Facilities Engineer
shell · Rio De Janeiro - Ventura Office ·
- Employment
- Full time
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Experience
- 10+ years
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What’s the role
The Facilities Engineer is part of the Brazil Project & Engineering organization, acting as a key contributor to the safe, reliable, and competitive delivery of NOV (Non-Operate Venture) and SOV (Operated Venture) assets, in alignment with the Shell Control Framework. The position offers a multidisciplinary role within one of the most relevant Deepwater portfolios globally, with extensive interaction with operations, projects, joint‑venture partners, and the global expert community.
This position reports directly to the Host Engineering Manager and serves as the technical arm of the Host EM in portfolio delivery, providing support to NOV Shell Brasil facilities, with a focus on assuring the ‘safe, compliant, and reliable’ scope delivery.
Accountabilities:
Deliver topsides technical input across concept selects, FEED, detailed design, integration, commissioning, and start‑up activities.
Develop robust and practical technical solutions that enhance project competitiveness and operability.
Review and influence the engineering design of new FPSOs and brownfield projects, ensuring alignment with assurance requirements and business needs.
Support project execution by identifying risks, proposing mitigation or recovery actions, and helping ensure deliverables meet asset priorities.
Work closely with Technical Authorities and SMEs to maintain technical quality and adherence to Shell standards.
Provide technical inputs, risk assessments, ballot reviews, and responses to technical queries to support assurance and decision-making.
Contribute to Key Focus Area initiatives across the asset and project portfolio.
Support integration between projects and operations to improve readiness and enable robust handovers.
Support the Operational Excellence team in conceptual project assessments and opportunity framing activities.
Execute or support feasibility studies for brownfield opportunities.
Provide GHG forecasting input for greenfield projects and support abatement discussions with operators and partners.
Collaborate with JV partners, operators, internal teams in Brazil, and global Engineering communities to strengthen technical integration and partnership.
Contribute to continuous improvement in engineering delivery and management systems.
Promote and embody the “One Team Shell Brazil” mindset.
Demonstrate HSSE commitment, contributing to Goal Zero in both personal and process safety.
Participate in incident investigation teams when required.
What you bring
Must have legal authorization to work in Brazil on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer
Must hold a valid CREA registration
Bachelor's degree in Engineering and relevant experience in Process Engineering
A minimum of 10 years of solid experience in facilities engineering, operations, and project execution
Proven experience with offshore projects, ideally Deepwater developments in Brazil
Strong skills in project execution, assurance processes, Hysys simulation
Experience in project management and operational support is desirable
Ability to integrate multidisciplinary teams and effectively manage multiple internal and external stakeholders
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, fluent in Portuguese and English
Demonstrated commitment to HSSE and continuous improvement
What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
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Shell in Brazil
Who We Are
Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 85,000 people and with operations in more than 70 countries. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach as we seek to help the world build a sustainable energy future.
Shell is a customer-focused organisation, serving more than 1 million commercial and industrial customers, and around 33 million customers daily at more than 47,000 Shell-branded retail service stations.
Our approach
Shell’s strategy is to deliver more value with less emissions as we work to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050.
As we navigate the energy transition through the next decade, we will leverage our global footprint, the trust in our brand, and our innovation and technology capabilities to be the energy company that customers and countries choose to be their partner. We are positioning Shell to become the investment case and partner of choice through the energy transition.
Our values
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