Apply for Job Opportunities at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)
Apply for Job Opportunities at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. We invest heavily in our employees, which is reflected in our industry-leading development programme and our commitment to see our employees’ ideas travel and come to fruition.
We strive to maintain a work environment where everyone can apply and develop skills and talents consistent with our values and business objectives. This applies to every employee, regardless of location, gender, ethnicity, and physical abilities.
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is recruiting to fill the position below. All Interested candidates are advised to go through the job opportunities at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and submit their applications appropriately before the deadline.
Engineers – Multiple Disciplines
Job Specifications:
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- Full Time
- Required Qualifications: BA/BSC/HND
- Location: Rivers | Nigeria.
Job Description:
Shell Nigeria is looking for the following Engineers to Support its Conventional Oil and Gas Business:
- Process Engineer
- 2 Civil Engineers
- Rotating Equipment Engineer
- Materials and Corrosion Engineer
Where You Fit In?
Shell’s Conventional Oil and Gas (COG) business is a diverse portfolio, with oil and gas assets at all stages of the life-cycle, onshore and offshore, with varying degrees of operatorship, size, and complexity. Our assets stretch across 15 countries and include some of Shell’s longest-standing relationships (over 100 years in Malaysia, over 90 in Brunei and Iraq, over 80 in Nigeria, UAE and Oman). We continue building on this proud history with ongoing challenges such as late life assets, less opportunities, and the need to operate more nimbly with lower carbon.
Process Engineer
The purpose of the Process Engineer is responsible for all process engineering aspects of Shell’s production facilities, including the Sea Egale FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading), oil and gas separation, produced water treatment, gas compression and dehydration, produced water treatment and reinjection, gas export pipeline, oil flowlines, and infrastructure. Further responsibilities are as follows:
- Support the Assets and Projects in meeting process safety requirements for Design, Construction and operations.
- Interpret and apply design standards and Provide Process Engineering inputs in technical reviews and Management of Change to ensure technical integrity, efficiency, and safety of facilities.
- Contribute to successful project design delivery – on schedule and on budget – through efficient design practices.
- Share and implement global best practice and learnings with special focus on standardization and repeatability.
Civil Engineer
The Civil Engineer is accountable in providing Civil Structural Technical Consultancy Services to Projects and Asset operations. The Civil Engineer will also provide support in carrying out audit of construction of Civil Structures, Buildings and Associated Infrastructure for compliance with Shell Group standards role to supervise work activities covering design, construction and maintenance of Civil Engineering facilities. Further Responsibilities include:
- Provide input to prepare scope of works and cost estimates for Civil/Structural Engineering works in the project/Assets.
- Ensure that Civil Structural design and construction works comply with standards and policies.
- Support to review and implement project HSE plans, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) and method statements with measurable key performance indicators. Preside over project HSE and progress review meetings and provide feedback on performance including compliance with project quality and HSE plans.
Rotating Equipment Engineer
The Rotating Equipment Engineer is required to support the delivery of all Mechanical work scope at all phases of the Opportunity Realization Standard.
- Develop mechanical deliverables (pumps, Compressors and Turbines with associated piping) at all phases of each projects.
- Review Projects and Asset Mechanical engineering deliverables (Pumps, Compressors and Turbines with associated piping) in line with Shell’s standrards.
- Provide other Mechanical Engineering Support at Concept definition, Detailed Engineering design and Construction phases of projects.
- Contribute to the development of equipment specifications and ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements, discipline and Shell project standards and specifications during equipment procurement.
Materials and Corrosion Engineer
The Materials and Corrosion Engineer is expected to perform specified tasks within design, operation, or maintenance of facilities/plant. Further accountabilities of the role includes:
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- Materials Selection and Specification – Select, specify, or develop requirements for metallic materials and testing Specify manufacturing, joining, installation, repair, testing and refurbishment methods for metallic Materials.
- Degradation and Corrosion Control System Design and Management – Develop a corrosion and degradation management strategy, including requirements for implementation.
- Asset Integrity and Repair Assessments – Develop, Implement, Execute, Assess and Benchmark equipment integrity management systems.
- Investigation of Equipment Failures – Identify and analyze failure modes and relate them to operating conditions or equipment history.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Process Engineer
- Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in process or facilities engineering.
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or equivalent.
- Preferably with experience within the oil and gas industry.
- Preferably COREN certified but not required.
- Preferably with knowledge of simulation tools (UNISIM, IPSM-GAP, PIPESIM, etc.).
Civil Engineer
- Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in the Oil or Gas industry or Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in the Civil and Construction industry.
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
- Preferably with experience within the oil and gas industry.
- Preferably COREN certified but not required.
Rotating Equipment Engineer
- Minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience in Mechanical Engineering.
- Relevant experience in either the oil and gas, manufacturing, or refinery industry.
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
- Preferably COREN certified but not required.
Materials and Corrosion Engineer
- Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience.
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in either materials or mechanical engineering.
- Preferably with experience within the oil and gas industry.
- Preferably COREN certified but not required.
- With a good basic understanding of materials selection and corrosion.