IampPC Project Lead

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Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Discipline Engineering

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

October 12, 2021

Business unit:

Downstream

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role -

The Instrumentation & Process Control (I&PC) Project Support Lead serves as the focal point between the Shell Deer Park Chemicals (SDPC) Project, Turnaround, and the Run & Maintain organizations to successfully deliver the portfolio of I&PC projects. The I&PC Project Support Lead manages Process Automation, Control and Optimization (PACO) technical assurance and support for the Projects organization. In addition, the role provide leadership of the Control System Engineers, Instrument Inspectors, Analyzer specialists, and/or various other I&PC resources including work distribution, mentoring/coaching, and performance assessment and feedback.

Accountabilities include:


Provide Technical Assurance authority for PACO and Instrumentation related projects and designs.
Provide staffing plans for the PACO and Instrumentation portion of project support including contractor support.
Provide direction/leadership for site automation projects.
Ensure consistency of PACO and Instrumentation design across all projects.
Provide guidance for current corporate and industry standards including site procedures, DEPS, applicable technical position statements and company best practices.
Facilitate the DEP (Discipline and Engineering Practices) variance and derogation process and assist with obtaining necessary approvals.
Review and approve exceptions for Shell approved suppliers and manufacturers.
Coordinate support with Projects and Technology (P&T) and Technical Asset Operations (TAO) resources for activities like SIFPro analysis for SIS functions.
Provide Quality Assurance (QA) support plans and strategies for Projects.
Develop Construction Assurance (CA) requirements.
Coach Project Control Systems staff regarding Project work process and issues.
Maintain contact and good relationships with the Production Teams and Project Teams through continuous communication.
Coordinate and communicate local and corporate requirements.
Supports CSE’s assigned to Production Areas on project issues.
Assess work performance and provide feedback to team members, including primary (Goals and Performance Appraisal (GPA) administration, development of personal goals, etc.
Provides mentoring/coaching to staff in their development and in resolution of issues.
Prioritize Project Team’s technical work and project load.
Define training and competence requirements for group members, including PACO Technical Authority certification.
Provide technical leadership for team members.
Provide input to departmental manpower and training plans.
Ensure compliance with all SDPC safety programs training, activities and requirements.
Review Production Area priorities, work plans, procedures and goals and understand how they fit with overall site PACO plans, strategies and goals.
Provide Safety Leadership for I&PC Projects Support and for I&PC Department.
Work with I&PC Leadership on department wide issues and activities.
Serve as Contract Owner and/or Holder for a variety of PACO related contracts.
Provide input to site automation strategy and planning.
Contribute (as needed) as a PACO technical specialist in areas of expertise.
Lead and/or assign resources to PACO related incident investigations.


Dimensions


Direct Supervision: Shell Staff 4 (Engineers & Specialists/Inspectors); Contractors 6.
The I&PC Projects Team is part of PACO & Instrumentation Department. The primary interfaces are the Engineering Projects Departments, Engineering-I&E Department, Production and MTAC.
The role does not have direct budget control, however, will have shared responsibility with other Project Supervisors for managing the overall Department Budget.


Key Challenges:

Deer Park Chemicals has high complexity of I&E assets which have a big impact on Site safety & integrity, reliability, profitability, and cost when factoring equipment obsolescence, the variety of equipment and systems, number of pieces of equipment, anticipated 3–5-year asset care spend, and elevated skillset needed to manage critical tasks with brownfield assets to ensure safe & stable operations of the Plant.

Skills & Requirements

What we need from you -


BS/MS in Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
At least fifteen (15) years of experience in production and/or project experience in PACO and Instrumentation.
Working knowledge of Project processes and deliverables at each phase.
Knowledge of Refining and Chemical operations.
Supervisory or leadership skills associated with managing engineering and construction contractor interfaces is preferred.
Skill with PACO related engineering standards, guides, drawings, and specifications including Process Safety requirements and local requirements.
Skilled in application of the Discipline Control and Assurance Framework.


Leadership Skills:


Demonstrated capability in building a high-performance reliability organization via coaching/mentoring, setting expectations, learning & continuous improvement, and holding Teams accountable for results.
Proven capability to deliver operational excellence.
Ability to initiate and encourage new ideas and approaches while challenging prevailing practices and paradigms.
A strong people, technical and commercial mindset, innovative and results oriented.
Ability to influence and hold strong relationships with various levels of the organization and global business partners of various leadership levels.
Effective Stakeholder communication and facilitation skills.
Exhibits commercial curiosity to fully understand and explore value opportunities.


Additional Information

I&PC equipment summary: Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), General & Specialty Instrumentation, Online Analyzers, Process Computers & Scanning Hardware, Process Data Historian, Alarm Management Tools, Communication Systems, Local Area Process Control Network.

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