General Manager, Drilling & Completion
Location | Lagos, Nigeria |
Date Posted | September 28, 2021 |
Category |
Management
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | NGN |
Description
Job Description
- The ideal candidate must have good knowledge of Operational and Technical Practices in an E&P company.
- He is expected to have an in-depth knowledge of offshore / swamp drilling, completion, production engineering, reservoir performance analysis., optimization of field production and development planning.
- The candidate must be able to lead and manage multiple concurrent projects, work in a team environment, and be able to effectively communicate within and outside the company as well as have great networking experience in the Nigeria drilling sphere.
Responsibilities
- Plan, organize, coordinate and manage the overall implementation of company's drilling and well completion operations and plan.
- Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot major drilling and completion challenges.
- Coordinate all drilling and completion activities, ensuring that design and well activities are optimized.
- Steer resource planning to ensure activities are executed within agreed timelines and budgets.
- Coordinate the preparation of testing/completion programs including equipment specification and selection as well as flew assurance modelling, and stress analysis etc. for planned jobs.
- Provide continuous drilling rigs forward activities forecast and requirements as related to drilling and well completions.
- Prepare short and medium term revenue forecasts based on projected completion activities for each fiscal year
- Manage company's HSSE policy and procedure as related to drilling and well completions.
- Responsible for directing the execution of appropriate procedures for well drilling projects.
- Prepare cost estimates and controls for drilling and completion activities.
- Must be capable of applying operational, engineering and management principles to resolve and optimize drilling, completion, work-over, supply chain, logistics, planning and scheduling activities.
- Provide immediate and effective solutions for operational continuity, equipment malfunctions and other onsite problems.
- Liaise with project partners, such as geoscientists and drilling contractors etc., in order to keep up-to-date on all developments that may have an impact on drilling and well completion activities.
- Ensuring that drilling and well completion operations comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, with respect to health, security and safety and emergency procedures.
Qualifications and Required Competencies
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a Core Engineering discipline.
- A Master's Degree or its equivalent will be an added advantage
- Must have worked in a senior supervisory or managerial position for at least 15 years in a reputable E&P company and overall E&P experience of not less than 20 years with a proven track record of operations management.
- An in-depth knowledge of technical and operational practices and principles of drilling, completion and work-over processes and development planning.
- Must have working knowledge of commonly used and relevant drilling, operations and production management software.
- Ability to prepare work schedules and comprehensive drilling plans to meet project objectives and deadlines.
- Must be capable of working seamlessly with geoscience production and reservoir groups in executing drilling/operations engineering solutions.
- Must be capable of providing commercial solutions that deliver optimum hydrocarbon value chain.
- Must be capable of representing the company with regulatory and government agencies.
- Must not be more than 55 years of age.