Production Engineer

Company Overview

Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture between ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy, has the vision to become the premier LNG export company in North America. It is our mission to bring clean energy from Texas to power the world and we seek to do that in a way that values safety, integrity, our people, community, and the environment. In order to achieve those goals, we are bringing together a diverse team of experienced and talented professionals. Headquartered in Downtown Houston, the Golden Pass LNG organization expects to double in size over the next several years as we complete the project, commence natural gas trading activities, and ramp up towards full LNG production. Once full operations commence, Golden Pass LNG will become the second largest consumer of natural gas in the US and produce more than 200 cargos of LNG per annum.

Job Summary / Purpose

Golden Pass LNG is seeking a Production Engineer to join our Facilities and Process Engineering team. This role reports to the Facilities and Process Engineering Supervisor and will support the Golden Pass Export / Import Terminal and Plant Facilities. Work location is Beaumont / Sabine Pass based on work demands and activities. The Production Engineer is responsible for closely working with the Operations, Maintenance, Commercial LNG, Gas Supply, Value Chain Management, and Engineering departments to support the safe and sustainable realization of facility production targets and other critical KPIs. This would include but not be limited to supporting the maintenance of facility production capacity curves, tactical monitoring tools specific to all sections of the LNG facility, supporting the maintenance of a facility loss accounting tool, assisting with Supply Chain Management, supporting the management of departmental KPIs, Production reporting, and supporting the coordination of supply of catalysts and chemicals needed to operate the facility.

Essential Duties / Functions

1. Forecasting / Production Planning and Monitoring

• Gather and manage the required assumptions on LNG Train performance and provide timely input to the daily production and feed gas forecasting process and Annual Delivery Plan process.
• Develop and utilize forecasting and scheduling tools and act as a secondary point of contact with Commercial LNG, Gas Supply, Value Chain Management, and Operations to ensure daily, monthly, and annual production targets are set.
• Set Facility LNG Train Production daily targets, define operating limits and engage with Operations, Maintenance, Commercial LNG, Gas Supply, Value Chain Management, and Engineering to develop the production plan for the day.
• Participate in strategy planning with the Operations team, propose corrective measures to overcome the limitations and deficiencies to ensure targets are met.
• Build and maintain real time, online, surveillance and monitoring models to optimize the Availability and Performance of the Facility LNG Liquefaction Train.
• Identify Production risks that could impact Availability and Reliability and develop mitigation plans to address them.

2. Operations Support

3. Energy / Mass Balance

4. Reporting

5. Benchmarking

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

Minimum experience required of the position

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position

Working Conditions

Physical Requirements

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