About you:
Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:
As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

About the job:

Kent is looking for a ORA Engineer

Skills and Responsibilities:

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and deliver requirements for Operations Readiness & Assurance at the various project locations in accordance with industry best practice.
• Represent CLIENT OR/CSU team and support Operations staff at design reviews and workshops such as HAZOP, HAZID, SIL, Alarm Management; many of which will be outside Iraq.
• Identify training requirements and liaise with L&D department to ensure these are completed pre-start up.
• Provide discipline technical support to other asset services activities, e.g. asset integrity reviews and improvement activities, shutdowns, maintenance and reliability.
• Support and advise punch listing of systems and closeout of punchlist items on behalf of operations
• Execution of the Operations Readiness & Assurance Execution Plan.
• Provide input to, Operating Manuals, Operating Procedures and Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Procedures including Systems Testing Procedures.
• Assist and contribute to the Flawless start-up initiative.
• Support the Project to Asset Handover strategy to align with Operations handover requirements.
• Provide quality assurance and coaching on systems acceptance and punch listing activities undertaken by the CLIENT Operations team
• Promote a Flawless Project Delivery (FPD) approach within the Project Teams and Operations to ensure a cost effective and quick ramp up to targets
• Work closely with project and operations to help develop SU team skills and competency requirements
• Participate in Peer reviews on startup and operating procedures
• Work closely with Project and Operations personnel to meet the OR&A milestones.
• Liaise with the CLIENT projects, contractor and CSU teams.
• Ensure risks to the schedule are identified and raised early.
• Assist to Produce punch lists, acceptance documentation, site and technical queries.
• Assist to ensure close out of outstanding work and punch items, prior to systems being accepted for operations.
• Assist with the training and Competence development of workers to ensure that Iraqi personnel are trained and developed to meet existing and future work demands
• Assist in the review of relevant Operational Excellence elements
• Provide input to the Asset Safety Strategies and promote safe practice for personnel and safe operation of production assets to ensure flawless integration of rehabilitated, rejuvenated and newly constructed facilities within facilities still in production

In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:

Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification:

• Technical Certifications, 5+ years’ experience in a gas and oil industry, minimum 3 years in senior position, CSU/ OR&A experience preferred.

Communication Skills:

• Good technical communication skills

Behaviour/ Core Competencies:

• Control room operations with Pneumatic and DCS systems is desirable
• Ability to interact with members of projects, contractor and CLIENT asset teams
• Extensive knowledge of Plant Operations and Control to evaluate and rank risks
• Good understanding of devices for control, ESD, Safeguarding
• Good understanding of process, electrical, mechanical, rotating equipment operations
• Good understanding of materials, construction, installation, commissioning, and startup

HSSEQ:

The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country.

Details About the Role:

• Location: Basra,Iraq
• Relocation Required: N/A
• Travel Required: No
• Contract Type: TBC
• Experience Level: 5+ years