheduling tools and coordinate with Commercial Operations and Gas Supply to establish daily, monthly, and annual production requirements.
Advise Production Management of production limitations or deficiencies identified through forecasting and scheduling tools.
Monitor and order catalysts, chemicals, and refrigerants needed to operate and manage the facility.
Provide forecasts and historical allocations for financial accounting.
Manage supplier relationships and contracts.
Develop strategies to minimize downtime and contribute to maintenance plans, including aligning maintenance events across the supply chain.
Monitor LNG inventories and guide Marine and Commercial Operations on appropriate loading times.
Communicate the risk of curtailments due to high inventories and develop plans to minimize net production impacts when needed.
Participate in daily strategy planning with Production Management to optimize production and support safe, reliable operations.
Develop and use optimization tools to monitor process efficiency and recommend productivity improvements.
Evaluate and quantify the impacts of production upsets and initiatives.
Develop tools to monitor, predict, and mitigate the effects of operating limitations.
Support plant Production personnel in troubleshooting process issues and concerns.
Work with Engineering Services and Process Services engineers to define problems for further study, design and conduct tests, and identify potential capital-project tie-ins.
Understand and use the technical Management of Change process in support of facility changes.
Maintain production and value optimization strategies and coordinate their delivery with Production Superintendents, Engineering Services, Maintenance, and Process Services.
Participate in Pre-Startup Safety Reviews and Process Hazard Analyses.
Perform additional duties or responsibilities as assigned as business needs require.