Support safe, reliable & sustainable production and operations
Back-to-back roles operating across three PNG assets
2-year fixed term contract - FIFO from any Australian capital city

Oil Search was established in Papua New Guinea in 1929, where it operates all the country’s producing oil fields, holds an extensive appraisal and exploration portfolio and has a 29% interest in the PNG LNG Project. This world-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) development has transformed the Company into a major LNG exporter.

The Oil Search PNG Development and Operations division has responsibility for safe, reliable and sustainable production and efficient operations of the operated and non-operated reserves in PNG.

About the role

The Process Engineering discipline establishes and maintains process engineering best practice to ensure the overall plant is designed, installed, operated, optimised and maintained in a safe, reliable and efficient manner. This includes equipment specification, analysis of efficiency, production quality and safety, as well as examination of the composition and profitability measures to assist in improvements recommendations or changes. Accountabilities and responsibilities include:

Provide technical expertise, advice and support to the surface facilities managed by the Asset to ensure process safety performance and the optimal hydrocarbon recovery of plant and processes
Address and prioritise action on acute plant/process problems to ensure ongoing commitments against plant capacity and deliverability are resolved in a safe and efficient manner
Provide technical expertise to support projects through the design, commissioning and handover phases into operation
Analyse data and identify threats or opportunities
Collaborate on problem solving of issues/recommendations identified by the pro-active production surveillance activities conducted by the Surveillance Engineer

Your skills & experience

Tertiary qualified in process or chemical engineering, or sciences
7 – 15+ years’ process engineering experience in Oil & Gas operations environments
Eligible for membership of IEAust/IChemE and registration as an RPEQ/NPER-3
Strong interpersonal, communication and report writing skills with the ability to articulate complex physics and chemistry into easy to understand language
Strong modelling skills and ability to apply engineering principles to build custom models

Benefits

Oil Search recognise and value the hard work, passion and commitment of their employees’ through a competitive remuneration structure with industry leading benefits, including a service recognition program; wellbeing & fitness benefits and a range of diversity, inclusion and development initiatives.

This position is offered on a 2-year fixed term contract, rotating to PNG. Please note, standard rotation is 28/28, however due to Covid-19 restrictions and quarantine requirements, an 8 week on/ 8 week off roster is temporarily in place. Quarantine allowances apply.

To apply, follow the link and upload your current resume in Word format. For further information, please contact Brent Russell at Resourceful Recruitment on 07 3214 3602.

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