NAPIMS (Dec 2003–Dec 2009); Assistant Liaison Officer / Technical Assistant to the Group General Manager, NNPC-NAPIMS Liaison Office, Abuja (Dec 2008–May 2011); Core Analyst, Petroleum Engineering and Research Services, NNPC Research & Development (May 2011–July 2012); Superintendent, Upstream Gas Supply Coordination, LNG Investments Management Division (LIMS) (July 2012–Sept 2014); Superintendent OB/OB Gas Central Processing Facility and Technical Assistant to the Group General Manager, Gas Infrastructure Division (GID) (Sept 2014–Mar 2016); Project Engineer / Technical Assistant to the Managing Director, NGPTC Ltd (Mar 2016–Dec 2021); Manager, Planning and Budget, NGIC (Jan 2021–Oct 2022); and Head, Asset and Investments Management, NGPIS (Oct 2022–Sept 2025).
He has been a member of project delivery teams for a number of major gas infrastructure projects, including the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project (MEPP); Gwagwalada Independent Power Project (GIPP); ELPS Midline Compressor Project; AKK Gas Pipeline Project; Western Franchise Area Gas Processing Solution; OB3 Gas Pipeline Project; SPDC JV Southern Swamp Associated Gas Gathering Project; Pan Ocean JV Ovade–Ogharefe Phase II Gas Plant Project; CNL JV Gas Supply Expansion Project (GSEP); and the SPDC JV Gbaran–Ubie Oil and Gas EPC Project.
An active volunteer and author within the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Salahuddeen served as Chairman of the SPE Nigeria Council for the 2024/2025 year and has played both local and international roles for the body, with several SPE publications to his credit. He is also a member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE); Council for the Regulation of Engineers (COREN); Energy Institute (UK); American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); and the Nigerian Mining and Geoscientists Society (NMGS).
