There is no equivalent project of such an industrial drilling magnitude in a remote and sensitive area within the Group today. The Tilenga oilfields are partly situated in a protected National Park, partly beneath the river Nile wetlands area, and within densely populated area in a rural and remote part of Uganda. Activities exposed to the risk of major incidents with severe potential consequences due to local environment and important presence of NGO’s. Factory Drilling with a well delivered every 4 days using 3 drilling rigs simultaneously will necessitate standardization of equipment and procedures, strict enforcement of Drilling & Well instructions, safe and efficient logistic management on site. The project is focused on delivering the lowest possible cost, which requires challenging TOTAL design concepts as well as substantially challenging the TOTAL referential.

Multicultural environment: Contractors are anticipated to be located in various parts of the world. Ugandan rules and regulations, administrative requirements and technical authorizations as well as International codes for onshore plant will apply.

The project FID was signed on Q1-2022 with a start of drilling operations on Q2 2022 and a Ready For Start-up (RFSU) target of July 2026.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish site inspection activities plan in close coordination with other relevant entities: production, safety, maintenance.
• Participate to the Baseline Inspection development and dossier preparation by MIEC. 
• Support the start-up and deployment of the Inspection Services Contractor to site and follow deployment of NDT operators for baseline. 
• Work with Site construction team and commissioning team to plan and execute the baseline inspection against the defined requirements. 
• Implementation and Training on Inspection Operation Tool and responsible for its follow-up on site. 
• Commence the preparation of the site special tools requirements and pilot procurement with C&P team.
• Support UPIK training of new inspectors for site.
• Implement site Lifting Inspection Management system with Logs and CPLO. 
• Work safely, avoid any incident and dangerous situation, contribute towards continual HSE improvement, demonstrate safety behaviour for himself and others,
• Attend mandatory HSE trainings, refresher/expired trainings and apply them on site, ensure team and vendor compliance,
• Support to maintain and continually improve ISO 14001 Environment Management System requirements and other management initiatives.
• Assign the proper qualified personnel and equipment to execute the site inspection activities,
• Ensure the safe operation and adherence of all site inspection activities to their planned schedule,
• Perform and supervise site inspection activities to ensure their adherence to the defined scope, method, procedures and the applicable relevant codes and standards,
• Plan, prepare, coordinate, and supervise inspection activities performed by third-party contractors to ensure that work is performed in accordance with procedure,
• Witness and follow-up the Pressure Safety Device certification and update their status in the system as required in close coordination with maintenance & production teams,
• Prepare report, complete with the first level analysis, propose the necessary recommendation and update the inspection results in the system,  
• Alert management through the hierarchy on any critical inspection findings giving a threat to asset integrity, and prepare the detail report to facilitate the hierarchy to analyse the situation and taking a good proper decision,
• Complete CMIMS required processes for all site inspection activities,
• Initiate, discuss and up-date inspection procedures, method, and plan in close coordination with relevant parties, as required, based on the actual inspection execution feedback.
• Review any ad-hoc inspection requests/notifications to ensure their necessities; establish the scope, method and procedure requirement including their integration into the existing site inspection planning in coordination with the relevant parties,
• Contribute on any equipment failure analysis, by providing assistance in performing the necessary inspection to collect information required for the analysis by other relevant teams,
• In coordination with relevant parties, establish the shut-down inspection scope and planning. Identify external resources requirement and propose working organization during the shut-down,
• Ensure that Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMS) and Tank Integrity Management System (TIMS) are in place,
• Support in performing the QC inspection for modification & repair works.
• Develop the local staffs within the department the field of inspection technique, method and working organization,
• Maintains facilities, equipment and all other inspection tools in a clean and operational condition.
• Contribute on inspection budget preparation through identification of any special/campaign inspection work requirement.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Engineering degrees in Mechanical, Metallurgy and/or Chemical,
• Minimum 10 years in oil and gas business, particularly in inspection,
• Minimum 6 years in multi-discipline inspection works.
• High level of knowledge in NDT, welding inspection, preferably complimented by the possession of NDT certifications,
• High level of knowledge in inspection method and techniques, and international codes and standards for oil and gas industry,
• Good knowledge in inspection working management systems: SAP, RBI, etc…
• Good knowledge of corrosion and process equipment failure modes,
• Mastery in inspection method and techniques, with strong experience in NDT, inspection method and techniques, and international codes and standards for oil and gas industry,
• Good leadership, communication, close coordination and active team player with other team members in the department,
• Very good knowledge in corrosion and process equipment failure modes and of international and COMPANY inspection references, codes and standards,
• High level of knowledge of static mechanical equipment: Pressure Vessel, Heat Exchanger, Piping and Pipeline, Lifting equipment international inspection codes and standards,