Instrument (Metering) Engineer at Vagan Oil & Gas Limited

Vagan Oil & Gas Limited is a Nigerian Private Limited liability Company registered under the Companies Acts of 1990, In line with the policies of the Nigerian service provision. The company core area of operation is to provide a broad spectrum of services ranging from Engineering, Pipeline & Flowline Construction / Repairs, Facility piping and maintenance, Wellhead & Christmas tree maintenance and servicing, Composite wrap technology, Equipment & Offshore/Marine Supplies etc

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Instrument (Metering) Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Principal Responsibilities
The main responsibilities in the role are to:

• Plan and co-ordinate all metering activities associated with Operations and Maintenance Team in SPDC Asset.
• Day to day monitoring, and operations of Liquid and Gas Fiscal, Allocation, Reservoir monitoring and environmental metering equipment and systems Implement metering system maintenance programmes (PM & CM) in the Asset
• Provide metering specialist operational, technical and site support to existing facilities within SPDC Assets.
• Operational advice to live and scheduled actions to ensure a continued and accurate measurement to assets at all times.
• Clarify and report design issues and advise on required SPDC and regulatory specifications and standards with the Metering Team.
• Equipment modification requirement logging and reporting (action within Dept).
• Support modification requirement actions/meetings and assigned corrective actions (hand over to project dept, asset team or SPDC other).
• Update metering department records with up-grade or changes in field equipment.
• Support Management of Change process and approvals
• Day-to-day logging of all field queries, issues and requests to ensure a traceable and documented course of actions.
• Prepare site punch list entry / management and housekeeping. Clarify actions required to return a metering point to service.
• Update and manage Log Books with relevant data and ensure records are in-place for all Fiscal actions.
• Update and management of verification test equipment calibration certificates and their distribution as necessary (Asset, Metering, NUPRC, NLNG, etc)
• Support site facilities on all metering issues and drive it to conclusion
• Management of spares and ensure availability for site actions.
• Identify site training requirements and undertake / arrange operator / asset team training as necessary.
• Liaise with other functions in SPDC as necessary to ensure all internal and regulatory standards are considered within field operations.
• Support validation/calibration/verification actions for applicable third-party calibration activities (Production meter proving, NLNG, etc).
• Consider HSE issues and report if necessary for site associated metering actions and reporting to Metering Dept.

Requirements

• Academic Degree / Higher Diploma in Engineering or relevant technical discipline.
• Graduate with related technical background and at least 5 years of experience in Instrumentation, Metering operations and maintenance capacity, ideally at least 4 of which should be in Oil and Gas production and export facilities.

The candidate must be:

• Fluent in English
• Independent professional that is not afraid to speak up and challenge the status quo
• Experience in external stakeholder engagements;
• Affinity with Shell’s safety culture.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Competencies:

• Successful candidate will be a member of the maintenance team with specialist working knowledge of Fiscal and Allocation Gas/Oil/Condensate Metering Systems and should have:
• Proven record of ability to calibrate instrumentation associated with Metering Systems.
• Proven skill in troubleshooting flowmeters (Ultrasonic, Coriolis, Turbine meters, positive displacement, etc) and working with portable meters.
• Knowledge and understanding of standards, codes, specifications and statutory requirements associated with design and operation of Fiscal and Custody Transfer Metering Systems.
• Ability to write and communicate reports and prepare test calibration results.
• An understanding of the technical issues involved in the processing of natural gas and crude oil.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.