Addax Petroleum Recruits Senior Planning Engineer (Maintenance & Asset Integrity)

Addax Petroleum is a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, one of the largest oil and gas producers in China, the biggest oil refiner in Asia and the third largest worldwide.

Addax Petroleum was founded in 1994 upon leading petroleum industry expertise and a deep-rooted understanding and respect for African cultures. Over the years, Addax Petroleum has evolved from a young pioneer into an established international oil and gas, exploration and production company focused on Africa and the Middle East.

Addax Petroleum’s assets are located in Nigeria, the Joint Development Zone of São Tomé & Príncipe, Gabon, Cameroon and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, comprising an excellent combination of oil and gas reserves and exploration opportunities. The Company’s approximate average oil production for 2011 was 140,000 bbl/d.

Addax Petroleum has over 1100 employees worldwide with service offices in Geneva (Switzerland) and Houston (USA), and operating offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Port-Gentil (Gabon) and Douala (Cameroon).

Addax Petroleum is recruiting to fill the vacant position of:

Job Title: Senior Planning Engineer (Maintenance & Asset Integrity)
Job Number: 001321
Job Type (Employment Type):     Permanent
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Schedule: Full Time
Job Category: Operations
Career Level: Senior(non-manager)

Job Description

• Support maintenance and production operations, offshore and onshore for all maintenance planning matters.
• Will be required to travel to each of the locations as and when required to integrate with the field maintenance teams.
• To provide comprehensive and integrated planning/system services in support of Production activities.
• Produce weekly and monthly reports.
• Co-ordinate Asset Integrity activities, operate and update the AI Plan.
• Coordinate the monthly IOP meeting in the company and produce report for circulation.
• Co-ordinate the CMMS, spares, materials, resources and logistics requirements to support the maintenance requirements both onshore and offshore.
• Implement a planning regime for planned and breakdown activities into a 90-day activity plan, 12 month look-ahead and 5 year long term plan.
• Produce the Shutdown Plan and all associated reporting, including progress reports and S-curves
• Produce detail equipment plans for all production equipment in the locations.
• Develop a functional asset register and a program of recertification in line with DPR requirements for implementation.
• Set KPI’s for equipment and contractor based on availability of equipment and performance of contractor.
• Monitor and analyse the performance of plants and equipment and use results in advising Operations staff and Management on maintenance schedules and the adequacy, or otherwise, of existing maintenance job routines.
• Advise operations staff on maintenance planning premises and compliance with planned maintenance schedules in order to achieve minimum life cycle cost for assets without compromising operational and safety standards.
• To plan, organize and monitor both routine and non-routine maintenance with a view to achieving optimum utilization of assets at minimum asset life cycle costs while ensuring that they meet operations, safety and environmental standards.
• Schedule and monitor production & maintenance activities to ensure conformance with statutory and asset integrity requirements.
• Ensure that adequate contractual services cover is in place to support relevant disciplines within area of responsibility.
• Update project control documentation and liaise with the DCC.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’sdegree (minimum of second class, lower division) or its equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• 15 years relevant experience with an operator or contractor in the oil and gas industry and have been involved in design and fabrication on both onshore and offshore projects.

Application Closing Date
16th October, 2012

How To Apply
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