Serica Energy are calling on electrical or instrument and control engineering students looking for some real world experience with an oil & gas operator this summer.

Engineering Summer Placement - Subsea

Location: Aberdeen Hill of Rubislaw
Date Posted: 8 February 2024
Closing Date: 5 March 2024

The Role: Engineering Summer Placement - Subsea

This placement is suitable for a final year Engineering student looking for an opportunity to become part of a multi-discipline Oil and Gas Subsea Engineering team for a summer placement.

Scopes of work

The main focus of the placement would be to support the Subsea operations team managing the Bruce Keith & Rhum assets. This would involve developing tools to streamline provision of asset information and cost estimation alongside general engineering & project support

Outputs:

1. Build a master process/chemical volume database for estimating the chemical requirements for current and future subsea scopes / platform operations.
2. Build a project cost estimating tool that can be used for budgeting future projects / scopes based on previous norms and considering risk elements.

In addition to the above there also could be an opportunity to support the subsea inspection & pipeline survey campaign.

Essential Qualifications

Studying towards an Engineering Degree with an interest in Subsea Engineering.ESG Assistant Summer Placement.

ESG Assistant Summer Placement

Location: Aberdeen Hill of Rubislaw
Date Posted: 8 February 2024
Closing Date: 8 March 2024

The role

The purpose of this placement is to gain insight into the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) department of an oil and gas company and provide support.  They will work with the ESG analyst to understand the requirements for reporting disclosures and perform a piece of work on Nature Related Climate Disclosures.

The placement will get involved with our ESG committees, attending meetings and taking on actions to liaise with external groups and participate in activities.  They will also have the opportunity to suggest activities or potential fund-raising events to the chairs via pitching sessions.  They will write up an event or prepare a poster to raise awareness of committee activities.

They will perform an in-depth review of an energy transition technology and demonstrate how it could fit Serica’s business.  There will also be ad hoc work to do to support the team and an opportunity to talk to engineering, finance, HSE and business departments to understand the overall working of the business.

There is also the opportunity to streamline a data process to replace a spreadsheet-based workflow, with a Power BI dashboard that can reduce manual inputs, room for error and generate reports. The exact workflow will be decided nearer the time.

Scopes of work

This section highlights the scopes of work for the placement to complete during their time with Serica. Please provide a description of the work that the placement will be tasked with, who the point/s of contact are for each set of tasks and the estimated duration of each piece of work.

1. Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)  - 10 days

• The TFND is an emerging sustainability reporting framework aimed to help companies communicate the risks and opportunities their business may face as a result of their dependencies on various natural resources.
• The aim of this work is to work with the ESG Analyst and Environmental Compliance Team and apply the TNFD’s LEAP framework to conduct an initial assessment of the risks and opportunities associated with Serica’s current operations and produce recommendations on what could be implemented to mitigate risks and maximise the opportunities identified.|

2.Support with ESG Committee Activity – ongoing 10 days (partial days)

• Support Serica’s ESG Analyst with the coordination of activities organized through Serica’s ESG Committees.

3. Data dashboards and automation – 5 days

• Review spreadsheets where data is collected and work on improving the process via building a dashboard and linking to the data-sources or making data easier to enter and display

4. Alternative technology review – 5 days

• Identifying, understanding and implementing/supporting new and emerging technology is key to unlocking the energy transition.
• This piece of work will concentrate on working with the ESG Team to identify suitable technology and undertake a detailed review of its potential and economic viability. This will involve compiling a report and presentation, which will be presented to the team at the end of the placement.

5. ESG Scoring Data Review and Update – 3 days

• Work with the ESG Analyst to review ESG information collected by ESG Scoring Agencies on Serica
• Once reviewed, update any incorrect information accordingly.

Essential Qualifications

Working towards a qualification in science, environmental or engineering related subjects or relevant experience

Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer Summer Placement

Location: Aberdeen Hill of Rubislaw
Date Posted: 8 February 2024
Closing Date: 8 March 2024

The Role: EC&I Engineer Summer Placement

This placement will be split between the Bruce asset’s Electrical Engineer, and Instrument & Control Engineer. The placement focus will be largely dealing with obsolescence issues associated with ageing plant infrastructure – this topic is a common one across the North Sea and is likely to be a large part of any future engineering career in the industry. In addition to this, the placement will present the opportunity to reach out to wider areas of the business to make better use of the terabytes of plant data stored in historians and largely underutilised. The placement will also provide exposure to issues associated with process safety and environmental performance which are omnipresent across the industry.

Primary Scopes of Work:

1. Power Management System Upgrade
The Brush Prismic power management system (PMS) on Bruce Platform is currently obsolete and no longer supported by OEM. An obsolescence forward plan must be created to mitigate against an unrecoverable failure of a critical component within the PMS system.
 
2. PLC Upgrade
By end of Q2 24 it is anticipated that an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation obsolescense strategy will have been developed. This is likely to identify some significant obsolescence issues around programmable logic controllers used in the HVAC system

Secondary Scopes of Work:

1. Use of Data
Live data from the main process control system is recorded in a ‘PI historian’ system. This allows historical process data to be trended and interrogated by onshore users in a secure manner. A similar system also documents time stamped alarm and event information. Recently these data sources have been connected to cloud based Microsoft Power Automate software. The connection to power automate allows the easy creation of scripts which can take action based upon plant condition, a recent example includes email alerts to relevant engineers when a major piece of plant equipment trips, and automatic logging of gas turbine start and stops. The connection to power automate is very recent and it’s potential is largely underutilised.
 
2. Master Alarm Data Validation
Alarm and trip set points are configured within the main automated process control system. The main process control system is not remotely accessible. A record of these alarm and trip settings resides in an onshore accessible location, in our engineering data management system (PIM360). Over time alarm set points may be modified, and on occasion the requirement to update the onshore data management system can be missed. When discrepancies do occur, this can then create confusion during routine maintenance where a transmitter or other device is being tested to across its range.

Other Work Experience

1. Working with the Electrical Engineer, take part in factory acceptance testing of replacement fused vaacum contactors.
2. Attend visit to control system OEM, Yokogawa in Westhill. This will allow the opportunity to see the ‘TAD’ test and development system, and an opportunity to see a simulated version of the plant control system.
3. Take part in process safety awareness training

What Serica are looking for in potential candidates:

• dying towards an Electrical, Electronic or Instrumentation Engineering Degree.Stu

Geoscience Summer Placement

Location: Aberdeen or London
Date Posted: 7 February 2024
Closing Date: 7 March 2024

The Role: Geoscience Summer Placement
This placement is suitable for a final year Geoscience student looking for an opportunity to become part of a multi-discipline Oil and Gas Subsea Subsurface team for a summer placement.

Scopes of work

The successful candidate will work alongside the Serica subsurface team. They will be tasked with carrying out seismic interpretation, well log correlation and petrophysical analysis for prospect evaluation in one of our emerging core areas. The study will culminate in a volumetric and risking assessment of the 5 known  prospects in the area.

With guidance and mentoring from the team, the candidate will use industry standard petrotechnical software (including Petrel, Rose RA, Arc GIS) to carry out the prospect evaluation. The work will be regularly reviewed and will culminate in the candidate presenting the results to the wider team.

Throughout the placement, the candidate will have the opportunity to take part in wider Team meetings  so that they can experience the day-to-day activities of a Subsurface Team within an active North Sea operator.

Essential Qualifications

Studying towards a Geoscience Masters Degree.

Your placement with Serica Energy

Serica offer the opportunity to be part of a busy, vibrant working environment with a strong culture rooted in mutual respect and trust.

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