Control Room Operator
What’s the role
Be a Plant Equipment owner and Operator with a high level of personal responsibility to help drive availability, reliability and productivity within their area of accountability in a challenging offshore environment. As the Control Room Operator, you will work with and support dedicated Operations Technicians to deliver efficient work execution and carry out Emergency response duties under the instruction of the Emergency team leader as part of the Emergency Response Team.
This is a position in the Shell’s Aberdeen Upstream Organisation. On 5th December 2024, Shell announced that there would be a new company entity formed with Equanor for North Sea Assets where they will jointly own the new company. At completion the employment of the successful candidate for this role will transfer to the new company under The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”)). Completion is currently estimated to take place on 01 December of 2025. More information can be shared during recruitment process
What you’ll be doing
As a Control Room Operator, you will be able to competently maintain and optimise plant and equipment in a challenging environment. You will be expected to use experience and initiative to identify and safely resolve problems, improving performance and efficiency within the Asset. You will be expected to operate the process safely and efficiently and have experience in emergency situation management.
Other responsibilities include:
Must have the ability to work in a competent and efficient manner on their own and as part of a team
You need to be conversant with front line process diagnostics to reduce downtime and minimise deferment
Be able to operate wells and production facilities within defined operating envelopes and be able to translate complex technical instructions into action
Be confident and competent to stabilise, slow down and shutdown the plant as required
Carried out routine planned, corrective first line maintenance including preparations, isolations & re-instatement of equipment for maintenance and completing any other tasks within their competence/capability allocated by their Line Manager or Operations and Maintenance Coordinator
Regular review of process and equipment readings, looking for anomalies – checking valve position and outputs, temperature, level and pressure trends, reporting and addressing any anomalies as necessary (i.e. carrying out first line diagnostics and maintenance)
Show due diligence in managing the care of equipment during maintenance and repairs ensuring that the activity is maintained/repaired to the right standard and reinstated as per Work Instruction and returned to service successfully with any key observations or anomalies logged appropriately to allow learning and improvement
Participate in Office visits on core key activities that will help drive an improvement in Safety, Productivity, Reliability, Availability or Turnaround performance
Whilst the primary role will be a Control Room Operator the role is expected to work as part of a wider Operations Team and will be expected to become a competent outside Plant Operator competent in Oil, Gas and Utilities processes
Liase with the onshore engineering team as required to support and provide input to scopes of work/plant improvements
What you bring
Experience as an UK Offshore North Sea Control Room Operator on a process plant with wells, oil and gas processing facilities and subsea systems is a must
Ability to read PEFS/PIDS and Equipment/Vendor Documentation
Proactive and positive minded individual able to conduct root cause analysis and work with onshore engineering team to develop solutions to complex, challenging problems
Experience working on a late life asset and the unique challenges this presents
Able to complete production chemistry and sampling tasks
Experience in permit to work and experience as a permit holder
Awareness of typical work instructions, operating procedures and performance standards in the UK offshore oil and gas context
Experience of emergency management as a CRO and trained to OPITO CRO Emergency Response standard
Experience as an Outside Operations Technician
The job holder is also expected to have strong communication skills, excellent attention to detail and a proactive and enthusiastic approach
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.
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organisation 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 programmes.