Associate Engineer / Engineer

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Associate Engineer/ Engineer, Production reports to the Engineering Superintendent, Production, and is responsible for closely working with the Production/Operations, Maintenance, Engineering Services, and Process Services departments to support the safe and sustainable realization of facility production targets and other critical KPI’s.

This would include but not be limited to supporting the maintenance of facility production capacity curves, tactical plant optimization and monitoring tools specific to all sections of the LNG facility, support the maintenance of a facility loss accounting tool, assisting with Supply Chain Management, support the management of departmental KPIs, Production Reporting, and support the coordination of supply of catalysts and chemicals needed to operate the facility.  

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Forecasting 
  • Support the monitoring and ordering of catalysts and chemicals needed to manage the facility.
• Energy Balance 
  • Maintain tools and energy balance models. 
  • Perform daily energy balance.
• Environmental 
  • Support with quantifying facility emissions to support environmental and compliance reporting. 
  • Utilize appropriate tools to calculate and track flared quantities to ensure compliance with Environmental Regulatory requirements. 
• Reporting 
  • Maintain the daily Production status reports depicting all critical information and data for end users. This includes Inlet Feed Gas measurement and allocation, Power Consumption, LNG/NGL Production, Emissions and Waste measurements, and Efficiency monitoring. 
  • Assist with the development, measurement and generation of reports against Production KPIs. 
  • Assist with the development and maintenance of the Loss accounting summaries to allow for identification or categorization of facility production losses into buckets or tiers. 
• Technical Support / Process Optimization 
  • Support the Preparation of Production performance summaries for each process unit summarizing data on total production, capacity utilization, operating reliability, unit efficiency, production loss categories and quantities, and energy utilization. 
  • Assist with development and utilize scheduling tools that monitor process efficiency and make improvement recommendations that will increase productivity. 
  • Provides daily support to plant Production personnel in troubleshooting process issues and concerns. 
  • Assist with development of computer process simulations in support of daily plant operations as necessary. 
  • Interact with Technical Services process engineers to define problems that need further study, design and carry out tests in the interest of enhancing production or solving process problems
• General 
  • Participate in Incident Investigations and Process Hazard Analysis (PHAs). 
  • Support procedure development and training related to capital projects, temporary or new modes of operation, and compliance. 
  • Reinforce safety and environmental awareness through frequent job observations and by interfacing with plant personnel.
• The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: 

Knowledge:

• Understands all facets of Feed Gas Allocation, and LNG/NGL production, storage, and shipping, including health, safety, governmental regulations and associated codes and standards.  
• Understands the principles of fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and hydrocarbon process chemistry as applied to an operating process unit.  Familiar with the hazards of hydrocarbon processes and the methods used to keep process facilities safe.   
• Working knowledge of LNG process engineering. 
• Competent in the use of process simulation software.

Skills:

• Strong leadership and administrative abilities are required. 
• An acute sensitivity to safety issues in a hazardous environment. 
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.  
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization and with individuals and groups from different disciplines.
• Able to work with a culturally diverse group of technical individuals whose skills cover the range required to engineer, operate, and maintain the LNG terminal and Liquefaction production facilities. 
• Possess the personality and ability to relate to and to establish a mutually respectful relationship with 1) management, 2) peers and 3) the various facility level workers (Plant Manager, plant supervision and plant workers) whom are all responsible for ensuring good operations. 
• Organized, planning skills, able to manage multiple activities and programs in timely fashion and with a high degree of accuracy, able to meet work deadlines.  
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills.  
• Accomplished public speaker, able to create and deliver industry-specific presentations.  
• Computer savvy including Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, Project, and PowerPoint. 
• Competent in use of specialized software including but not limited to PI, PI Process Book, PI Vision, Sigmafine, HYSYS, Seeq, PowerBI.
• Thorough understanding and interpretation of P&ID’s, HMB and complex loops and control logic

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

Education, Training and Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Process, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering, or equivalent engineering degree required.  

Experience:

• Associate Engineer, Production: Zero (0) to Three (3) years of demonstrable experience as an Engineer, Production or Process Engineer on an LNG liquefaction facility or equivalent applicable experience is required with a solid understanding of feed gas pre-treatment, NGL/Condensate management and Storage and loading applications. Other Process related experience in petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience is a plus. 

• Engineer, Production: Three plus (3+) years of demonstrable experience as an Engineer, Production or Process Engineer on an LNG liquefaction facility or equivalent applicable experience is required with a solid understanding of feed gas pre-treatment, NGL/Condensate management and Storage and loading applications. Other Process related experience in petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience is a plus. 

DIRECT REPORTS

No direct reports

FREEDOM TO ACT

Ability to multi-task and function in a highly dynamic atmosphere; must exercise discretion independently. The Associate Engineer/Engineer, Production requires supervision and guidance.

WORK CONDITIONS 

• Job is performed in an industrial plant environment.  
• Occasionally, work may be performed from home, after normal work hours or on weekends. 
• Limited travel required, as business conditions dictate. 
• Subject to drug and alcohol testing, per applicable federal regulations or as required by Cheniere. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, work at height above ground on stairs and catwalks, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk or hear, smell, type and write.  
• Must be able to board a ship via a gangway, climb to the top of a tank (200+ steps), scale vertical steel ladder up to forty feet or more in height and lift and move objects weighting up to 30 pounds. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work indoors and outdoors, and be exposed to year-around weather conditions, ocean environment, and noise. There is a considerable number of outdoor activities involved. 
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. 
• Required to pass regularly scheduled physical examinations mandated by regulatory authorities. 
• Required to obtain mandated certification by attending Company-sponsored training in basic first aid, CPR, and LNG firefighting.
• Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status.

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 or mental disability.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Cheniere Energy is an equal opportunity workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation if requested for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.