Process Engineering TA

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies.  Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices. 

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

Purpose of Role: 

• Global Technical Authority and functional leadership of the Process Engineering discipline. Accountable for the Process Engineering discipline leadership, assurance, and governance across Harbour’s global operations

Critical Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and Harbour Energy HSES Procedures

Ethics and Compliance Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all activities and behaviours are carried out in accordance with Harbour Energy’s Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures, and to complete any compulsory compliance training as required

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

Discipline Leadership & Business Support:

• Provides expertise to support full lifecycle asset integrity within Harbour Energy
• Owns and develops common corporate Process engineering systems and tools
• Sets Discipline competency standards and appoints BU Technical Authorities
• Actively promotes continuous improvement, sharing best practice and consistent approaches across the Company. Supports recruitment/ resourcing, personnel development, career development etc across the Function. Including identifying personnel to independently review other BU operations (cross learning)
• Identifies and champions innovation/technology implementation across the business

Assurance:

• Provides Process engineering assurance for major projects within the Harbour Energy portfolio including Flow Assurance. Co-ordinates the provision of other related specialist SMEs that may be required for assurance activity
• Provides technical assurance and technical support across the Company where required
• In conjunction with the other Corporate TAs, ensures suitable assessment, reporting and mitigation of higher level engineering discipline risk. Where required, provides assurance of enterprise level Process engineering risk

Governance:

• Owner of the Corporate Process Engineering Standards and Processes that support full lifecycle asset integrity and safe and efficient operations. Ensuring standard/process alignment with good industry practice and that they are understood and applied within the Business Units
• Accountable for review and approval of requested deviations from Corporate standards and Process
• Owner of Corporate Process Engineering Audit Schedule and carries out Reviews, Audits and Investigations as required
• Represents the Company with relevant Industry Bodies and External Stakeholders

Critical Skills:

• Degree in relevant engineering or science subject/or equivalent experience
• Professional/Chartered Engineering qualification
• Extensive knowledge of oil and gas Process Engineering across the full asset lifecycle and diverse geographical settings
• Deep understanding of Major Accident Hazard risk management
• Significant experience in leadership, management, and mentoring
• Demonstrable experience of management and delivery across studies, projects and business change
• Experience of contract management processes and possesses a high level of commercial awareness
• Fully conversant with industry codes, standards and relevant legislation
• Must hold or able to obtain a UK and International required offshore visitor qualifications/certification
• Strong communication and organisation skills
• High level of leadership and influencing skills
• Able to present and communicate effectively to all levels of authority and technical expertise
• Able to apply sound engineering judgement and make decisions under pressure

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.