Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Job Family Group:

Projects

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

April 7, 2026

Business Unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

The Orca Development is a Shell-operated ultra-deepwater Flagship Project located in the prolific pre-salt Santos basin offshore Brazil. The field will be developed with 12 subsea wells tied back to a new building Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit. The FPSO will be in water depths of 2000m, roughly 200km south of Rio de Janeiro.

While Shell is a major producer in Brazil, Orca is critical to extend Shell-operated production into the 2030s. The project will leverage the experience of the FPSO Contractor to supply and operate the FPSO. The FPSO Contractor is one of the foremost suppliers of FPSOs in the world and currently operates more than a dozen FPSOs in Brazil. The FPSO Contractor Detailed Engineering, Procurement and Project Management is centered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while construction is spread across multiple construction yards in China and Japan, while Installation and Commissioning will be performed offshore Brazil.

Orca contracting is focused on the selection of Tier 1 Contractors to maximize delivery confidence for the FPSO, Subsea Hardware (SSHW) and Umbilical Riser & Flowline (URF) contracts. The project employs a lean Owner's Team with the delivery know-how and commercial acumen to effectively balance "letting the contractor deliver in an area where they are experts" while maintaining expert oversight over critical delivery components of the project to deliver a world class operating asset safely, on time and on budget. Hence, team members must demonstrate the ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with Contractors; to implement scaled assurance processes to manage design and execution risks in a pragmatic way; to adapt Shell processes to industry driven solutions while maintaining system integrity and performance; and to work across system and discipline boundaries for best for project solutions.

Accountabilities:

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules across all project phases (initiation to execution and closeout), ensuring alignment with project objectives, stakeholder expectations and contractual milestones.
• Lead schedule planning sessions (WBS, activities, logic, durations, critical path) and ensure accurate input from engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and support functions.
• Monitor and control project performance, updating schedules, analyzing variances and providing early warnings to project leadership.
• Perform critical path and scenario analysis, identifying schedule risks, opportunities and mitigation strategies.
• Produce periodic progress reports including schedule performance metrics, forecasts, slippage analysis and KPIs (e.g., SPI, milestone performance).
• Ensure planning governance, adhering to corporate project controls standards, processes, templates, and reporting requirements.
• Interface with contractors and suppliers, validating their schedules, progress updates and compliance with planning requirements.
• Support change management, assessing schedule impacts of change requests, scope variations and risk events.
• Drive continuous improvement, enhancing planning tools, methods and project controls maturity.
• Interface with project disciplines & contractors to ensure the schedule is fully integrated.

What you bring

• Must have legal authorization to work in Brazil on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in planning/scheduling within complex capital projects, acquired preferably in major oil & gas offshore installation projects
• Proven experience in EPCI/EPC, industrial, energy, oil & gas, infrastructure or similar environments
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (mandatory) and MS Project
• Strong understanding of project controls principles, including:
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development
• Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Progress measurement systems
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Ability to read and interpret engineering documents, procurement plans and construction sequences
• Experience with data analytics and reporting tools
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Strong analytical mindset and high attention to detail.
• Ability to influence without authority and facilitate cross-functional alignment.
• Proactive, adaptable and oriented to solutions.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

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Shell in Brazil

Who We Are

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 85,000 people and with operations in more than 70 countries. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach as we seek to help the world build a sustainable energy future.

Shell is a customer-focused organisation, serving more than 1 million commercial and industrial customers, and around 33 million customers daily at more than 47,000 Shell-branded retail service stations.

Our approach

Shell's strategy is to deliver more value with less emissions as we work to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050.

As we navigate the energy transition through the next decade, we will leverage our global footprint, the trust in our brand, and our innovation and technology capabilities to be the energy company that customers and countries choose to be their partner. We are positioning Shell to become the investment case and partner of choice through the energy transition.

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