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Position: Distribution Engineering Advisor

Location: The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Responsibilities

• To be the Distribution engineering expert to whom OU S&D Manager’s and Engineer’s turn to for advice, guidance and mentoring. In the areas of new asset build, asset integrity assurance, asset maintenance, asset strategy, automation strategy and asset information management.


• Ensure compliance with agreed standards across VE and provide assurance regarding the integrity of S&D assets


• Develop engineering competence mainly in the ENGEN OUs


• Manage and coordinate across the ENGEN OUs and Vivo Energy OUs the implementation of aligned asset management standards in the areas of new asset build, asset integrity assurance, asset maintenance, asset strategy and information management.


• Develop depot automation strategies, oversee implementation program


• To lead a VE S&D structured network of engineers in order to contribute to share best practice and engineering resource competence development.


• Provide engineering support and co-ordination throughout VE for implementation of initiatives such as Tank, Pipeline & Jetty Integrity programs; firefighting assessments.


• To provide assurance that S&D assets are fit for purpose, comply to standards (including Process safety) and are being properly maintained.


• Custodian of overall S&D CAPEX program.


• Provide appropriate support and expertise to project development.


• Act as sponsor of the technical functional networks of VE S&D-Engineers.


• Ensure that VE has designated know how leaders (e.g. Automated Tank Gauging, Additivation, HL& HHL probes, TAS,) that become the experts in those particular fields.


• Coach and mentor VE engineers, including development of appropriate training program (together with HR). Deliver some of the training modules


• Identify opportunities for VE leverage in procurement of goods and services in collaboration with C&P


• To provide assurance that S&D assets are fit for purpose, comply to standards (including HSSE) and are being properly maintained


• Raise the Engineering competence (and compliance) of the VE S&D engineering community


• Ensure that S&D capex is spent as per plan (and accurately captured in systems such as SAP and PMO)


• Act as Technical Authority for ENGEN OUs and Shell OUs in terms of derogation process implementation and derogation request approval.