MISSION AND JOB DIMENSION:
 Rotation: 2 people for one position working 4 weeks on / 4 weeks off (12 hours/day)
 Start-up Lead for pipeline and all stations
 Operating Manuals: facility description updates and operating procedures development with EACOP Project Commissioning team assistance
 Carry out the role of Operating Authority during commissioning activities in all Operating Perimeters 1, 2 & 3 to assist Operations Leads (Designated Site Authorities)
 Initially based in Dar Es Salaam, high mobility on EACOP ROW during commissioning / start-up period
 PR4 audit preparation

ACTIVITIES:
In accordance with policies and procedures in place in EACOP, The Pipeline Start-Up Lead is responsible for:
(During Construction / Project Phase):
Core activities:
 Becoming familiar with the project documentation (Safety concept, Operating philosophy, Operating Manual, Cause-and-effect diagrams, etc.).
 Updating the operating manual and start-up procedures
 Start-up dossier preparation with start-up sequence and schedule, documentation (including RFSU Certificates from Smart Completions)
 Start-up strategy development: sequence, schedule, organization, mobilization plan
 Lists, checks and then orders in agreement with the Operations Leads the equipment necessary for start-up.
 Assists the DSA in setting up the procedures necessary for the proper functioning of the sites (work permit, isolation, access to the LOF and the storage tank area, internal rules).
During Commissioning / Start-up Phase):
 Attending commissioning activities to identify the main site equipment and ensuring their full availability.
 To supervise the implementation of the initial start-up procedures
 To supervise the monitoring of all the installation parameters at all stages of the start-up phase to ensure the safe ramp-up of crude oil export / transportation.
 To ensure the punch list clearance action plan is issued and validated.
 To ensure the start-up risk assessment is carried out and results considered in implementation of the start-up procedures.
 To prepare requisition for equipment, instruments, special tools for operations personnel
 To ensure formal hand-over of systems from Project to EACOP Field Operations as Pipeline & AGI Start-Up Lead
 To carry out the performance tests as per contract under safe conditions

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT:
 The EACOP project includes a 1445km 24in oil export pipeline, 8 above ground facilities and a series of main line block valves and trace heating stations, and a green field marine terminal with an export jetty. 150km of feeder lines from Upstream facilities will tie-in to the EACOP project. The EACOP Project will be the largest privately led with Government participation transnational infrastructure project ever undertaken in East African region. The project overall tonnage is estimated at 500,000t of material and equipment.
 Behind the numerous technical (the longest electrically heat traced pipeline in the world), environmental and social challenges faced by the project, the Governments of Uganda and Tanzania agreed to develop EACOP in a fast-track mode. The project is aims for a Ready for Start-up (RFSU) schedule 39 months after FID.
 The Project context is complex with numerous Contractor and Package Manager interfaces within the Integrated Project Team, three partners, development in two countries new to oil development (Uganda and Tanzania), and the need for project development in accordance external financing requirements.
 The field-based positions are located at Contractor Accommodation camp & offices at Contractor Main Camp and Pipe yard locations in Tanzania. Position is on an 8x2 rotation, 6 workdays per week, 10-hour workdays involving routine monitoring at Contractor work sites within the area of responsibility.

HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
EACOP is committed to ensuring that the health, safety and welfare of workers, communities, and the environment are well addressed and managed. Therefore, the employee is mandated to:
 Fully comply with Company H3SE (Health, Safety, Social, Security & Environment) policies and Life Saving Rules.
 Actively participate in HSEQ and promote this culture to co-workers.
 Remain vigilant and maintain continuous awareness of potential unsafe conditions.
 Communicate to management any HSE related concerns and ways to improve them.
 Maintain a workplace & workspace that is safe, clean, and always neat – practice good housekeeping.
 Drafting of modification requests and downgraded situations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES REQUIRED
Academic Qualifications:
 Bachelor’s degree in engineering (chemical, petroleum, industrial, mechanical) with 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Experience Required:
 Main qualities required for the position: dynamism, autonomous, ability to communicate/convince, rigor, critical and analytical mind.
 Good level in English recommended.
 Pedagogic, coordination and communication skills.
 Knowledge of the equipment and processes used in the operation of petroleum facilities in Exploration and Production.
 Previous project, start-up, and site experience as a superintendent or senior operations supervisor