About this offer

Dimension

• The job holder is a part of the company FOPS site team and will report directly to the Lead Mechanical Engineer
• Technically support all aspects of the preparation of the operations and maintenance requirements for Rotating Mechanical Equipment of the Maintenance and Inspection Engineering Contract
• Participate in the establishment and follow-up of the condition monitoring program.
• Support the mechanical maintenance activities, including a central processing facility and 29 Well pads and LPG extraction, including: 4 x 21Mw GTG, 29 Recip Compressors, 4 Centrifugal Compress, 29 API610 Oil export and Water Injection Pumps...
• Ensure that the operational maintenance activities are properly executed in terms of quality, efficiency and according to safety procedures.
• Ensure that all resources (tools, equipment, spare parts) are in place to minimize operational risk and ensure highest efficiency.
• Assistance to the Commissioning/start up teams and Production/Maintenance/Inspection COMPANY teams as required.
• Based in Kampala / Resident position.

Reporting line in organization

Lead Mechanical Engineer

Activities

• Provide guidance and support to Jr Engineers within the discipline team.
• Support the mechanical staff of the Tilenga site to provide Mechanical expertise and technical support to resolve any mechanical problems related to rotating equipment.
• Specialist for mechanical operations related to Rotating equipment, he will develop or support developing mechanical procedures which contribute to ensure that all maintenance operations are executed efficiently with quality and in accordance with Company standards.
• Participate in the review of documents and files in the Electronic Data Management System created and issued by the MIE Spares Contractor
• Ensure all relevant operations and maintenance procedures are maintained in an accurate and status and are available on site.
• Contribute to monitoring contractor performance in Mechanical discipline and participate, as appropriate, in contractor audits. Ensure the effective monitoring of preventive, conditional, and corrective maintenance plans (including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, machine efficiency, UNISOL maintenance plans,...) to ensure maximum availability at the lowest cost.
• Provide specialist technical advice and guidance to Mechanical maintenance team to ensure all maintenance activities are achieved whilst ensuring compliance with Company policies and operating procedures/guidelines.
• Assistance to the Commissioning/start up teams and Production/Maintenance CPY teams as required.
• Take active role in the Operating spare parts selection process and procurement activities.
• Coordinate repairs in external workshop.
• Proactively monitor equipment and provide feedback, identifying opportunities to maximize production and performance and share best practice
• Can conduct ad-hoc technical surveys at site providing technical reports identifying problems and solutions and ensuring optimum performance from contractors.
• Assist the department management and planning team in implementing the scheduling of discipline maintenance activities ensuring that site personnel have all resources (resources, materials, procedures) to timely execute the tasks.
• Assist Site Team to investigate equipment failures and outages.
• Analyze and/or prepare reports related to equipment performance improvements proposals.
• Participate in maintaining good working relationships within the Mechanical team through effective communication.
• Identify opportunities to improve contractor / supplier performance and improve the quality of services / products supplied.

Context and environment

There is no equivalent project of such an industrial drilling magnitude in a remote and sensitive area within the Company today.

The Tilenga oilfields are partly situated in a protected National Park, partly beneath the river Nile wetlands area, and within densely populated area in a rural and remote part of Uganda. Activities exposed to the risk of major incidents with severe potential consequences due to local environment and important presence of NGOs. Factory Drilling with a well delivered every 4 days using 3 drilling rigs simultaneously will necessitate standardization of equipment and procedures, strict enforcement of Drilling & Well instructions, safe and efficient logistic management on site. The project is focused on delivering the lowest possible cost, which requires challenging TotalEnergies design concepts as well as substantially challenging the TotalEnergies referential.

Multicultural environment: Contractors are anticipated to be in various parts of the world. Ugandan rules and regulations, administrative requirements and technical authorizations as well as international codes for onshore plant will apply.

The project is aiming for FID end 2020 with a start of drilling operations circa Q2 2022 and a Ready for Start-up (RFSU) target 45-50 months after FID.

Accountabilities

• Ensure highest safety standards and continuity and optimization of production
• Demonstrate personal commitment to the HSE Policy, maintain awareness of and ensure compliance with all relevant Company HSE standards, actively participate in Company safety awareness and initiative schemes.
• Provide all aspects of engineering/technical support and assistance to site-based teams
• Develop and maintain productive and constructive relationships with site-based personnel, office operations/technical teams and external contractors/vendors
• Identify and adopt creative and alternative approaches to problem-solving and encourage this practice
• Ensure highest efficiency in maintenance program, planning and intervention in Mechanical discipline
• Create an environment in which a focus on value awareness is developed and constantly think in terms of cost/benefit trade-off.
• Assist the Commissioning Manager until start-up to ensure compliance with the project objectives throughout the life of the project.

Qualifications/Experience required

Qualification: Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or equivalent in relevant discipline.

Experience

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience as mechanical/Static engineer in petroleum & gas industry in operations and/or projects
• Good knowledge of codes and standards related to Static Mechanical discipline (TEMA, ASME…).
• Good knowledge of TOTAL General Specifications
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills as well as a good level of computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office. English mandatory.

• Provide guidance and support to Jr Engineers within the discipline team.
• Support the mechanical staff of the Tilenga site to provide Mechanical expertise and technical support to resolve any mechanical problems related to rotating equipment.
• Specialist for mechanical operations related to Rotating equipment, he will develop or support developing mechanical procedures which contribute to ensure that all maintenance operations are executed efficiently with quality and in accordance with Company standards.
• Participate in the review of documents and files in the Electronic Data Management System created and issued by the MIE Spares Contractor
• Ensure all relevant operations and maintenance procedures are maintained in an accurate and status and are available on site.
• Contribute to monitoring contractor performance in Mechanical discipline and participate, as appropriate, in contractor audits. Ensure the effective monitoring of preventive, conditional, and corrective maintenance plans (including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, machine efficiency, UNISOL maintenance plans,...) to ensure maximum availability at the lowest cost.
• Provide specialist technical advice and guidance to Mechanical maintenance team to ensure all maintenance activities are achieved whilst ensuring compliance with Company policies and operating procedures/guidelines.
• Assistance to the Commissioning/start up teams and Production/Maintenance CPY teams as required.
• Take active role in the Operating spare parts selection process and procurement activities.
• Coordinate repairs in external workshop.
• Proactively monitor equipment and provide feedback, identifying opportunities to maximize production and performance and share best practice
• Can conduct ad-hoc technical surveys at site providing technical reports identifying problems and solutions and ensuring optimum performance from contractors.
• Assist the department management and planning team in implementing the scheduling of discipline maintenance activities ensuring that site personnel have all resources (resources, materials, procedures) to timely execute the tasks.
• Assist Site Team to investigate equipment failures and outages.
• Analyze and/or prepare reports related to equipment performance improvements proposals.
• Participate in maintaining good working relationships within the Mechanical team through effective communication.
• Identify opportunities to improve contractor / supplier performance and improve the quality of services / products supplied.
• Ensure highest safety standards and continuity and optimization of production
• Demonstrate personal commitment to the HSE Policy, maintain awareness of and ensure compliance with all relevant Company HSE standards, actively participate in Company safety awareness and initiative schemes.
• Provide all aspects of engineering/technical support and assistance to site-based teams
• Develop and maintain productive and constructive relationships with site-based personnel, office operations/technical teams and external contractors/vendors
• Identify and adopt creative and alternative approaches to problem-solving and encourage this practice
• Ensure highest efficiency in maintenance program, planning and intervention in Mechanical discipline
• Create an environment in which a focus on value awareness is developed and constantly think in terms of cost/benefit trade-off.
• Assist the Commissioning Manager until start-up to ensure compliance with the project objectives throughout the life of the project.

• Good knowledge of codes and standards related to Static Mechanical discipline (TEMA, ASME…).
• Good knowledge of TOTAL General Specifications
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• English mandatory.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or equivalent in relevant discipline.