QSTL – INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEER

About this job:

Q-Sourcing Tanzania Limited is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan.

On behalf of our Tanzania based client, we are looking for a competent and experienced Instrumentation & Control System Engineer

POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION

Reports to:

N+1: Head of Maintenance and Inspection

JOB TYPE:

Full Time

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 1,443 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 the international markets.

JOB DIMENSIONS

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 behaviour 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 term 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
  
• 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 plan to secure maintainability of the plants (obsolescence).
  
• Responsible for implementing and sustaining all cybersecurity solutions to guard 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.
  
• Train and coach local staff up to required professional and experience level to manage autonomously
  

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 maintain instrument equipment database. Guarantee the quality of activity reporting, particularly though CMMS.
  
• Reliability: Responsible of COMPANY reporting regarding reliability improvement as a continuous practice to maximise plant availability; identify improvement opportunities in organization, facilities availability, and technical costs; represent progress in reliability meeting.
  
• Follow KPI’s 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.
  
• Assure best safety and asset availability during start and first 3 years of operations.
  
• Put in place proper, optimized work practices, methodology and structure
  

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.
  

KEY DUTIES AND 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 ensure international rules and standards followed according to his disciplinesParticipates and updates REX and recommendation for future contract as EACOP strategy.

• Participates to 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

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 complies with Company H3SE (Health, Safety, Social, Security & Environment) policies and Life Saving Rules.

• Actively participates in HSEQ and promotes this culture to co-workers.

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