Our Client is an internationally recognized American exporter of liquefied natural gas. The company's Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, our Client's industry leading plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower cost.

They are actively seeking a Senior Production Engineer to join their Integrated Production Excellence team. This position will be located in Louisiana with frequent, company expensed, travel to Northern Virginia.

This role will be responsible for optimizing the Availability and Performance of the Client's Louisiana Facility LNG Liquefaction Trains and support the overall Louisiana Facility Production System Optimization efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Set the Client's Louisiana Facility LNG Trains Production daily targets, define operating limits and engage with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering to develop the Production Plan for the day.
• Build and maintain Real time, online, surveillance and monitoring models to optimize the Availability and Performance of the Client's Louisiana Facility LNG Liquefaction Trains
• Perform Analysis to detect deviations from Live Operating Envelope Limits and identify the actions required to safely and reliably maximize LNG rundown.
• Identify short-, medium- and long-term Availability and Reliability improvement initiatives to maximize LNG rundown using insights from Real time System and Physics-based/data-driven models.
• Identify Production risks that could impact Availability and Reliability and develop mitigation plans to address them
• Provide input to the weekly and monthly Production reviews and follow up on any actions required to improve the performance of the Client's Louisiana Facility LNG Trains
• Identify the Client's Louisiana Facility LNG Trains production loss events and engage with the relevant stakeholders (including but not limited to Engineering, Maintenance, Operations) to review, validate, report and manage production losses in a timely manner to maximize Availability and Reliability
• Lead or be part of EIRs (Engineering Investigation Requests) and MoCs (Management of Change) required to improve the Client's Louisiana Facility LNG Trains performance.
• Lead or be part of the Client's Louisiana Facility LNG Trains Production loss RCAs when required.
• Gather the required assumptions on LNG Trains performance and provide timely input to the Forecast and Annual Delivery Plan process.
• Support the Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) process and provide all the required input and analysis as required
• Support the development of Integrated Production Excellence standards and procedures.
• Capture Lessons Learned from the Client's Louisiana Facility and provide input to other LNG projects / sites as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Process/Chemical Engineering required
• Minimum 5 years' experience working as a Production Engineer with a demonstrated track record of Production performance improvement.
• Experience in pre-treatment required
• Experience supporting commissioning activities
• Oil and Gas experience is required, with strong preference in LNG, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
• Must be open to travel to Arlington, Virginia as needed.

Benefits:

• Strong base Salary based on candidate experience
• Fully covered Medical Insurance for employees AND their dependents
• Strong PTO package
• 401k match
• Excellent company culture
• The opportunity to make an immediate impact on a cutting edge LNG team!

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