Associate Engineer - Maintenance

Where you fit

Expect lots of support and encouragement while you’re here. You’ll be working alongside people who love what they do and enjoy sharing their enthusiasm with everyone around them. We value career growth. You’ll have limitless opportunities to explore – whether that means building up new areas of expertise or taking in a different direction. 

What’s the role?

The new SEAM organization integrates Safety, Environment & Asset Management activities, with a broad geographical footprint, that will support Shell’s business & assets around the world.

The vision of SEAM is to provide capability across the spectrum of Safety, Environment and Asset Management with:

• shaping the future ways of working through introducing to the business new technology and news way of working, including e.g. digital, SBO, and real-time, data-driven, end-to-end optimization and risk management, but also global programmes like Human Performance Based Safety Philosophy.
• providing performance feedback driving disciplined execution to deliver reliable, predictable results
• helping the businesses build their improvement plans and provide support to execute them
• sustaining performance through strong core capabilities (internal, including SBO & contingent) through building expertise and a company-wide consistent approach

Technical Asset Operations (TAO) is a key enabler for the accelerated delivery of Shell’s Asset Management System and will help us to reach our ultimate potential in Downstream Manufacturing, Integrated Gas and Upstream. TAO provides high quality and cost-competitive technical resources who are not physically present at site yet are an integral part of asset teams delivering value through end-to-end AMS work processes.

This role is expected to help Electrical Maintenance engineers in work planning, implementing the standard work packs for preventive/corrective maintenance of various Field Electrical equipment.

Purpose & Accountabilities

• Understand the complexities and details of work planning with preventive and corrective maintenance activities and Prepare comprehensive work packs/task lists for preventive/corrective maintenance of Electrical equipment’s in oil and gas industry, Petrochemical industry instruments by studying the operations and maintenance manuals of OEMs, general task lists, equipment specific task lists, Test certificates, maintenance reports, spare part list,  preventive maintenance strategies etc., and technical discussions with global, site maintenance leads/technical authorities & OEMs/Vendors  etc.,
• Prepare preventive/corrective maintenance activities work pack and support maintenance and reliability engineers as assigned from end-to-end basis initial respond, carry out assessment, ensure correct prioritization of work, troubleshoot & propose technical solutions virtually, co-ordinate discussion with stakeholders, conduct Risk Assessment, ensure good QA/QC, record keeping, & final job closure to enable high equipment reliability & plant technical availability.
• Understand the machinery constructions and maintenance methods such as proactive / preventive / corrective maintenance being followed in operating units and assist them in making changes and improve readiness of maintenance with sufficient time before maintenance activities begin.

• Primary responsibility in preparing/developing work plan with comprehensive workpacks from Calibration reports, maintenance reports, general tasklist, equipment specific task lists, spare part list, equipments drawings, circuit diagrams, single line diagrams and control circuit logics, cause & effects, Equipment data sheets, operation, and maintenance manuals of OEMs etc., for Electrical equipment in field and in substation for operating units/plants as per Shell Standards.

• Building work packs that include detailed description of the tasks that need to be performed for maintenance of each equipment, parts required, tools required, time required and relationship between tasks including the pre-work preparation steps.
•   Planning Work orders in SAP and building library work packs that include detailed description of the tasks that need to be performed for time & condition-based maintenance, breakdown maintenance, ordering parts required, service or tools required, estimating time required, Estimating cost of work order, network mapping and quality check points for minimum assurance tasks.

• Job hazard assessment, setting out risks anticipated required while performing tasks and creating Permit to work.
• Identifying the system condition for each operation activity tasks should be ascertained about the shutdown windows availability or suitable opportunities for maintenance activities.
• Planning of end-to-end work orders to enable efficient scheduling and ensure compliance of executable work orders.
• First level diagonisis of damage history, determining the failure mode based on anomaly reports and informtion given in corrective maintenance work request/ notification.
• Investigating and analysis of CM work requset to identify the true cause of the problem and prepare work orders with the detailed tasks to repair the damage with as much as detailed information required to complete the job effectively including procedures, sketches, specifications, or drawings deemed necessary.

• Constantly engage with site maintenance leads, original equipment manufacturers, vendors and modify the workpacks as recommended/required by the site maintenance personnels.

• Anticipate & plan for mandatory spares, tools and tackles and manpower required for electrical equiment related to field and substation, if required from the vendors and accommodate the information in the work pack.

The role will involve working in shifts (Afternoon/Evening/Late Evening Shifts) to have enough interface with the asset/plant to be supported remotely/virtually.

What do we need from you?

Skills & Requirements

• Field electrical equipment viz motors, transformers, switchgears, VCB, ACB, Contactors, batteries, battery charger, VFDs, areas at HV/LV voltage levels etc.
• Experience in operation and maintaining electrical equipment, procurement, and equipment selection.
• Installation & commissioning/operations, maintenance/design, engineering & selection of instruments for electrical equipment’s.
• Experience in preparing the maintenance work instructions, task lists, work packs, work, and manpower estimation for major maintenance/overhauling of equipment, instruments calibration, installation, stroke checking etc.  in various rotary/static equipment available in oil and gas industry.
• Experience in materials or resources to be ordered, in advance of the work order being issued, such that the scheduler can immediately bring the work order into the schedule without any intervention, Participated and supported ISO/safety-MS audits, as well as other related external audits, as part of Company Safety Control framework and management system.
• Experience in Diagnosing the cause of the problem in field equipment, troubleshooting and determines the scope of activity required to return the equipment back into service by packaging the work to the tasks, disciplines, materials and services to an effective completion, utilizes feedback from past work plan implementation to improve future work plans, Carry out root cause analysis on repeated failures and collaborate with operations and technologist to identify process related degradation/failure mechanism.

• Experience in Contribution to site reliability improvements. Identify, propose, and execute improvement initiatives to eliminate plant reliability threats. Identify bad actors and make improvements plans to minimize or eliminate bad actors. Troubleshoot equipment failures to address and eliminate the root cause. Provide feedback on effectiveness of preventive maintenance, corrective generated from maintenance execution process.
• Performed Electrical equipment condition monitoring whenever required & liaise with relevant subject matter experts/specialist/OEM to address any arising issues, problems & concerns. Provide Instrument support to other maintenance discipline, provide support and allocate required resources for Turnaround execution in related Process Units e.g., scaffold erecting, lifting, excavation, etc.
• Skills in MS Office tools like Excel are highly desirable
• Knowledge of SAP PM/CM, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) is preferable, example accepts responsibility within the Permit to Work and SAP maintenance execution System as an Authorized signatory and Originate Work Permits for submission to operations and carry out Risk Assessment.
• Effective communication skills and stakeholder management are necessary for the job.
• Knowledge of Lean CI methodology is an added value.
• Able to multi-task, prioritize and ensure delivery of priorities as promised, work without close supervision, and work through others to deliver results.
• Virtual working experience is highly desirable.
• Professional Engineering certification is an added value.

• Confidence to work in virtual environment and managing engagement across different levels of stakeholders, including senior management for day-to-day operations. Includes initiative to identify and help resolve business and technical issues within areas of responsibility.
• Sound understanding of business/process workflow and having mature mindset to deal and behave under tough/challenging situations 

• Resilient under pressure and able to work with people different culture and working style.

Company Description

Shell Business Operations (SBO) is a chain of operational centers that form an integral part of Royal Dutch Shell. We influence business development for Shell globally, enabling the work of 93,000 employees in over 70 countries across the world. SBO Chennai is focused on driving excellent performance that enable Shell to operate in a global competitive and ever-changing business environment.

An Innovative Place to Work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

An Inclusive & Progressive Place to Work

To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we’re nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.

• We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we’ll take it from there.
• We’re closing the gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
• We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of or .

A Rewarding Place to Work

• Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.
• We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible