Associate Field Officer
Shell
Shell’s Hazira site has a wide range of operation that includes operating a complex power supply system that syncs Grid power as well as own Gas Turbine Generators, LNG Unloading operations from ships, Self-sustaining utilities like Nitrogen & Inst Air, Large Vaporisation equipment like Combustion and Open rack vaporisers, sea-water and cryogenic pumps, 14 Km pipeline outside the terminal boundary, custody transfer of Gas to various pipeline network and Truck loading units associated Control & Shutdown systems.
As Associate Field Officer, you would be responsible for the safe plant operation through field activities. You will play a critical role during emergency as you would be the communication focal point. Moreover, you are to look after safe plant shutdown handling all communication at the same time (both internal & external).
What’s the role?
As Associate Field Officer, you will be accountable for the following:
- Safe field operation in the field as intended in the instruction given by PCO & SS.
- Reporting emergency accurately and doing further communication during emergency as per the emergency response plan
- Doing field preparation, LOTO, before handover of equipment or section of plant for maintenance. Give final clearance for work on permit to work and check if all permit conditions are met in field during execution.
- Equipment isolation plan.
- For activities involving hot work/gas test, you are to conduct gas test accurately and check all isolations again before giving clearance for hot work. You are required to do field checks during hot work.
- Intervene in case of any unsafe act which may include a process safety or personnel safety.
- Shift handover to next shift with all details of work going on in his area in the plant.
- Review work instructions and give inputs for improvement.
- Perform HSE Critical Task as specified.
- Basic LLF of field equipment and reporting leaks.
- Doing Permit to work monitoring in the field while execution. Challenges are more when contractors are involved.
- Should be thorough in all locations of field equipment and should have a good understanding of consequence of any operation he does in field.
- Emergency handling in the field by following instructions and doing correct communication in the field.
- Diploma in Chemical Engineering and minimum of 4 yrs. experience out of which at least one year operation in hydrocarbon plant. You should understand safe system of work, Hazards & Effect Management. Should be aware of groups’ & and companies’ policy & objectives.
- Possess good understanding of hydrocarbon plant operation and various safety and process safety procedures, their effect of deviation on operations. Should possess good understanding of cryogenic liquid (LNG) handling and its effect on man and material. Should have awareness of design basis of the plant equipment, their functioning and various protections (cause & Effect, process control philosophy, controls & Emergency shutdowns). He should be conversant about the plant operating procedure for safe operation of the plant.
- Should have good communication skills for shift log writeup and should have the ability to communicate clearly for daily plant operation as well as in case of emergency.
- Should be able to give inputs to improve good work instructions. And must have ability to understand criticality of his role defined in the work instruction.
- Awareness about HAZOP, plant safety reviews, HSE CASE (HEMP) and their finding.
- Must be able to perform LN2, LNG tanker unloading / Loading operation and invoicing.
- Possess basic firefighting skill and perform duty as a FIT.
- Awareness level in PIML, Procedure accelerator and other digital platforms of reporting.