Superintendent, Production (Engineering)

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POSITION OVERVIEW

The Superintendent, Production (Engineering)reports to the Manager, Production and is responsible for leading the Production Engineering team working with the Production/Operations, Maintenance, Gas Supply, Commercial Operations, Environmental, Accounting, Engineering Services, and Process Services departments to assist in the management and optimization of the LNG and Regasification (SPL only) Facilities. 

This would include but not be limited to supporting the maintenance of facility production capacity curves, tactical plant optimization and monitoring tools specific to all sections of the LNG facility, supporting the maintenance of a facility loss accounting tool, Production Forecasting, assisting with Supply Chain Management, management of departmental KPIs, Production Reporting, and coordination of supply of catalysts, refrigerants and chemicals needed to operate the facility. The Superintendent, Production (Engineering)will also provide mentoring and direction to other staff as needed. 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Manage the Production Engineering Team and oversee the team’s execution of the following responsibilities,

• Initiate and support the development of systems and processes that drive operational excellence within the Production team. 
• Facilitate access approvals and maintenance activities for applications including, Shiploading Logbooks, PI, CCLEAR and CFAR.
• Participate in regulatory agency, accounting and internal audits. 
• Support procedure development and training related to capital projects, temporary or new modes of operation, and compliance. 
• Reinforce safety and environmental awareness through frequent job observations and by interfacing with plant personnel. 
• Work with Engineering and Construction department to assure O & M interests are represented on major projects. 
• Work with Production during 2-year reviews of procedures. 
• Support turnaround planning organization to develop an optimized turnaround execution strategy.
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of the Operational (Quantities, Scheduling, Quality, Measurement) aspects of the Sale and Purchase agreement and Gas Supply Tariffs.
• Manage components of the department budget.
• Coach, mentor, and lead the Production Engineering team.

Production Reporting

• Perform daily Energy Balances and review daily Production Loss Reporting and Ship Loading Reports.
• Provide monthly Energy Balance close documentation to corporate business teams.
• Develop, measure, and report against departmental KPIs.
• Prepare Production performance summaries summarizing data on total production, capacity utilization, operating reliability, unit efficiency, production loss categories and quantities, and energy utilization. This includes Inlet Feed Gas measurement and allocation, LNG/NGL Production, Emissions and Waste measurements, and Efficiency monitoring. 
• Develop tools to quantify facility emissions to support environmental and compliance reporting.
• Accountable for developing, maintaining and utilization of appropriate tools used to calculate and track flared quantities to ensure compliance with Environmental Regulatory requirements.

Production Forecasting & Scheduling

• Develop and utilize forecasting and scheduling tools and communicate with Commercial Operations and Gas Supply so that daily, monthly, and annual production requirements can be set. Utilizing these tools, advise Production Management of limitations or deficiencies that may impact production.  
• Monitoring and ordering of catalyst, chemicals and refrigerants needed to operate and  manage the facility. Provide forecasts and historical allocations for proficient financial accounting. Manage relationships and contracts with suppliers.
• Develop strategies to minimize downtime and provide input into maintenance plans including the alignment of maintenance events across the supply chain.
• Monitor LNG inventories and provide guidance to both Marine and Commercial Operations on appropriate loading times. Communicate risk of curtailments due to high inventories when appropriate and develop curtailment plans, that minimize net production impacts, when necessary.

Production Optimization and Support

• Participate in daily strategy planning with Production management