Notice of recrutment : Field Superintendent
| Location: | Chad |
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Duration: | Contract |
Job Description
- Q1 – Do you have extensive experience in remote filed production and maintenance management preferably onshore in Sub Saharan Africa?
- Q2 – track record in safety and quality management required to effectively lead oil and gas operations site team?
- Reporting to the PCM Production & Maintenance Manager, the Field Superintendent responsibility is to provide field management expertise for the Mangara/ Badila operations to support the Company’s activities in Chad.
- Focus on the collaborative development (in conjunction with Operations Services Functional Groups) of operations management systems, standards and procedures; including HSE, Production and Maintenance, in accordance with ISO international and Company standards.
- Provide leading operations guidance to ensure that budgeting, risk management, production planning, sparing and maintenance strategies are effectively implemented in line with company standards.
- Facilitate the development of Field Production and Maintenance national staff in accordance with the Company Competence Assurance & Assessment Plan in conjunction with the Maintenance Superintendent and Training Manager
- Facilitate a co-operative working arena within the Field Business Unit and other functional support groups.
- Remain current with knowledge and understanding of industry operating standards, practices and technology.
- Supervise and support the Production Engineering team, including artificial lift optimization and design, daily production allocation and production accounting, process facilities optimization, debottlenecking, regulatory support, and workover opportunity identification.
- Experience in Emergency Management and Control with at least 10 years Production Operations in field managerial experience in upstream operations and oil/gas processing (on-shore or off-shore).
- Experience in the development of Safety Management Systems and Emergency Response procedures and Planning
- Track record in developing and working within matrix-type functional support organisational structures.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and in a remote fast-changing developing environment
- Experience within oil/gas field operations, drilling operations, Well completion and work-over,
- reservoir management, production engineering, production operations, well intervention and
- field management in remote locations, managing multi-national operations teams.
- Experience with plant upgrading and general process optimisation
- Experience with commissioning of new onshore production facilities/ assets, wells and
- transmission pipelines, gathering systems and wellheads.
- Supervises:
- Production Operations teams covering either the Mangara or Badila Facilities including:
- Laboratory, Production Engineers, ESP Contractor Team and Produced Water Injection
- Team.
- Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills in a field environment
- Access to technical and operations networks in the industry
- Implementation and sharing best practice
- Sound knowledge of technical, operating, safety and legal requirements and standards relevant
- to the oil and gas industry
- Ability to function in a matrix structure with managers and peers located in country and possibly
- in London and other company asset locations
- Extreme cultural sensitivity required in order to manage a multi-cultural and multi-national
- environment
- Ability to master new technologies unique to upstream operations
- Understanding of the basics of financial management
- Demonstrated cost management skills
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and presentational skills at all levels
Personal Specification
- Degree or relevant qualification in an engineering discipline
- MBA or related managerial qualification is desirable
- Emergency Management & Control Competent
- Track record in international Oil & Gas Operations management
- Effective understanding of Environmental Management
- Effective understanding of ISO 9001, 14001 AND OSHAS 18001 Implementation and
- Management is desirable
- Effective understanding and sensitivity for cultural diversity