Sebastian Hemetsberger
About Sebastian Hemetsberger
Sebastian Hemetsberger is the EMPNG Corrosion & Marine Systems Program Owner at ExxonMobil, focusing on minimizing corrosion-related degradation and ensuring marine systems meet industry standards. He has a background in mechanical engineering and has held various roles at ExxonMobil and Newcrest Mining.
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Sebastian Hemetsberger is the EMPNG Corrosion & Marine Systems Program Owner at ExxonMobil.
Current Role at ExxonMobil
Sebastian Hemetsberger currently serves as the EMPNG Corrosion & Marine Systems Program Owner at ExxonMobil in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. In this role, he ensures that marine systems meet industry standards and are fit for service. He focuses on minimizing corrosion-related degradation of critical equipment and analyzes data to provide key performance indicators (KPI) for program health maintenance.
Previous Roles at ExxonMobil
Sebastian Hemetsberger has held multiple roles at ExxonMobil. In 2020, he worked as the Upstream Asset Level Business Plan (ALBP) Coordinator in Papua New Guinea for three months. From 2019 to 2020, he served as the Upstream Asset Leadership Team (ALT) Coordinator at the Hides Gas Conditioning Plant (HGCP) for one year. He also held the position of Materials & Integrity Engineer in Port Moresby, where his responsibilities included ensuring materials’ compliance and integrity. He began his career at ExxonMobil as an Integrity Intern in 2015.
Early Career and Internships
Sebastian started his career with internships at Newcrest Mining. He worked as a Reliability Intern from 2014 to 2015 in New Ireland Province and as a Reliability Intern Engineer from 2013 to 2014 on Lihir Island. His early work experience provided him with foundational skills in reliability and integrity engineering.
Education and Qualifications
Sebastian Hemetsberger holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Technology in Papua New Guinea, where he studied from 2013 to 2016. He also completed a Certificate in Gas Conditioning and Processing from Petroskill in 2018. In addition to his technical education, Sebastian has pursued leadership and communication training through Toastmasters International, achieving qualifications in Effective Coaching & Persuasive Influence. His secondary education was completed at Sir Tei Abal Secondary School, where he studied Physics and Chemistry, graduating in 2012.