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Venture Global LNG · 2 weeks ago

Principal Engineer, Instrument & Controls

Venture Global LNG is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. They are seeking a Principal Engineer, Instrument & Controls to ensure a seamless transition of the facility from EPC to the operations phase, providing expertise in Instrument & Controls Engineering and supporting the Operations team with reliability engineering.

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Responsibilities

Serves as a resident company Subject Matter Expert, providing advice and guidance on Instrument & Controls system engineering issues
Provide daily-to-day Instrument & Controls systems support to the Maintenance & Operations teams to ensure continued operability of plant equipment
Providing advanced diagnostic support, to allow rapid production recovery, in the event of equipment failure and forced plant outage. Support Process Trip investigations
Provide general support to Analyzer associated issues
Provide Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) leadership during RCFA exercises
Support Alarm Management program
Responsible for Management of Change for Alarm/Trip settings
Provide support to the Maintenance team for Turnaround planning and execution
Supports availability tracking and improving the overall reliability for plant equipment and Responsible for evaluating the workflow process, identification of critical spares, spare parts storage and preservation requirements for Instrument & Controls systems throughout the plant

Qualification

Instrument & Controls EngineeringDistributed Controls Systems (DCS)Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)OilGas experienceCMMS SystemsProfessional Engineering LicenseAnalyzers & ChromatographsValves & SolenoidsTransmitters & Sensing elementsFlow metersGas turbines knowledgeMotors knowledgeCompressors knowledge

Required

Minimum Bachelor's degree in Controls, Instrument or Electrical Engineering
A Professional Engineering License or eligibility for registration
A minimum of fifteen (12) years' experience working in a senior engineering capacity, with Instrument & Controls equipment in an industrial setting in engineering or operations
Oil and Gas experience is required, with preference in LNG applications, however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing, or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable
Good working knowledge of motors, gas turbines (Frames & Aero-derivatives) and compressors is required
Working knowledge of CMMS Systems
RCFA tools for conducting failure analysis

Company

Venture Global LNG

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Venture Global LNG develops, constructs, and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities.

H1B Sponsorship

Venture Global LNG has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (18)
2024 (15)
2023 (11)
2022 (5)
2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$46.48B
Key Investors
Stonepeak
2025-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-07-28Post Ipo Debt· $15.1B
2025-05-01Post Ipo Debt· $3B

Leadership Team

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Jack Thayer
Chief Financial Officer
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Sarah Blake
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
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