Jean-Baptiste KORDEAL
Senior Reliability & Maintenance Engineering Advisor
Salary / Daily rate
Yambali Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
CMRP-certified Reliability & Maintenance Excellence Leader with 15+ years at ExxonMobil, specializing in LNG and upstream operations. Proven track record: doubled ESP/PCP life expectancy, increased power system availability from 75% to 90%, managed $150M+ Opex and 700+ personnel. Expert in RCM/RBI strategies, root cause analysis, and asset integrity—delivering industry-leading reliability performance for complex oil & gas facilities.
Work experience
Internship
TOTAL
Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Internship
Schlumberger
Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Corrosion Engineering Apprenticeship
ExxonMobil
• Support field Corrosion control, monitoring and inspection activities • Developed production vessel / tanks inspection scope of work • Coordinated a Corrosion Inhibition program implementation • Participated in anodes ground bed design / installation for Cathodic Protection
Sr Reliability & Maintenance Engineering Advisor
ExxonMobil PNG LNG
Mar 2023 - Present
3 years 8 months
Rabaul East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Providing technical leadership and coordination of the Reliability & Integrity strategies / plans for ExxonMobil Upstream gas production and LNG operations. Establishing an effective learning process through Root Cause Failure Analysis (TapRoot) Implementing RCM and RBI strategies. Coaching and training Reliability Program Owners. Achieving industry leading reliability performance.
ExxonMobil
Jan 2008 - Mar 2023
15 years 3 months
Asset Manager
Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
1 year 6 months
Managed all the operating groups and provided strategic direction to achieve stewardship targets (>700 people and >$150M Opex) Managed the transition of Chad asset to a new operator
Production Engineering and Wells Manager
Jul 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 4 months
Managed a multidisciplinary engineering team (Reservoir, Artificial Lift, Opportunity Identification/Evaluation, Wellwork) to safely optimize production Doubled the average life expectancy of ESPs & PCPs through rigorous improvement programs
Upstream Global Operations Advisor
Sep 2019 - Jul 2020
11 months
Région de Houston, Texas, États-Unis
Responsible for global coordination and application of best practices related to equipment reliability Developed a Simplified Reliability Modeling Methodology. Participated in the implementation of Bangalore Technology Center workflows.
Facilities Engineering Manager
Aug 2016 - Oct 2019
3 years 3 months
Managed a multidisciplinary engineering team (Facilities, Process, Machinery, Electrical, Instrument & Controls, Corrosion and Measurement) to develop and implement the strategies for reliability, integrity and maintenance. Increased the availability of the Power Generation and Distribution System from 75% to 90%.
Facilities Engineering Team Lead
Apr 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 7 months
Provided technical leadership and coordination of Process, Machinery, Electrical, I&C, Corrosion and Measurement deliverables to the operation team
Facilities Engineer and Reliability Coordinator
Jan 2012 - May 2015
3 years 5 months
General Process / Facilities Engineering activities and coordination of the Reliability performance improvement activities / projects.
Pipeline and Corrosion Engineer
Jan 2008 - Dec 2011
4 years
Pipelines Integrity • Design and execution of pipelines integrity programs (ILI, CIPS, DCVG etc) • Oversight and Management of Cathodic Protection (CP) Systems • Management of pipelines FIMS(Facilities Integrity Management System) Facilities Corrosion & Materials Enginering • Implementation of Corrosion Control, Monitoring and Inspection program • Technical support for corrosion and material issues • Management of tanks, vessels and piping FIMS(Facilities Integrity Management System) Developed maintenance strategies for one of the longest pipeline in Africa.
Education
Icam - Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive Development
ExxonMobil Enterprise Leadership Program
Licenses & certifications
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Issued: Jan 2026
Advanced Skills Milestone in General Facilities Engineering
Issued: Dec 2018