Technical Director - Oil & Gas + Energy Transition

Veolia Energy & Process Solutions (VEPS) is a member of the Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (VWTS) business, and part of the Veolia Group. VEPS has been serving the Energy Sector as a leading provider of Upstream Oil & Gas process solutions for over 40 years, supplying produced water, gas and oil treatment technologies to our clients around the world - delivering best in class project execution models as well as field services and aftermarket support.

 

As part of its Growth Initiatives, VEPS is refocusing on Energy Transition related business, in particular on Carbon Capture, CO2 conditioning and H2 conditioning.

VEPS has delivery centres in the UAE, Australia, India and Singapore, and operates across the larger Water Tech Division and with the global Veolia Group, developing transversal initiatives and incorporating technologies and products from other divisions to its offer for the Energy Sector.

The VEPS business has an opportunity for a Technical Director who will play a key role in setting and delivering the technical and innovation goals of our business as we evolve and grow to meet the challenges of the burgeoning Energy Transition - whilst providing stewardship and maintaining certainty for our established hydrocarbon industry clients, their activities and market sectors.

Reporting to the Managing Director and part of the Executive Committee of VEPS, the position is to be (ideally) located in Dubai.  due to its central location and the large client concentration. Candidates based elsewhere, but able to relocate will also be considered.

 

Function / Responsibilities:

• Work with the VEPS leadership team to set clear priorities and goals for technology innovation, development and management.

• Define the VEPS division’s overall technology strategy to support business objectives.

• Oversee data security, management and governance.

• Manage strategic technology partner relationships.

• Identify and assess potential targets for acquisition.

• Strengthen and expand the VEPS portfolio of process technologies/solutions targeting the energy industry and the transition to clean energy.

• Lead new development and improvement efforts across VEPS technologies/solutions.

• Be the repository of the company’s core process design knowledge, return of experience and spearhead innovation and dissemination. 

• Protect VEPS technical knowledge and expertise via patents, secrecy and/or controlled access to critical information.

• Lead Pilot and Demonstration units’ initiatives.

• Technical Leader for Consulting projects (feasibility studies, pre-FEED & FEED) involving new technologies and complex process schemes.

• Support Proposals Managers and Sales teams in taking ‘new technology’ offerings to the market with the objective of creating and occupying a ‘niche’.

• Ensure close collaboration across departments to drive strategic initiatives, including understanding of the alignment between market needs and technology strategies. 

• Create strategic plans and set timelines for evaluation, development, and deployment of all technological developments.

• Key liaison between VEPS and other VEOLIA groups, R&D teams and external companies, industry groups and clients

• Provide advice and direction on VEPS’ ‘Technology Risk’ on complex or novel processes.

• Continuously improve Company design tools, systems (including Software Simulations) Process Design Procedures and Engineering Guidelines to best meet the needs of the business.

• Provide technology training and mentoring to VEPS technical staff.

• Adapt the product portfolio to the market changes and opportunities.

• Increase competitiveness and/or differentiation of VEPS products/technologies through innovation & improvement.

• Monitor industry innovations and improvements in the old and new Energy landscape and assess their impact on VEPS technologies/solutions.

• Establish dialogue with key client technologists to identify process improvements and new business opportunities as identified by their own operations.

• Liaise with other VEOLIA business unit technical experts to share and transfer VEOLIA’s wider industry technologies and to identify complementary technologies.

• Support the Project Execution and Engineering teams on technology and process related matters.

• Participate in troubleshooting underperforming equipment systems to identify improvement solutions.

• Be responsible for the collection and analyses of equipment performance data leading to product optimisation.

• Provide leadership and support of VEPS Health, Safety & Environment culture and values.

Skills:

• Strong skills in strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, budgeting, and creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams.

• Creative and Innovation driven.

• Excellent communication, leadership, and strategic thinking abilities with a problem-solving aptitude.

• Solid understanding of broad technology trends in the energy industry and the ability to align innovation with business goals.

• Strong communication with ability to convey technical topics in easy-to-understand business terms and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners.

Science or Engineering Degree with minimum of 20 years conventional and/or renewable energy industry or related industry experience in Process Design & Process Technology related positions

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