MODEC Senegal

1. Purpose of role

Responsible for developing, coordinating and maintaining detailed Shutdown plans to ensure all gathered shutdown activities are executed, efficiently and within the approved Shutdown schedule.
The role involves close coordination with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Construction, HSE, Materials and Contractors to ensure effective planning, resource allocation and execution of the FPSO Shutdown.

    2. Pre-Shutdown - Key Responsibilities

    • The role requires frequent offshore visits
    • Liaise with Offshore / Onshore teams for all offshore execution activities and job planning.
    • Produces fully resourced baselined and deliverable Project plans, (to Level 1, 2, 3 and 4 schedules)
    • Identifies and keeps current, the Shutdown critical path
    • Identify schedule constraints and has key milestones embedded in the SD project plan
    • Identify opportunities to optimise the Shutdown duration
    • Provides POB histograms
    • Ensure integration of Shutdown plan into IAPS
    • Presents Planning information at Shutdown meetings and SD Roll outs (onshore / Offshore)
    • Schedules and chairs planning workshops with onshore / offshore teams (SIMOPS Etc)
    • Ensures Operations CMMS (SAP) and Shutdown are aligned – Workorders / PMs etc
    • Extends plan to cover Pre-works, Rampdown, Execute, Start Up and Post SD activities
    • Produces resource histograms ensuring resource requirement does not exceed platform limitations
    • Generates and takes ownership of the Shutdown POB Mobilisation plan
    • Generates and takes ownership of the Shutdown SIMOPS Matrix
    • Work closely with Operations to identify SIMOPS activities
    • Identify conflicting activities and operational restrictions. (SIMOPS)
    • Supports Offshore team tracks progress with the raising of work documents such as Permits

    3. During Shutdown - Key Responsibilities

    • Full time offshore
    • Reports Daily turnaround progress against the approved baseline.
    • Produces Daily Progress ‘S’ curves and forecast completion dates
    • Identifies critical path delays and recovery opportunities
    • Ensures emergent work is incorporated into the execution schedule
    • If necessary, rework SD plan (to eliminate issues and limit overruns)
    • Provides continued support to the offshore delivery team,
    • Supports the execution team with Labour and supervision requirements as required
    • Works closely with Completions and System Handover lead
    • Track mechanical completion and system handover milestones
    • Ensures all Punchlists items are recorded on a Punchlist register

    4. Post Shutdown - Key Responsibilities

    • Provides final SD plan, showing Actual vs Planned / Forecast
    • Ensures all Completion Punchlist items are scheduled in CMMS (work orders raised)
    • Supports lessons learned

    5. HSSE Requirements and Code of Conduct

    • HSSE: Act in compliance with the corporate HSSEQ Management System Policy, the MODEC Life Saving Rules, and the policies, guides, process standards and work instructions available in the Integrated Management System (IMS).
      Act to promote the preservation of the environment, the health and occupational safety (personnel and their team), the safety of processes, and the preservation of assets in their scale of responsibility.
    • Ethics and Compliance: In compliance with the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as well as with MODEC Group Ethics and Compliance Policies and Local Procedures, their respective forms, online and live mandatory trainings: is committed to comply with all applicable laws, regulations and obligations and act in accordance with the highest ethical standards and with MODEC values.
    • Emergency Plan: As per indication on the Training Matrix, Emergency Management Guide and Offshore Emergency Management, available in the Integrated Management System (IMS).

    6. Job Challenges and Problem Solving

    The SD Planner should have good knowledge of discipline norms for different tasks, understanding through experience typical task duration, PoB and skill sets required to complete the activity, to produce realistic man hour estimates for pre-task and task execution works

    7. Qualifications

    • Educational Qualification:
      Engineering qualification, technical diploma or equivalent industry experience
    • Skills:
      • Advanced scheduling in Microsoft project or equivalent (P6)
      • Good knowledge of discipline norms for different tasks to produce realistic man hour estimates for pre-task and task execution works.
      • Progress S Curves
      • Presentations (PowerPoint)
      • CMMS – SAP or equivalent (Maximo)
      • High level of computer literacy.

    8. Relevant experience

    • Previous experience planning offshore FPSO / Assets Planned Shutdown
    • Significant experience in oil and gas maintenance planning
    • Understanding of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and process systems.
    • Good understanding of offshore permit-to-work and isolation procedures.
    • Significant experience in SIMOPS planning and risk management.
    • Experience coordinating / supervising multiple contractors and disciplines.

    9. Key behaviors

    • Safety oriented: Stops work or refuses to work in situations where conditions or practices are considered unsafe; Executes his/her tasks following guidelines, acting to preserve the human life, the environment and the company’s assets; Consults manuals, norms, procedures, regulations and laws inherent to his/her activities to acquire knowledge; Acts aligned with norms and procedures of his/her function, area and company; Identifies and disseminates the best practices, aiming to improve internal controls of the area; Identifies non-conformities and communicates them to his/her leader; When identifying unsafe actions and conditions, adopts actions inside his/her responsibility/autonomy to ensure safety recovery, reporting them immediately to the leader; Treats non-conformities under his/her responsibility
    • Sense of ownership: Shows commitment to the company, acting as a “business owner” when performing his/her activities, assuming the responsibility for successes and failures; Comprehends the importance of his/her activities to the company’s success, executing these following guidelines provided by the leader;
    • Communication: Communicates in a respectful, clear and direct way with his/her colleagues, teams and internal customers, ensuring that the conveyed message was understood; Listens carefully to the instructions s/he receives to exercise his/her activities, confirming the correct understanding of the message; Passes on the instructions s/he possesses to team colleagues, contributing to the workflow;
    • Results oriented: Comprehends how his/her performance impacts the work of the team and the results; Shows resilience when meeting the customer’s demands, understanding the importance of these demands to the company’s results; Performs without measuring to solve problems, ensuring their solution and quality.
    • Planning and organization: Organizes his/her actions to execute activities planned by the leader; Is aware of the impacts of a delivery that is not in accordance with what was planned, alerting the responsible person in case of problem detection; Filters occasional external pressure to ensure that the plan is kept, calling the leader in case of difficulties; Comprehends how his/her activities cause immediate impact on other related activities (in and out of the team), mobilizing the leader in case of difficulties;
    • Teamwork: Earns the respect and trust of the team’s professionals when performing his/her activities, complying with his/her responsibilities; Acts collaboratively when cooperating with team members and with other areas whenever requested; Makes an effort to maintain a work environment which is harmonious and respects diversity; Shows openness to learn new practices, contributing to a good performance of the team’s work; Performs handover in a clear way, in order to make the next team’s work efficient; Communicates in a respectful, clear and objective manner, ensuring that the conveyed message was understood;
    • Risk management: Stops work or refuses to work in situations where conditions or practices are considered unsafe; Performs tasks inside conformities, avoiding exposing him/herself, his/her team, the operation and the equipment to risks; Collaborates with planning and risk management that involve the operation; Whenever necessary, promptly executes something related to a problem solution regarding a risk;

    10. Languages

    Fluent English – Mandatory


    11. Software

    • Knowledge of MS Office
    • Knowledge of computerized Planned Maintenance System as SAP

    11. Task flexibility

    • The responsibilities and tasks mentioned above are not exhaustive and may evolve according to the needs of the company.
      • Adaptability:
        The position holder must demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing demands of the company.
        • Collaboration
          The position holder is expected to collaborate with other departments and teams to achieve the overall objectives of the company.
        • Commitment
          The position holder must commit to performing all necessary tasks to ensure the smooth operation of the company.
        • General Responsibilities
          The position holder is responsible for executing all assigned tasks professionally and in compliance with company policies