Production A&I Engineer

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Date: 22 Aug 2024

Location:
US

Company:
Woodside Energy Ltd

About the Role:

The Production A&I role is responsible for driving Continuous Improvement throughout Production Operations across the Gulf of Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago. Working as part of the Operations Team, the incumbent will support the implementation of Continuous Improvement initiatives and serve as a key integration lead between Commercial, Operations, Surface Engineering and Subsurface Engineering Teams

Duties & Responsibilities:

Production Optimization & Value Generation Projects - Continuously identifies opportunities to enhance production across the Shenzi and Angostura assets. Leads the prioritization, tracking and progresses of production improvement initiatives
Production Performance - Responsible for providing production and uptime data/metrics for the internal production and reliability governance processes. Evaluation and reporting on production performance versus budget/forecast and key sources of downtime and associated deferment volume.
Production Deferments - Engage Operations, Reporting and Engineering teams to establish and maintain fit-for-purpose routines to ensure accurate and timely production deferment data reporting and forecasting. Ensure source-data updated by Reporting team at regular cadence (bi-weekly/monthly) to enable 'no touch' by customers of deferment data.
Near Term Planned Downtime Events - Engage Operations and Engineering teams at regular cadence to work plans to achieve planned maintenance objectives while minimizing planned deferments. Leverage extensive Production Engineering and Operations experience to identify and characterize nesting opportunities and challenge existing planned maintenance philosophies. Provide routine near term downtime event plans to Subsurface, Engineering and Operations teams for forecasting / scheduling routines.
Budget Downtime Lead - Lookback on performance, collate assumptions on 1-5 year past discrete events and propose any updates for in-year and 1-5 year plans. Maintain 5+ year planned outage plan.
Continuous analysis of metrics associated production system performance, specifically as it relates to production system efficiency, to understand gaps and define improvement opportunities
Define and improve production monitoring processes, inclusive of both surface and sub-surface, to provide insight into performance gaps and understand emerging risks/changes
Support internal/external performance benchmarking to understand surface and sub-surface performance relative to peer groups, drive gaps closure scope and improvements
Collaborate with Digital and Technology teams to drive digitally enabled solutions to further enhance understanding of production system performance and associate reporting - engage stakeholders to identify pain-points, prioritize and deliver stand-alone solutions to eliminate waste while designing up-front for repurposing for additional assets.
Contribute to delivery of HSE performance targets - actively participate in field leadership activities

Skills & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in core Engineering Discipline (Petroleum, Process, Petrophysics or Industrial) or a related field. Relevant experience in lieu of a degree may be considered
Post-Graduate studies in Asset Management, Engineering Management or Petroleum Engineering advantageous
Minimum of 10 years experience working in either a Technical or Functional role supporting oil & gas production operations and projects. Minimum of 5 years of experience in Production Engineering type role
Proficiency in integration and analysis of production related data including well performance data
Proficiency in interpreting P&IDs
Experience in site / offshore planning and scheduling would be an asset
Strong appetite for Continuous Improvement and desire to challenge existing processes/procedures
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and make sound decisions under pressure
Ability to derive insightful conclusions from large, complex data sets and set direction for any further work required
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, for interacting with diverse stakeholders and conveying technical information clearly and concisely.

If you think you can do this job but don't meet all the criteria, that's OK! Please apply. At Woodside, we value people with diverse experiences and backgrounds, as they provide unique perspectives that help us innovate.

Indicative Job Level:10

Duration of Assignment: Permanent

Global Mobility: Accepting global applicants; relocation considered for the ideal candidate

Receiving Line Manager: Jim Siercks(Houston)

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