Summary
Date Posted: Friday, October 18 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Q-Sourcing Limited trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
On behalf of our client EACOP, we are looking for a competent, skilled, and experienced Instrumentation Engineer to work in Uganda
All candidates who meet the criteria outlined above are encouraged to apply under the job vacancy “QSSU-EACOP-IE-INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER”
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION
Reports to:
N+1: Maintenance Engineer
N+ 2: Head of Maintenance and Inspection
JOB TYPE:
Full Time with on duty period
LOCATION:
Kampala-Back Office – (frequent travel to Ugandan EACOP sites)
WHO WE ARE:
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a Midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore Marine Storage and Export Terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1,443 km long, electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale - Hoima in Uganda, to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to the international markets.

JOB DIMENSIONS/ GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
The job holder assists and supports, within the Field Operation team for all the maintenance and inspection activities related to the ICSS (Integrated Control and Safety Systems), Instrumentation and Telecoms of the PS1 perimeters EACOP facilities.
She/he is responsible for all aspects related to ICSS and Instrumentation during the maintenance and inspection engineering phase and shall bring assistance on this subject as and when required.
She/he will participate to commissioning activities. During operation, She/he will be responsible for the maintenance needs of instrumentation, ICSS, and telecoms, including associated services company as well as contracts.
She/he will be work in collaboration with back-office support from Tanga, especially with ICSS and Instrument Engineer, Telecoms Engineer, and Metering Engineer. She/he will be the Ugandan focal point and will manage instrumentation contractor at Ps1 perimeter.
The job holder will pay particular attention to the identification and the right definition of the performance standard of the Safety Critical Element in his perimeter.
The job holder is also accountable for demonstrating individually an exemplary behavior regarding HSSE rules & requirements, and for ensuring their application within his scope of responsibility.

Management:
• Ensures Instrumentations, ICSS, Metering and Telecom Support team cover the obligations in term of maintenance strategy update, performance monitoring, contract, and stock strategy. Define priorities to focus on delivering values matching with Field Operations Objectives.
• Produce, review guidance documents, procedure, standard related to his perimeter.
• Manage PS1 perimeter IMS system and data.
• Manage PS1 instrument technician and provide performance feedback.
• Interfaces with feeder Companies regarding shared systems.
• Follows ICSS, metering, ICSS major maintenance & Update.
• Ensures implementation of operation and maintenance strategy based on FO objectives. Ensure management system is up to date and in line with the Area performance objectives. Recover any REX from Area and analyse KPI to set-up maintenance strategy accordingly.
• Assess and audit CONTRACTOR procedure managing material repair in workshop are well implemented to secure reliable tracking system, follow-up, and progress.
• Ensures CONTRACTOR stock management by technology in line with criticality study, capability to repair and availability objective.
• Optimization: Review and challenge CONTRACTOR maintenance plan on instrumentation and ICSS and do proposal to reduce downtime and cost to optimize cost VS running hours.
• Secures life cycle management of equipment / packages; implement studies and action plan to secure maintainability of the plants (obsolescence).
• Responsible for implementing and sustaining all cybersecurity solutions to guard industrial network against cyber-attacks.
• PI system Administrator for Field Operations. Manages PI sustenance and development to adequately cover rotating equipment, metering, and other requirements.
• OPEX: Cooperate in terms of budget preparation for studies, ISS and modifications related to service.
• Ensures periodic reporting activities of the discipline and regular follow up and review thereof.

Operations:
• Advice the diagnosis related to major malfunctions and failures. Comments Contractor action plan and assess CONTRACTOR competencies and process to solve major malfunctions and failures. Support CONTRACTOR if required.
• Organizes and maintain instrument equipment database. Guarantee the quality of activity reporting, particularly though CMMS.
• Reliability: Responsible of COMPANY reporting regarding reliability improvement as a continuous practice to maximise plant availability; identify improvement opportunities in organization, facilities availability, and technical costs; represent progress in reliability meeting. Interface with operation team to collect information, or control issues.
• Follows KPI’s defined and attend/prepare for meetings; update dashboard upon requirement, provide action plan for reliability meeting...
• Develops positive and constructive relationships with contractors and suppliers. Identify opportunities to improve contractor/supplier performance, reduce costs and improve the quality of services/products supplied.
• Acts as technical discipline focal point on specific project/work scopes and contracts, taking a lead role in the involvement/co-ordination of, and interface between, site/ teams/contractors ensuring effective communication and understanding between appropriate parties.

Engineering Studies
Proposes solutions to optimize the operating cost.
Consolidate ICSS, Metering, Telecom & Instrumentation part of Software Modification workflow issued by site dealing with ICSS and instrument discipline.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
In the context of teamwork and in the field of maintenance:
• Shares and provides reliability analysis, Optimization, and availability of equipment in line with the production objectives.
• Prepare and manage Contract technical need for the Maintenance contract team to implement on time in line with operation readiness planning.
• Defines maintenance policies and ensures international rules and standards followed according to his disciplines.
• Participates and update REX and recommendation for future contract as EACOP strategy.
• Participates to contractor and subcontractor audit.
• Reviews/manages instrument technician at PS1.
• Regular site visits.
• Adequate maintenance plans for related equipment and evidence of execution via CMMS
• Adequate material replenishment plans and effective liaison with C&P to always ensure required stock levels.
• Effective execution of assigned contracts
• Interfaces with feeders’ companies and authorities.

HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
EACOP is committed to ensuring that the health, safety and welfare of workers, communities, and the environment are well addressed and managed. Therefore, the employee is mandated to:
• Fully complies with Company H3SE (Health, Safety, Social, Security & Environment) policies and Life Saving Rules.
• Actively participates in HSEQ and promotes this culture to co-workers.
• Remains vigilant and maintains continuous awareness of potential unsafe conditions.
• Communicates to management any HSE related concerns and ways to improve them.
• Maintains a workplace & workspace that is safe, clean, and always neat – practice good housekeeping.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Academic Qualifications:
• Engineering Bsc +5 level with specialization in ICSS or Instrumentation, or equivalent proven experience (Engineer)
• Industrial information security system training

Experience Required:
• Experience in instrument, telecom and ICSS maintenance and management (over 10 years), competence in cyber security, oil/Electric/production/terminal knowledge …
• Experience in industrial maintenance (over 8 years) and maintenance methods.
• Experience in team/contract management.
• Very good knowledge of Instrumentation and Fundamentals of Legal Metrology in metering of petroleum products.
• Reliability, autonomy, analytical, organizational capacity, and leadership
• Sense of method, flavor analysis, rigor, and organizational skills
• Proficiency in English, both spoken and written.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

All candidates who meet the criteria outlined above are encouraged to apply under the job vacancy “QSSU-EACOP-IE-INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER”

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