Principal Project Engineer at Nigeria LNG Limited

Nigeria LNG Limited was incorporated as a limited liability company on May 17, 1989, to harness Nigeria's vast natural gas resources and produce Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) for export. The company has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Bonny Gas Transport (BGT) Limited, which provides shipping services for NLNG and Nigeria LNG Ship Manning Limited which provides personnel for all of NLNG’s Vessels.Our LNG is delivered to ports in cities around the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Principal Project Engineer

Ref No: PP/2013/002
Location : Bonny

The Job:
The appointee will be required to define and develop projects that will assure the long term technical and operational integrity of NLNG’s Production Asset and support extension of useful production life beyond the current Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) by at least another 30 years at minimum cost within approved HSES and asset integrity standards. The main objective is to deliver the relevant components of Plant Rejuvenation Program and NLNG Production Division Capex projects to an approved DG3.

The Duties:
The duties will includebut are not limited to the following:

• Adopt and apply standard project management tools and techniques, including supporting resources, to accurately scope, plan, cost, execute and control projects to meet approved objectives as in the FID.
• Contribute to the evolution of standardized work processes, tools, best practices, repeatable solutions and synergies between all projects in the portfolio and across the Projects Delivery group.
• Participate in the process of identifying, screening, planning, prioritization and approval of the plant’s investment program, including capital allocation and all related governance accountabilities.
• Apply the Opportunities Realization Process (ORP) as used in NLNG to govern all capital and other technical/commercial opportunities in the plant; Apply the ORP to implement a structured Project Delivery Assurance of own portfolio of projects.
• Implement approved projects controls and health-check tools to ensure quality delivery of own portfolio of projects, including appropriate Management Information Systems to provide accurate, regular and timely performance feedback to Management and Shareholders.
• By personal leadership and commitment to the goal of no harm to people and the environment, implement the approved HSSE Framework for capital projects; be accountable for own portfolio of projects to be executed safely in design and construction and provide assurance that they will operate safely during and after start-up.
• Support, coach, develop and manage assigned staff, contributing to effective skill-pool management and effective and timely development and deployment of project delivery resources. Contribute to continuously raising the quality of project execution.
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders, including senior management, and NLNG Board sub-committees as appropriate, National regulatory bodies, NGOs, the host communities etc to ensure all required approvals and permits are delivered timely.
• Implement the approved Operations Readiness and Assurance process to ensure from project initiation, that all projects are delivered ready to operate safely and reliably.
• Manage own projects’ portfolio in line with, and contribute to maintaining the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System in place.

Requirements
The right candidate should:

• Possess a bachelor’s degree (minimum of Second Class Upper) in an engineering discipline.
• Possess a minimum 12 years post-NYSC experience, out of which minimum of 8 years must have been spent in project engineering / design / construction activities and minimum of 4 years must have been spent leading a project team in a reputable organization preferably in the oil and gas industry.

Application Closing Date
24th September, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualificed candidates should
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