Staff Engineer, Production

About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Production Engineer to join our Production Excellence team at our Plaquemines LNG Facility located at Point Celeste, LA. This role will support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of our LNG liquefaction facility and play a critical part in driving the successful adoption of newly developed engineering systems and digital tools. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between technical development teams and end users, ensuring new technologies are implemented smoothly and embedded into day-to-day engineering workflows.

This role blends deep production engineering knowledge with digital tools to optimize and monitor plant performance in real-time, ensuring plant operations remain program compliant and production volumes are delivered safely and reliably. The successful candidate will collaborate with operations, engineering, business intelligence, data engineering, and machine learning specialists to drive adoption of tools that enhance performance and unlock insights from production systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of the Venture Global LNG process.
• Help develop tools and systems that track and improve LNG production performance, including dashboards, automated reports, AI, and physics-based systems.
• Develop and execute adoption strategies, including communication plans, training approaches, and user engagement activities.
• Coordinate multi-discipline reviews to evaluate potential changes and provide final recommendations for execution.
• Translate operating data into actionable insights that improve plant reliability, availability, and throughput.
• Share learnings across teams and contribute to standardizing best practices across facilities.
• Assist in evaluating the impact of process changes, debottlenecking studies, and efficiency improvements.
• Partner with engineering, IT, product, and business stakeholders to assess change impacts and adoption risks.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders.
• Demonstrate strong decision-making and problem-solving skills, communicating complex issues to non-technical audiences.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual tracking and reporting processes, improving accuracy and timeliness of information.
• Travel to all Louisiana LNG Facilities as needed.
• Perform process modeling and simulation to understand plant performance, optimize production, and support real-time operational decisions.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience in change management, technology adoption, digital transformation, or similar roles.
• Working knowledge of production systems, control room operations, and key process equipment (e.g., heat exchangers, compressors, refrigeration systems).
• Familiarity with data and reporting tools such as Excel, Power BI, and process modeling tools like Unisim or HYSYS.
• High level of energy, motivation, and initiative to excel within the organization.
• Ability to incorporate feedback, learn, and grow in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and adapting to evolving operational needs.
• Strong negotiation, leadership, and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Exceptional attention to detail and time management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering with demonstrable success improving LNG plant operations using data, analytics, or automation.
• Preferred: Master’s in engineering or MBA.
• Preferred: Experience working alongside BI, data engineering, or IT teams on analytics or digitalization projects.
• Preferred: Experience developing training content and facilitating workshops or system demonstrations.
• Preferred: Ability to analyze adoption data and translate insights into actionable improvements.