McDermott is an equal opportunity employer. Our recruitment and employment practices are ethical, legal, voluntary, and free from discrimination. McDermott will never ask you to pay recruitment fees to secure a job or continued work, to either the recruiter, the hiring manager, the supervisor, or the placement agency. All direct cost of employment, including, as applicable, medical examinations, employment visas, mobilization to country of work, and related fees, are paid by McDermott. If at any point in the recruitment process you are asked to pay such fees or costs, please immediately notify our Ethics & Compliance team by sending a message to ethics@mcdermott.com. The ethics@mcdermott.com email will not accept any resumes. **Job Overview:** The Shift Panel Operator (SPO) will be responsible for operating and monitoring plant processes during the commissioning and start-up phases on the Tilenga Project in Uganda. This role involves managing the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) workstations / panels in Central Control Room (CCR) and Technical Rooms (EIT), ensuring safe and efficient plant operations, and supporting loop tests, equipment operability checks and start-up, troubleshooting and optimization activities. The SPO will report to the report to the Operations Shift Supervisor and work closely with shift team, field operators, commissioning teams, and supervisors to ensure system readiness and compliance with safety and operational standards. The role requires flexibility to work shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed. **Key Tasks and Responsibilities:** + Work collaboratively with the project team and client representatives to ensure system readiness and operational excellence. + Operate and monitor plant systems using ICSS workstations / panels, ensuring optimal performance of pressure, temperature, flow, and level parameters. + Execute start=up, shutdown, and emergency procedures in coordination with field teams. + Maintain continuous surveillance of process conditions and respond to alarms and deviations. + Participate in the execution of commissioning and start-up plans. + Conduct pre-operational checks and system lineups for mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems. + Identify and resolve control system faults and process anomalies. + Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions. + Monitor system performance and recommend improvements for efficiency and reliability. + Adhere to all safety procedures and ensure compliance with HSE standards. + Participate in risk assessments, toolbox talks, and emergency drills. + Maintain accurate shift logs, event reports, and operational records. + Communicate effectively with shift teams, supervisors, and contractors. + Contribute to updates of operating procedures, P&IDs, ICSS mimics and system documentation. + Provide accurate and timely updates during shift handovers. + Participate in training programs to enhance technical and safety competencies. + Support the development of junior operators through on-the-job training. **Essential Qualifications and Education:** + Possess a technical diploma or equivalent in Process, Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation Engineering. + Minimum 5-10 years of experience in oil and gas operations, with at least 3 years in a similar ICSS / DCS Panel Operator role. + Proven experience in Oil & Gas operations, commissioning and start-up activities. + Proven experience with ICSS (knowledge of Schneider ICSS is a plus). + Proven experience with Control room operation experience. + Strong understanding of process control systems, safety regulations, and operational procedures. + Excellent problem solving and communication skills. + Ability to work in a multicultural, shift-based environment. + Fluent in English; or other language skills are a plus. + Strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement. \#LI-YD1 Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably. For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries. McDermott is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.