Subsea Expert at Total Nigeria

Total E & P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) is a leading Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company and a subsidiary of the Total Group. The company is in a growth phase, and as part of its expansion activities, welcomes applications from suitably qualified Nigerians for its Oil & Gas Production Operations Training Scheme facilitated by a Training Company. During the training programme participants will be on a Training Contract and on successful completion of the training programme would be considered for the usual recruitment process leading to employment in TEPNG.

Total E & P is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Subsea Expert

Ref: 10050775

Job description
Egina is a deep offshore development located in block OML130 in Nigeria operated by TOTAL Upstream Nigeria Limited. The development is located 150 km from the coast in 1550 m water depth and includes a spread moored FPSO of 240 POB, associated offloading calm buoy, 2 productions loops connecting six subsea manifold with 21 production wells and 3 injection lines connecting 23 water injection wells. A 20km gas export line ties in to the Akpo export pipeline to Amenam.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Engineering Manager throughout the Basic Engineering (BE) Phase, in particular in the preparation of the Design Dossier and Call for Tender (CFT) package.
• Provide specialist support for Systems Engineering design issues and both intra-SPS and inter-package interfaces.
• Participate in tender evaluation of CFT responses and in preparation of the Recommendation to Award (RTA).
• Ensure implementation in his/her own discipline of all HSE and QC requirements and report to Engineering Manager on any deviation.
• Liaison with other Company disciplines to ensure that internal interfaces and transverse technical requirements are adequately incorporated into the Basic Engineering (BE) definition of design documentation.
• Manage and review the SPS Interface and Battery limit documents produced by the BE Contractor and ensure coherency with SPS CFT Exhibits.
• Liaison with Company Technical Specialists to ensure that BE Contractor's proposal for materials selection, test and verification are in compliance with Company / Project specifications and Field Development needs.
• Review and evaluation of SPS pre-commissioning, commissioning and Equipment hand-over deliverables from BE Contractor to ensure compliance with Company specifications and incorporation of requirements into design specifications.
• Review of manifold and foundation systems design documentation produced during BE to ensure compliance with Company / Project specifications and Field Development needs.
• Provide assistance to the SPS Engineering Manager for follow-up of Basic Engineering (BE) Contractor activities related to SPS Systems engineering design activities such as PFDs, P&IDs, Flow Assurance, Thermal Performance definition and local Drill Centre Architecture.
• Manage the production of the BE Design Dossier for Systems Engineering deliverables to be in line with the schedule for issue of the SPS Call For Tender (CFT)
• The evaluation and reporting of the execution of the BE Contractor's associated scope of work including, as required, the identification and management of any required remedial actions
• Evaluation of the commercial aspects of the CFT Exhibits for the SPS Systems Engineering issues with particular emphasis on Contract Execution strategy including schedule, QA / QC requirements and interface management.
• Liaison with Company specialists within technical departments to ensure conformance of proposed designs with, or for approval to derogate from, Company specifications.
• Report to the Engineering Manager formally, on a weekly and monthly basis, and on an ad-hoc basis with respect to Systems Engineering activities.
• Participate to preparation of the CFT Appraisal Procedures and Documentation.
• Assist in evaluation of the responses to the CFT and in preparation of the Recommendation To Award (RTA) for the SPS Contract.
• Assist in the resolution of technical and execution related queries from both the BE Contractor and Company teams. Review proposed deviations and give recommendation for project management approval.
• Review and evaluation of BE Contractor documentation within the prescribed period.
• Organise and / or represent Company for System Engineering related matters in meetings with the BE Contractor, Company Project Teams and Corporate entities.

Requirements

• Degree in Subsea engineering, Mechanical engineering or in a relevant petroleum engineering discipline;
• Minimum of 10 years in Subsea Production Systems. Demonstrable knowledge of intra SPS discipline Interfaces.
• Strong knowledge in codes & standards and offshore commissioning.
• Ability to work on projects in a complex and multicultural environment and used to communication with international technical staff.
• Skills
• Language: English fluent.

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2013

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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