Operations Engineer

Aberdeen (office based with site visits)

Reporting to the Operations Superintendent, the Operations Engineer will provide operational and process expertise and provide leadership to ensure day-to-day safe, reliable, compliant and optimised delivery of the agreed plant plan. They will take ownership of the key Process Safety systems and act as Operations representative within the wider FPS North Team to support the delivery of long term asset improvements.

The Operations Engineer is accountable for the operations engineering deliverables at all offshore and onshore sites of the FPS North Asset. They will also assist in support of Asset safety reviews including but not limited to HAZOPs, HAZIDs, LOPAs, etc. The role is also key in ensuring that the maintenance and upgrades of the offshore and landline sites will allow the Forties Pipeline System to be operated in a safe and reliable manner for 2040+.

Located primarily in the Aberdeen office with the expectation that there are regular site visits both offshore (day trips) and onshore at Cruden Bay or one of the pumping stations. Daily activities include the development and maintenance of all technical and operating information and documentation required for FPS North (LO/LC valve database, P&’s, operating envelopes, etc.).

The operations engineer is expected to develop and update all process documentation to allow safe operation/release/hand back/ and recommissioning for all maintenance activities including procedures, checklists, operating instructions, Safety Override Risk Assessments, Isolation Plans, Release Procedures and Operational Risk Assessments in line with INEOS protocols and procedures.

Manage the FPS North Vulnerabilities Process including review of process engineering data (pressure, temperature and flowrate) for FPS North Assets to ensure plant is operating within its safe operating limits/envelope. Support plant readiness for execution of programme workscopes with the FPS North Assets. The operations engineer is a key advisor to graduate process engineer for asset process safety information documentation and acts as Asset representative for programme activities – setting technical/operational requirements for project and managing interface with asset activities for planning, construction and commissioning.

All employees are expected to adhere to and promote Ineos 20 Principles and 7 Life Saving Rules to colleagues and external vendors in all aspects of production and operation. The operations engineer is expected to support delivery of the SHE audit agenda and to carry out audits on Asset operating standards by leading level 1 assurance reviews to ensure operations are within site and regulatory requirements.

They will also ensure that root cause analysis and troubleshooting are carried out and to provide expertise and immediate support for the solving of plant unavailability or production losses.

As part of the operation engineers’ deliverables, they are expected to identify opportunities to improve plant availability or variable cost performance and develop and implement solutions where appropriate by working with the discipline engineers. Managing interfaces between system entrants and oil terminal including the control centre and have input to the activity planning processes to maintain plant integrity and reliability whilst minimising impact on production and cost.

You will be expected to provide leadership, guidance and instruction to the shift operations team for FPS North to ensure plant safety, integrity, and optimised operation within the design operating envelope, including delivery of recovery of the plant from unplanned interventions by leadership of multi-discipline execution teams. You will be expected to lead written specifications of operation modifications to deliver required improvements in SHE, cost and efficiency targets in alignment with plant and business strategy.

The operations engineer will be required to act as W2W/Project Operations Lead when assigned, leading operational elements of the event through planning, workscope implementation, pre-commissioning and…