Staff Engineer, Production

Venture Global LNG - Cameron, LA

- Senior

Cameron, LA

Oil and Gas Extraction

About the position

Venture Global LNG is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Production to join our Integrated Production Excellence team based in Cameron, LA at our Calcasieu Pass (CP) Facility LNG. This role reports to the Manager, Process Engineering and will be responsible for optimizing the Availability and Performance of the Calcasieu Pass (CP) Facility LNG Liquefaction Trains and support the overall CP Facility Production System Optimization efforts.

Responsibilities

• 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 the 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 the relevant stakeholders (including but not limited to Engineering, Maintenance, Operations) to review, validate, report and manage production losses in a timely manner to maximize Availability and Reliability.
• 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 the required input and analysis as required.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Process Engineering is required.
• Minimum 5-10 years' experience working in an engineering capacity in an industrial setting in engineering or operations.
• Minimum 5-10 years' experience working as a Production Engineer with a demonstrated track record of Production performance improvement.
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience will be considered.
• Working knowledge of key equipment involved in LNG liquefaction facilities.
• Experience in all aspects of process engineering from conceptual design, economics, detailed engineering, and plant startup and troubleshooting.
• Commissioning, start-up and performance testing at project sites is a plus.