Senior Process Engineer at Zigma Limited

Zigma Limited is an independent, indigenous energy company in Nigeria. Zigma’s mission, under its CEO Funmi Ogbue, is to become the first female-led ‘mini-major’ with interests in the upstream, midstream and downstream energy sectors, first in Nigeria and then in Africa more widely. Aligning with Funmi’s passion for improving local communities, Zigma will place Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies at the heart of its operations and aims to become a champion for the responsible development of African energy projects–at the same time as delivering significant value to its investors and partners.

Too often, women and children in Africa suffer the worst from the over-zealous exploitation of energy resources. Zigma believes this should stop. Join us on our journey.  Use the menu below to find out more about becoming a partner, an investor or a team member.  You can find out more about our current projects and partners by using the links here. Together, we will show that responsible, thoughtful behaviour can make a difference.  And deliver long term economic benefits to our investors, countries and our communities. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Process Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
Ensure compliance to applicable local / international regulations and Company referential:

• Make input on Process/Technical Safety documents for facilities design, operation and abandonment, in conformity with Company, Industry and Statutory requirements.
• Provide Safety Engineering support on studies conducted internally and follow up Safety Engineering studies undertaken by Contractors during Basic/Detailed Engineering as assigned by hierarchy.

Provide support to operated facilities:

• Undertake periodic update of facility Safety Concept.
• Review and make necessary inputs to all safety-related modifications and corresponding engineering documents to existing facilities (P&ID, ESD Logic, Fire and Gas Cause and Effects Matrix, Active and Passive fire protection, Fire and Gas detection, Escape and Evacuation route, Hazardous Area Classification, Safety Layout, Flare Radiation)
• Undertake the development, review and update of Operational Safety Case in line with regulatory (NUPRC) requirement for operated sites in Nigeria.

Risk Assessment:

• Lead specific Safety Engineering studies / reviews in support of Request for Modification (RFM) process and Downgraded Situations (DGS) – HAZOP, HAZID, BowTie Assessment etc.
• Support operational entities in Derogation preparation.
• Undertake flammable/toxic gas dispersion, fire and explosion consequence modelling using PHAST software, and interpret result for safe operation of oil and gas facilities.
• Undertake Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) assessment process and SIL assignment for Safety Instrumented Systems within oil and gas facilities.

Major Risk Management:

• Facilitate Safety and Environmental Critical Element (SECE) identification workshops and the follow up of Safety
• Engineering responsibilities as specified in GS GR HSE 311.
• Lead in major risk identification, develop risk reduction measures for managing technological risks, and monitor implementation in compliance with the group referential (GS GR HSE 312) for technological risk assessment (TRA).
• Lead Major Risk awareness training and barrier verification exercises.
• Promote Major Risk awareness within TUCN via development of Process Safety Event articles for dissemination to operated asset.
• Support Major Risk management implementation through development of dashboard for monitoring barrier status.
• Provide process safety support to Engineering Construction & Projects (ECP), Operational / Asset Operated by Others (AOBO) entities and partners on risk management issues.

Qualifications

• B.Sc degree or equivalent in Chemical, Petroleum or related Engineering (an M.Sc. degree in Safety Engineering or similar is a plus.
• Typically, 12 years of professional oil and gas industry experience of which at least 7 years in an equivalent position as Process/Technical Safety Engineer.
• Good knowledge of Loss Prevention standards and procedure and major hazard legislation.
• Good knowledge of risk assessment techniques and management: Hazard Identification (HAZID), Hazard and Operability review (HAZOP), Hazard Analysis (HAZAN), Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and other reviews.
• Proficiency in consequence modelling software PHAST, firewater hydraulic network analysis (PIPENET), fire and gas detection mapping (DETECT-3D)
• Possession of TUV Functional Safety Engineer certification is an added advantage.
• Autonomous with investigation/observation skills, effective communication and organizational capability.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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