Employment Opportunities at Shell Petroleum Development Company 

Job Title: Pipeline Security Lead, West

Reference ID: R102697
Location: Port Harcourt, River
Employment: Full-time
Experience level: Experienced Professionals
Report directly to: The Pipelines Security Manager.

The Role
What’s the role?

• The role is responsible for the implementation of pipelines security operations activities in the Western Division of SPDC. The incumbent will hold direct responsibility for protecting the entire stretch of both the Trans Ramos Pipelines (TRP) and the Trans Escravos Pipelines (TEP) assets.
• The incumbent will also be expected to implement security operations and protection measures for all personnel (staff and contractors), Delivery Lines, Trunklines, Manifolds and Risers on both the Trans Ramos Pipelines (TRP) and Trans Escravos Pipelines (TEP) assets, conveying products (Oil) all the way to Forcados Oil Terminal (FOT). The estimated total budget for these operations is expected to be circa 3 million Dollars.
• He/She will supervise a team of some 25 core contract security personnel (consisting of one Area Security Adviser, 2 Security Advisers, several Pipelines Security Supervisors and close to 200-armed Government Security Agents (GSA). He/she will oversee the deployment of these GSAs in support of Pipelines Security operations.
• The incumbent and his team will be tasked with securing both the Trans Ramos Pipelines (TRP) and the Trans Escravos Pipelines (TEP) assets (by deploying these GSAs to specific camps on both the Trans Ramos Pipelines (TRP) and the Trans Escravos Pipelines (TEP) assets).
• The incumbent will also produce a Security Plan and ensure all Shell Group LOD 1 protocol are observed to provide assurance of measures put in place for securing both the Trans Ramos Pipelines (TRP) and the Trans Escravos Pipelines (TEP) assets.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Identify and assess security threats and risk to the TEP and TRP.
• Ensure appropriate security risk mitigation measures are in place along the TEP and TRP.
• Manage/support Shell’s response to security related incidents along the TEP and TRP.
• Ensure SI Memos are prepared and approved before any GSA deployment.
• Ensure POs are prepared and issued before any vendor activity.
• Ensure timely and accurate compilation of Time Sheets to reflect actual services rendered by vendors/GSAs.
• Ensure Service Entries are prepared and issued to vendors.
• Ensure timely processing of invoices for payments for services rendered by security vendors.
• Conduct VPSHR briefing and documentation within pipelines security team.
• Responsible for managing externally contracted service providers; interface with providers; invoice processing and deliverables follow up.
• Effectively manage pipelines security office; ensuring compliance with all administrative/HSSE/office requirements; drive compliance with HSSE standards by colleagues, visitors, and contractors.
• Exhibit excellent management skills that will guarantee ability to work successfully in a multicultural environment with people from diverse backgrounds.

Requirements
What we need from you?

• A strong University Degree in Security Management or any other discipline.
• A Master’s Degree or higher educational qualifications will be an advantage.
• Experience working in an oil and gas company is desirable (with 10-17 years of relevant work experience preferably in a security services environment).
• Strong understanding of security risk management principles and practice (security threat assessment, security risk assessment, information security risks, security risk mitigation, etc).
• Possession of internationally recognized security certification such as: Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP), Professional Certified Investigator (PCI) is desirable.
• Proficiency in the use of SAP will be an advantage.
• A retired military, police, law enforcement or security officer (of the rank of an Army Captain or its equivalent) (as a minimum) will be acceptable.
• Very strong written, analytical, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to organize and present accurate information in a logical sequence: using graphs, charts, tables, and other illustrative devices will stand out any candidate.
• Ability to handle and exploit information sources is an asset.

Leadership Attributes:

• Ability to work within, or lead a multi-talented team.
• Ability to interface seamlessly with GSA.
• Team building spirit.
• Discipline and winning spirit.

Authenticity:

• Display “real self” and willing to speak difficult truths.
• Consistently demonstrates values and beliefs through action.
• Balances honest self-expression with being open to other perspectives.
• Promotes and models personal well-being.

Growth:

• Aligns team targets to business goals.
• Visibly intervenes to manage safety and compliance risks.
• Champions change and overcomes resistance.
• Harnesses the creativity of others to generate new approaches.
• Makes timely decisions under ambiguity.

Collaboration:

• Establishes trust-based relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborates openly with other parts of the organization.
• Embraces the advantages of diversity.
• Delivers difficult messages upward excellently.

Performance:

• Sets stretching goals and gains commitment to deliver specific outcomes.
• Empowers the team to act and to speak their mind.
• Structures work allocation to provide development opportunities.
• Ruthlessly eliminates complexity and waste.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Senior Planning Engineer SWO

Reference ID: R107165
Location: Port Harcourt, River
Experience level: Experienced Professionals

The Role
What’s the role?

• To contribute to delivery and maintenance of standard, consistent and realistic project plans reflecting the assessed risk parameters for each project.
• Develop plans required for the management and engineering of assigned projects compliant with agreed business and technical objectives, within schedule and budget, whilst ensuring quality, safe installation, and operation as well as performance to agreed requirements.
• Evaluate and control project plans and perform schedule development, maintenance and monitoring of the planning/scheduling activities.
• Ensure competitive schedule deliveries via latest benchmarking internally within Shell and externally through IPA, Performance Forum, Woodmac and other benchmarking tools and forums.

Principal Accountabilities

• Deliver and maintain consistent and realistic plans and control structures for the project. Understand the list of plans required to execute the assigned project sub-elements and their interface to other sub-elements. Develop the activities, logic, resources and progress for the assigned project sub-elements, leading to the creation of the baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance.
• Develop, implement and comply with the planning and progress monitoring procedures.
• Conduct weekly and monthly progress update, forecast, critical path and trend analyses for assigned elements, including any impact from interface areas.
• Implement and maintain the status reports. Provide regular and comprehensive schedule status reports to projects sub-element managers.
• Assess and incorporate the impact of approved changes and any deviations from the key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and identification of alternate approaches to optimize the plan(s).
• Liaise with and challenge Project Engineering personnel to ensure proper understanding of the key schedule sensitivities and drivers.
• Develop contract key dates, milestones and Shell plan dates that align with the overall project schedule. Participate in evaluating bid schedules and reviewing contractor plans to support contract award recommendations. Develop contract sections for planning and progress reporting. Review and verify contractors reported progress and ensure that this is reflected in the project schedule
• Contribute to the translation of the project’s risk profile into the probabilistic risk model and understand the output, including the key risk drivers for the possible range of schedule completion dates.
• Track the criticality of the main paths to completion and float consumption.
• Implement and utilize the Shell standard tools and processes.
• Provide input data for and participate in benchmarking activities.
• Develop credible and competitive project schedule to the required confidence levels working in a multi-function and multi discipline team.
• Maintain and promote realism in the planning deliverables in the face of commercial pressure and optimism from project team leaders.
• Develop credible schedules and plans integrating assessed issues and uncertainties that will facilitate quality decision making.
• Support CSR’s and other site leadership personnel on planning / progress monitoring on execute phase.
• Contribute to close-out data to enable knowledge retention (lessons learned, project data compilation) at completion of work.

Requirements
What we need from you?

• Must have a Project Services Planning Level 1 or equivalent
• Must have at least 8 years of industry experience
• At least 3 years’ experience in a project planning role is a must
• Must have been responsible for the preparation and maintenance of schedules for elements of project scope or a portfolio of early-phase prospects
• Assessment for Leadership Development is expected to be at the level of Individual Performers
• Experience in an Oil and Gas industry is a must

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online