Offshore Chemist

About the role

Chevron is looking for an Offshore Chemist to provide technical leadership in an assisting operations unit focused on environmental excellence. The chemist identifies indicators and recommends actions so that operations stay within environmental permit thresholds and process conditions, ensures the daily testing routine is followed and provides training in chemistry and process.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out the sampling, measurement and analysis needed for daily operations and optimise oil and gas production.
• Maintain compliance with Air, Discharge and Toxin permits and with specifications for exporting gas and condensate.
• Perform required analyses of glycols, crude oil, produced water, lubricating oil, cooling water, potable water and treated effluent using GCMS, IC, titration, extraction, spectrophotometry, RVP, centrifuges and visual kits.
• Learn the production chemistry of a gas platform and the composition and interactions of typical chemical additives.
• Calibrate, troubleshoot and carry out minor repairs and planned maintenance of lab instruments, online measurement devices and production equipment.
• Monitor chemical injection skids, manage chemical inventory and perform basic troubleshooting.
• Take part in daily operations meetings and solve technical production problems.
• Help write procedures and guidelines and keep documentation up to date.
• Manage lab consumables inventory and housekeeping.

Required profile

• Desirable: technical proficiency in gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS) operation and maintenance.
• Working knowledge of technologies and chemistry for air, produced water and treated effluent.
• Social and cooperative but able to work independently, meticulous and open to change.
• Fluent written and spoken English is a must.

Working conditions

• Rotations of 14 days on the platform and 14 days off at home.
• 12-hour shifts, which may include night shifts.