Piping Designer / Drafter – Shell – Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Piping Designer / Drafter

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

The VP TAO will be accountable for maximizing integrated business value across the organization. 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.

Falkor is a project that will set up Engineering capabilities within TAO with as purpose to deliver the engineering of site-led projects portfolio (typically small projects), thereby replacing the EPC contractor services.

Purpose & Accountabilities

• Provide support to the Falkor project via the review and updating of plant technical drawings in the selected projects within the Falkor trial. This will include (but not limited to) creating/updating datasheets, create/updating loop sheets, and update technical drawings to ‘issue for construction’.
• Proactively drive effective collaboration within the TAO project team, and the site-based project team
• Have a learner’s mindset and be open to further co-create the ways of working and project processes during the trial

Business Dimensions

• Initial pilot will involve 2 assets in the Chemicals & Products organization
• Each pilot project team will be composed of several discipline engineers (i.e. electrical & instrumentation, process control, process engineering, civil, rotating equipment, mechanical static, materials & corrosion, inspection, construction, project management, data systems/visualization/drafters, etc.)

Challenges

• Being able to effectively collaborate virtually, across timezones
• New work processes and Ways of Working, and a largely new team

Skills & Requirements

• Be well versed in virtual working, and using IT tools effectively to overcome the barriers due to cultural and physical distance.
• Excellent English communication (verbal and written)
• Relevant working experience in a project environment
• Preference for a candidate with experience working on/with downstream sites and/or working with an EPC
• Capability to develop the relevant project deliverables for various stages of a project (e.g. Project Premise Document, Basis for Design, Basic Design and Engineering Package, Equipment list, Equipment datasheets, Engineering drawings, etc.)
• Knowledge of Engineering Design Standards and best practices
• Demonstrated experience / capability around work process execution and assurance
• Systems engineering experience is a prerequisite
• The candidate has a proven ability to work independently
• The candidate has a pro-active/speak-up mentality
• Due to work across timezones, flexibility in working hours will be required
• Relevant experience in onshore/offshore Oil and Gas industries in Mechanical piping engineering in FEED, Detail Engineering and As-built process.
• Proficiency in drafting/detailing/review/managing of technical documents and drawings like Pipe material specification, valve material specification, piping general arrangement, piping isometrics, plot plan, layouts, equipment general arrangement, pipe supports and other related drawings.
• Read & comprehend general drawings of the process & facilities like PEFS (Process Engineering Flow Scheme) / P&ID, PFD (Process flow diagram), EFD (Engineering flow diagram).
• Read and understand the corrections & redline mark ups and ability to interpret the updates in other related drawings referring to the input received.
• Ability in providing technical support, quality check and sharing recommended practices and standards to drafters and designers.
• Understand the completeness and consistency across the entire project for improving quality and reducing rework.

Required technical competences:

• 5+ years’ experience in the Drafting/Drawing discipline, with proven hands-on experience (operational and/or design) with:
  • Oil & Gas/Petrochemical Industry – operating assets and/or a varied range of greenfield/brownfield projects.
  • Familiar with international codes, standards, recommended practices, and knowledge level in Shell DEPs will be an added advantage
  • Mechanical Piping engineering design & selection of piping components, comprehending, creating & updating the drawings / 3D models of technical disciplinary drawings viz plot plan, piping GA & isometrics, P&ID/PEFS, PFD respectively in design, drafting & engineering firms/ consultancy firms/ plant environments/industry past the professional degree/diploma.
  • Reviewing and understanding of all the technical documents
  • Document management
  • Bill of materials
  • Strong knowledge in 2D tools such as Auto-cad & AVEVA P&ID
  • Acting as interface with other disciplines to overcome design / drafting issues

Knowledge of the following is seen as an advantage:

• Development, drafting and As-Built update of common instrumentation design drawings such as Instrument Location Layouts, Instrument loop diagram, Electrical Heat Tracing Zone drawing, Underground piping layouts, Cable Routing layout, Cable Block Diagram, Cable Schedules, Wiring Diagrams.
• Civil and structural engineering design & selection of components, comprehending, creating & updating the drawings / 3D models of technical disciplinary drawings viz Overall project layouts and plot plans, Civil drawings/Structural elevation and plans and sectional drawings. respectively in design, drafting & engineering firms/ consultancy firms/ plant environments/industry past the professional degree/diploma
• Knowledge of DIY tools ( example: Power BI)