Principal Production Engineer

Job Description

• Set daily production targets for the PQ Facility LNG Trains by defining operating limits and collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to develop an actionable daily production plan.

• Develop and maintain real-time, online monitoring and surveillance models aimed at optimizing the availability and performance of LNG liquefaction trains.
  
  
• Analyze live operational data to detect deviations from defined operating envelopes and determine corrective actions to safely and efficiently maximize LNG production.
  
  
• Identify and implement initiatives to improve availability and reliability across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons using insights from real-time systems, physics-based, and data-driven models.
  
  
• Proactively assess production risks that could impact availability and reliability, and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
  
  
• Contribute to weekly and monthly production performance reviews by providing technical input and driving follow-up actions for continuous improvement.
  
  
• Track and assess production loss events, collaborating with stakeholders such as Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations to validate, report, and resolve issues promptly to sustain high availability and reliability.
  
  
• Participate in or lead Engineering Investigation Requests (EIRs) and Management of Change (MoC) processes aimed at enhancing LNG train performance.
  
  
• Lead or support root cause analyses (RCAs) of production losses as needed.
  
  
• Provide key performance assumptions and timely input into the Forecast and Annual Delivery Plan processes.
  
  
• Support the Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) processes by delivering required data, analysis, and insights.
  
  
• Contribute to the creation and enhancement of Integrated Production Excellence standards, tools, and procedures.
  
  
• Capture and document lessons learned from the PQ Facility to support continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across other Venture Global LNG projects and sites.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Process, Production, or Chemical Engineering.
  
  
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Production Engineer with a proven track record in driving production performance improvements.
  
  
• Oil and gas industry experience is required, preferably in LNG. However, experience in petrochemicals, NGL, cryogenic gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing industries may also be considered.
  
  
• Position is based in Point Celeste, Louisiana, with occasional travel to other sites as needed.
  
  

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