Background & Context

OMV, headquartered in Vienna, is one of Austria's largest listed industrial companies and the leading energy group in the European growth belt. The company was founded in 1956, has a presence in 16 countries and has a workforce of around 32,000. Group revenue in 2010 was €23.32 billion.

In E&P, OMV is a global player with oil and gas reserves of approximately 1.15 billion boe. Worldwide daily production amounts to more than 300,000 boe/d (recorded in Q3/2010). The company's E&P operations currently focus on six core regions: Central & Eastern Europe (including Austria), North Africa, the Middle East, Australia/New Zealand, the Caspian region and North-West Europe (including the UK).

OMV has been active in the UK since 1987. As a result of the UK 26^th Licensing Round in 2010, the company now holds eight operated licenses and 28 non-operated licenses in the Central North Sea and West of Shetlands (WOS).  This was OMV's most successful Licensing Round and demonstrates the company's commitment and belief in growing its UK business. The future focus will be West of Shetland (WOS) where it sees substantial value.

Job Summary

This role will report to the Development & Production Manager and work alongside a Senior JV Expert, a Senior Petroleum Engineer and a Production & Planning Expert.  The Facilities Engineer will concentrate on deepwater WOS activities. This is a key and visible role and the main focus will be to work with partners in selecting economic development concepts for deepwater projects.

Suitable candidates will be numerate graduates with substantial experience in Facilities Engineering.  Ideally you will have been trained and developed by an Operator and may have experience of deepwater environments elsewhere in the world. It is essential that you have concept selection experience and knowledge of subsea systems, flow assurance and deepwater production systems. Skills in forming productive relationships and influencing others will also be required. You will need to have an excellent ‘antenna' for what is important and needs attention and you should be good at anticipating outcomes and making interventions to steer outcomes in OMV's favour. Consequently, people and relationship building skills are essential.

In addition you will have a natural authority and influencing skills. It is unlikely that someone with less than 10 years experience will have the breadth of knowledge and experience to effectively fulfil this role.