Associate Engineer

What's The Role
You will be joining the Production Operations Upstream discipline which is involved in all phases of the asset lifecycle. The activities are focused on maximizing profits by optimizing production and minimizing deferments while protecting long term asset integrity.

Where You'll Fit in
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 new technology and new ways of working to the business, including digital, SBO, and real-time, data-driven, end-to-end optimization and risk management, but also global programs 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

The VP TAS will be accountable for maximizing integrated business value across the organization. Technical Asset Support (TAS) 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. TAS 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 intended to support the asset's PTM journey by providing technical expertise and leadership in the control valve/instrumentation condition monitoring area.

What You'll Be Doing

• Accountable for frontline instruments and control valve monitoring via AI based ML models or any such available tools.
• Support Shell assets in improving reliability through monitoring of facilities and equipment and prevent unscheduled deferments.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and solving instruments and control valve issues.
• Develop a plan to integrate PTM workflow with other processes to enhance integrated value delivery.
• Responsible for maintaining the number of services generated with no value to a minimum through regular reviews and engagement.
• Support developing technical specifications
• Manage various stakeholders' expectations with respect to the deliverables in PdM, improve the penetration via looking for opportunities.
• Supporting the Team leads in identifying opportunities for cross-learning, standardization, and optimization between the PTM teams and other TAS verticals , including ways of working and resource sharing, to deliver on the overarching priorities of TAS.
• Look for digital innovations and integration with Digital twin.
• Provide technical support to a team of engineers who design, develop, configure, test, deploy, and support AI based machine learning models for Predictive Maintenance.

Dimensions

• This role is expected to provide Predictive Maintenance activity support to Shell's Upstream, Downstream and Integrated Gas in improving reliability by preventing unscheduled deferment through monitoring of ML models.
• Support assets in achieving their KPIs through monitoring – help in improving process efficiency, reliability, health of equipment and over all process

What You Bring

• Preferably with a bachelor's or master's degree in Instrumentation or Chemical Engineering.
• Preferably with at least 2 years of working experience in operation/maintenance erection & commissioning in Oil & Gas / Petrochemicals Industry
• Good hands-on knowledge in field instrumentation like Smart Transmitters, Control valves, Sensors for flow, pressure, level, temperature etc.
• Knowledge in DCS, PLC, ESD system. Overview of architecture, control logic, cause and effect diagrams
• Proficient in reading P&IDs and good understanding of process narratives and manuals
• Good discipline knowledge and should be able to practically apply in the PTM process.
• Proficiency in real time data, Advance skills in MS excel, smart platforms and applications etc., will be an advantage
• Flexibility to move quickly across changing priorities and manage multiple Projects/Program
• Ability to engage and effectively communicate at all levels inside and outside Shell and within different cultural settings.
• Strong aptitude for Learner Mindset
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to challenge and ability to build internal and external relationships based on trust and to integrate across multiple functions.
• Effective communication skills and stakeholder management are necessary skills for the job

What We Offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best
• version of yourself.
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs.

Shell in India
Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalization, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates a LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and a LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India's growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Sprng Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Sprng is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centres across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programmes on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar