Senior Engineer, Production

POSITION OVERVIEW

This Senior Engineer will report to the Principal Engineer, Production and will serve as a key technical support to the Principal Engineer, Production in ensuring Production Engineering Standards, Processes, Procedures, and Tools are developed and maintained, and working with operating facility teams at Cheniere Energy Facilities to ensure compliance with same.

The person in this role will also provide Production Engineering technical advice and lend his / her knowledge to support the production plan and production performance analysis to the Cheniere Energy Facilities at Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi, and the Cheniere Energy Inc. Houston office.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Will be responsible for tracking and reporting progress on a variety of operations and associated business activities as they relate to governance, operational performance, process optimization, strategic planning, and organizational alignment.
• Assist Principal Engineer, Production in maintaining enterprise-wide production engineering processes, procedures, and tools.
• Facilitate consultation, review, and serve as technical advisor on existing production engineering procedures and processes with operating facility teams.
• Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and governance of all production related standards under Cheniere’s Integrated Management System.
• Govern the development and delivery of the rolling five-year production plans for each operating asset, ensuring coordination, data alignment and consistency.
• Perform data validation and analyses by applying appropriate analytical tools and systems to deliver these activities effectively.
• Develop and utilize forecasting and scheduling tools and act as a secondary point of contact with Commercial Operations and Financial planning to ensure daily, monthly, and annual production targets are set.
• Participate in strategy planning with site Production teams, propose corrective measures to overcome the limitations and deficiencies to ensure targets are met.
• Responsible for the preparation and timely issue of all assigned production reports, as they relate to the company production performance, and at frequencies as dictated by relevant internal and external timelines.
• Provide required analysis of production forecasting data and forecasting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Provide production engineering support for enterprise-wide production data reporting systems and tools development.
• Optimize analytical and reporting efforts by developing and implementing processes and tools to automate report creation and improve data quality.
• Work with facility teams in the governance and implementation of the production reporting and loss- accounting systems.
• Ensure all the relevant production data and KPIs are collected and accurately reported for input into assigned bench-marking exercises.
• Provide Production Engineering Support as needed to plant Production personnel, as well as other business stakeholders outside of Operations (e.g. Commercial Operations, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Supply Chain, etc.)
• Develop, implement, and maintain tools to calculate and track flared quantities to ensure compliance with Environmental Regulatory requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain any other required Environmental Monitoring tools and validate deviations and assist with troubleshooting activities to minimize / prevent non-compliant operations.
• Support operational readiness of new assets through technical support, coordination, and assurance activities.
• Conduct a wide variety of ad hoc analyses to support senior management decision making.
• Understand the technical Management of Change (MOC) process and utilize it in support of facility changes.
• Participate in Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), Process Hazard Analysis (PHAs) and Regulatory Agency Audits as needed.
• Reinforce safety and environmental awareness through frequent job observations and by interfacing with plant personnel.
• Work with Engineering and Construction department to ensure Operations and Maintenance (O&M) interests are represented on major projects.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Knowledge :

The Senior Engineer, Production will have an engineering background with demonstrable knowledge of hydrocarbon processing, strong knowledge of the design, operation, and maintenance of process equipment and associated systems. The Senior Engineer, Production would have demonstrable experience in a hydrocarbon processing environment and have advanced understanding and knowledge of fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, hydrocarbon process chemistry, hazards of hydrocarbon processes, and methods / systems and tools used to keep process facilities operating in a safe manner.

The person in this role should have working knowledge of the fundamentals of hydrocarbon measurement and reporting standards pertaining to gaseous / liquids hydrocarbon streams and the execution of energy and material balances in a hydrocarbon processing facility. Experience in production planning for a hydrocarbon processing facility or pipeline operation is preferred.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

DIRECT REPORTS

None

FREEDOM TO ACT

The Senior Engineer, Production requires minimal supervision and possesses the ability to function in a highly dynamic environment.

WORK CONDITIONS

ADA JOB REQUIREMENTS

Reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure that the essential functions of the job can be performed and not hinder the employee's performance due to physical, mental, or emotional disability.