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Petroplan is currently accepting applications for an ambitious Maintenance Manager to join a growing Chemical company located in Nevada area. This position is direct hire with a competitive compensation package.
Prospective candidates will be responsible for the following:

• Supervise, Direct and Coordinate daily / weekly activities of the workers engaged in repair, maintenance, and installation of various machines
• Schedule daily/weekly repairs
• Develop preventative maintenance programs to ensure safety of all equipment
• Communicate with various departments
• Plan, develop and implement new methods and procedures design to improve operations and minimize current operating costs

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of previous experience within Chemical Industry
• 5-7 years of chemical plant experience is required
• Bachelor's Degree within Chemical Engineering

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.

Static Equipment Engineer - Oil & Gas - Major Project - Owner / Operator - Rotterdam - Dutch Speaking

My client, a global Oil & Gas Owner / Operator, are looking for a Dutch Speaking Static Equipment Engineer to join them on a permanent basis and work on a Major Project.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Review of documentation provided by Licensor and Contractor (including data sheets, drawings, requisitions and specifications) for pressure vessels (including reactors, columns and drums) storage tanks and heat exchangers to ensure compliance with project objectives.
• Provision of support and advice on static equipment matters.
• Contribute to inter - discipline reviews and value engineering exercises.
• Extensive experience, primarily in a contracting environment, working with pressure vessels, storage tanks and heat exchangers on FEED and EPC projects for the oil and gas, refinery and petrochemical industries.
• Mechanical design of pressure vessels using PV Elite (or other commercially available software package).
• Experience of thermal design using HTRI would be an advantage.
• Flexible attitude, with good written and verbal communication skills.

Experience & Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of Mechanical Engineering experience specialising in Static Equipment.
• Major Oil & Gas Project experience.
• Bachelors of Degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical.
• Fluent Dutch Language Skills.
• Must be able to work in the EU without sponsorship.

Static Equipment Engineer - Oil & Gas - Major Project - Owner / Operator - Rotterdam - Dutch Speaking

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.

Purpose
The Commercial Manager is to assist Management Board in managing and reviewing overall activities related to commercial matters such as credit management, planning contractual, purchases & sales, logistics & marine, customer support.

Responsibilities:
Under the direct management of Deputy General Director (DGD), the Commercial Manager is responsible for successful implementation of followings:

• Review and realign, if necessary, the Commercial Department organization and resources (budget, manpower, equipment) in order to have effective coordination & implementation of all commercial programs & activities
• Review and/ or revise policies, standards/ procedures to achieve high commercial performance
• Provide commercial assistance for forecasting, utilization statistics, and guidance to Operations and Finance teams on contractual administration requirements and procedures
• Manage and confirm purchase orders (PO) for crude oil & sale order (SO) for all products
• Manage and resolves issues relating to all the commercial contracts between the client and counterparts including, but not limited to, the price negotiation
• Provide commercial assistance for forecasting, utilization statistics, and guidance to Operations and Finance teams on contractual administration requirements and procedures
• Manage and confirm purchase orders (PO) for crude oil & sale order (SO) for all products
• Manage and resolves issues relating to all the commercial contracts between the client and counterparts including, but not limited to, the price negotiation.
• Monitor and handle PO/SO/DO via SAP
• Manage to contact with existing/potential customers to ensure the readiness of any spot sale and spot purchase
• Deal with spot sales (export and domestic) & spot purchases (import and domestic)
• Manage to receive & response feedbacks from Customer (Customer research & support)
• Forecast and response to market behaviors
• Deal with all commercial matters in daily operation (IDDPA; credit management, rollover; demurrage; inspection; disputes....)
• Manage and control marine service charges (PP handling fee, port charges, custom clearance....).
• Plan and implement the most optimal solution to maximize the profit for the client based on the product sales and production by having a close coordination with Refinery Planning team.
• Be focal point of all commercial matters by close coordinating with E&C (Refinery Planning team), Finance, Accounting and other related internal parties.
• Assesses risks and makes recommendations based on a thorough analysis of all factors involved in a commercial situation;

Educational Level Work Experience
Specialty/Qualification Skills

• University graduated or above
• Min 15 years' experiences in commercial and international trading especially in Oil & gas / Petrochemical fields or Equivalent
• Min 10 years of management experience]
• Well experiences of working for international joint venture project
• Bachelor's degree in trading, economic, commercial or higher

Qualifications and skills

• Excellent knowledge in supply & logistics and international trading activities, especially for petroleum/ petrochemical business
• Excellent knowledge and skill of Business operation in the field of oil & gas/ Petrochemical
• Excellent experience in production planning
• Leadership skill to manage and control over company-wide commercial related issue
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent decision-making skills
• Excellent commercial negotiation skills
• Excellent skills for coaching, supervision and motivation for employees
• Excellent skills for management of resources including manpower, budget,equipment, etc.
• Excellent leadership & communication skills

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.

Petroplan are looking for a Laboratory Manager to work in Vietnam.

This will be a single status residential role for 2 years.

Working 5 days a week in a refinery.

For more information please apply.

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.

Network Security Engineer

South West Houston

On behalf of my client I am looking for an experienced Network Security Engineer with an ICS background. This is a client I know well who have a reputation for quality and innovation.

This role involves network and cyber security implementation and deployment support to clients. It is both a functional and technical role offering variation and a great mix of day to day and project work.

Other duties will include:

Network Security - Design, configuration, implementation and troubleshooting.

Planning and executing project tasks.

Consulting with other parts of the business regarding engineering practices, cyber security awareness and safety.

What we are looking for:

An individual with ideally 10 years plus experience in security. Someone who has ICS experience. A strong preference for candidates with security certifications.

Analytical and problem solving skills.

Someone client facing.

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

The position holder is responsible for all R&D and Technology related activities of Group's future compounding business. He/she is managing respective key projects, identifying and assessing new product and technology opportunities, and coordinating and professionally supervising all development projects and technical tasks of the R&D competence network. As key contributor to compounding related strategic business initiatives the compounding senior expert is developing the necessary technology and product strategies, investigating organic and inorganic growth opportunities, and is managing cooperation schemes with academic and industrial partners.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accountable for all compounding related product development and research projects from idea to implementation in-line with business strategy to implement and grow the Group's compounding business line.
• Leads the Compounding Competence Network within Downstream R&D and coordinates and professionally supervises the activities of R&D engineers assigned to the hub targeting timely, efficient and high-quality execution.
• Manages strategic and high-complexity projects in collaboration with project owners and internal and external partners to address new customer and market needs.
• Identifies new compounding related business opportunities and develops new product and technology concepts increasing competitiveness of the Group's product portfolio.
• Contributes to the conceptualization and implementation of organic business development approaches by defining the technology and product strategy.
• Provides technical assessments of new technology opportunities including technical due diligence for potential industrial partnerships or acquisition targets as part of strategic business development initiatives.
• Oversees the technical activities of existing cooperation partners, ensures support and guidance for joint projects; and develops the partnership network including domestic and international research institutes, universities as well as industrial partners
• Builds advanced know-how and advises internal teams and stakeholders regarding compounding products, technologies, industry specific standards and regulations; and represent the Group's interests in professional forums supporting the Group's compounding value chain development.

Requirements

• min. 7 years experiences on Polymer/PP Compounding field
• Capability to determine new compound recipes according to customer's requirements
• Professional skills about general processing technology in different PP compound application
• Project management experiences in professional and in managerial roles.
• Techno-economical evaluation capability (CAPEX/OPEX; benchmarking; due diligence; etc.)
• Deep knowledge about automotive requirements, standards

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.

LNG INSTRUMENT ENGINEER (PLANT OPERATIONS)
Client: Major US-based LNG Operator
Location: Gulf Coast, USA

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The position of Instrument Engineer reports to the site-based Lead Instrument Engineer and will be part of a small team responsible for ensuring that instrumentation systems function safely, efficiently, and reliably. The primary goal of the Instrument Engineer is to contribute to the Instrumentation Engineering Groups' efforts to meet business goals for production while minimizing unscheduled equipment downtime. The role will interface with the Maintenance and Operations Teams while providing technical expertise and integrity oversight in the areas of Process Control, Process Instrumentation, and Safety Instrumented Systems.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maintenance/operations and small capital project improvement work related to Instrumentation, Safety Instrumented Systems, Fire and Gas Systems, and Process Control Systems
• Contribute to the validation, review, and configuration changes related to the Safety Instrumented System
• Development/review of Safety Instrumented System procedures and processes
• Cause and Effect verification and configuration review with plant operations/maintenance teams
• Contribute to the development of maintenance routines and procedures for Instrumentation and Safety Instrumented System
• Contribute to the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process
• Participation in HAZOPs and HAZIDs
• Support Alarm Management
• Support Process Trip Investigation
• Ensure that Instrumentation and related equipment operates in compliance with local, state and federal codes and regulations (FERC, DOT/ PHMSA, TCEQ)

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Instrument, Controls, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering
• 5-8 years of experience working with Process Instrumentation and Process Control Automation systems in operational LNG Liquefaction/Regasification, Chemical, or Petrochemical plant environments

*Candidates must have full legal authority to work in the USA without restriction or sponsorship*

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.

LNG ROTATING EQUIPMENT ENGINEER (PLANT OPERATIONS)
Client: Major US-based LNG Operator
Location: Gulf Coast, USA

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The position of Rotating Equipment Engineer reports to the site-based Lead Mechanical Engineer and will be part of a small team responsible for ensuring that all the facility's Rotating Equipment functions safely, efficiently, and reliably. The primary goal of the Rotating Equipment Engineer is to contribute to the Mechanical Engineering Groups' efforts to meet business goals for production while minimizing unscheduled equipment downtime. The role will interface with the Maintenance and Operations Teams while providing technical expertise and integrity oversight in the area of Rotating Equipment (turbines, motors, generators, compressors, and pumps).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maintenance/operations and small capital project improvement work related to turbines, motors, generators, compressors, and pumps and supporting systems including couplings, bearings, lubrication, and sealing systems
• Contribute to the validation, review, and configuration changes related to on-site Rotating Equipment
• Development/review of Rotating Equipment procedures and processes
• Cause and Effect verification and configuration review with plant operations/maintenance teams
• Contribute to the development of maintenance routines and procedures for site-based Rotating Equipment operations
• Contribute to the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process
• Participation in HAZOPs and HAZIDs
• Monitor compressor performance and utilize vibration analysis to improve overall Rotating Equipment reliability and operation
• Ensure Rotating Equipment operates in compliance with local, state and federal codes and regulations (FERC, DOT/ PHMSA, TCEQ)

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5-8 years of experience working with Rotating Equipment and associated systems in operational LNG Liquefaction/Regasification, Chemical, or Petrochemical plant environments

*Candidates must have full legal authority to work in the USA without restriction or sponsorship*

ABOUT PETROPLAN

Petroplan is the trusted global recruitment solutions partner for clients and professionals in the oil, gas and energy sector. Our mission is to explore with you, seeking optimum talent solutions for our clients and the very best opportunities for our candidates.

Bringing over 40 years' experience, providing experts and professionals into roles across the energy sector from Engineering, Exploration and Production, O&M projects to Corporate & Commercial. Specialist industry & technical knowledge makes our team true experts.

1000s of placements in more than 40 countries for over 180 clients across 65 disciplines

Led today by a predominantly female Board of Directors who provide strong leadership and demand consistency of service to ensure clients receive unrivalled service levels and quality candidates to meet their specific needs. This leadership ethos is underpinned by a positive and client led management structure.