Job type: Full-time
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Job Title: INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEER
Job Type: Full Time
Reports to: N+1: Head of Maintenance and Inspection
Location: Tanga (prior site readiness location will be Dar es Salaam)
WHO WE ARE
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a Midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore Marine Storage and Export Terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1443 km long electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale – Hoima in Uganda to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to international markets.
JOB DIMENSIONS/ GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
The job holder assists and supports within the Field Operation team for all the maintenance and inspection activities related to the ICSS (Integrated Control and Safety Systems), Instrumentation, and Telecom of the future EACOP facilities. He is responsible for all aspects related to ICSS and Instrumentation during the maintenance and inspection engineering phase and shall bring assistance on this subject as and when required. During operation, he will support the maintenance needs of instrument ICSS and telecom including associated services company and contracts. The job holder will pay particular attention to the identification and the right definition of the performance standard of the Safety Critical Element in his perimeter. The job holder is also accountable for demonstrating individually an exemplary behavior regarding HSSE rules & requirements and for ensuring their application within his scope of responsibility.
Management:
- Ensures Instrumentation ICSS and Telecom support teams cover the obligations in terms of maintenance strategy, update performance monitoring, contract and stock strategy. Define priorities to focus on delivering values matching with Field Operations Objectives.
- Produces reviews guidance documents, procedure standard related to his perimeters.
- Follows ICSS major maintenance & Update.
- Ensures implementation of operation and maintenance strategy based on FO objectives. Ensure management system is up to date and in line with the Area performance objectives. Recover any REX from Area and analyze KPI to set-up maintenance strategy accordingly.
- Assess and audit CONTRACTOR procedure managing material repair in workshop are well implemented to secure reliable tracking system follow-up and progress.
- Ensures CONTRACTOR stock management by technology in line with criticality study capability to repair and availability objective.
- Optimization: Review and challenge CONTRACTOR maintenance plan on instrumentation and ICSS and do proposal to reduce downtime and cost to optimize cost vs running hours.
- Secure life cycle management of equipment/packages; implement studies and action plans to secure maintainability of the plants (obsolescence).
- Responsible for implementing and sustaining all cybersecurity solutions to guard the industrial network against cyber-attacks.
- PI system Administrator for Field Operations. Manages PI sustenance and development to adequately cover rotating equipment metering and other requirements.
- OPEX: Cooperate with MAN head in terms of budget management for studies, ISS, and modifications related to Service.
- Develops periodic reporting activities of the Discipline and follow them.
Operations:
- Recommends diagnosis & corrective actions related to major malfunctions and failures. Comments Contractor action plan and assess CONTRACTOR competencies and process to solve major malfunctions and failures. Support CONTRACTOR if required.
- Organizes and maintains the instrument equipment database. Guarantee the quality of activity reporting particularly though CMMS.
- Reliability: Responsible for COMPANY reporting regarding reliability improvement as a continuous practice to maximize plant availability; identify improvement opportunities in organization, facilities availability and technical costs; represent progress in reliability meeting.
- Follow KPIs defined and attend/prepare for meetings, update dashboard upon requirement provide action plan for reliability meeting.
- Develop positive and constructive relationships with contractors and suppliers. Identify opportunities to improve contractor/supplier performance, reduce costs, and improve the quality of services/products supplied.
- Act as technical discipline focal point on specific project/work scopes and contracts, taking a lead role in the involvement/co-ordination of and interface between site/ teams/ contractors ensuring effective communication and understanding between appropriate parties.
Engineering Studies:
- Proposes solutions to optimize the operating cost.
- Consolidates ICSS & instrumentation part of Software Modification workflow issued by site dealing with ICSS and instrument discipline.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
In the context of teamwork and in the field of maintenance:
- Shares and provides reliability analysis optimization and availability of equipment in line with the production objectives.
- Prepares and manages Contract technical need for the Maintenance contract team to implement on time in line with operation readiness planning.
- Defines maintenance policies and ensures international rules and standards followed according to his disciplines.
- Participates and updates REX and recommendation for future contracts as EACOP strategy.
- Participates in contractor and subcontractor audits.
- Regular site visits.
- Adequate maintenance plans for related equipment and evidence of execution via CMMS. Adequate material replenishment plans and effective liaison with C&P to always ensure required stock levels.
- Effective execution of assigned contracts.
- Availability reliability and obsolescence management of Instruments/PLC/ICSS/Metering systems.
HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
EACOP is committed to ensuring that the health, safety, and welfare of workers, communities, and the environment are well addressed and managed. Therefore, the employee is mandated to:
- Fully comply with Company H3SE (Health Safety Social Security & Environment) policies and Life Saving Rules.
- Actively participate in HSEQ and promote this culture to co-workers.
- Remain vigilant and maintain continuous awareness of potential unsafe conditions.
- Communicate to management any HSE related concerns and ways to improve them.
- Maintain a workplace & workspace that is safe, clean, and always neat – practice good housekeeping.
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Academic Qualifications:
- Engineering Bac +5 level with specialization in ICSS or Instrumentation or equivalent proven experience (Engineer).
- Industrial information security system training.
- ERB Registration as a Professional Engineer.
Experience Required:
- Experience in instrument and ICSS maintenance and management (over 10 years), competence in cyber security, oil/Electric/production/terminal knowledge.
- Experience in industrial maintenance (over 8 years) and maintenance methods.
- Experience in team management.
- Very good knowledge of Instrumentation and Fundamentals of Legal Metrology in metering of petroleum products.
- Reliability autonomy analytical organizational capacity and leadership.
- Sense of method, flavor, analysis rigor, and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in English both spoken and written.
HOW TO APPLY
This is Full-time Job, The applicant must submit his/her Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a Cover Letter explaining why he/she is the suitable candidate for the position. Applicants are also required to provide details of three (3) referees, one of whom should be the most recent employer. Please submit your application only through ANY of the contact information provided below. Application deadline is on 31st October 2024.
- Air Swift: airswift.com
- ITM: [email protected]
- CCL: [email protected]
- Qsourcing: [email protected]
- IMI: [email protected]
- Seaowl: [email protected]
NOTE: No payment is required at any stage of the recruitment process.
