Senior Drilling Manager and Well Completion Engineer in an Upstream Oil and Gas Company

We are an Upstream Oil and Gas Company, a Leading Oil Exploration and Production Company with active operatorship of prolific blocks and oil and gas assets in the Niger Delta.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Drilling Manager and Well Completion Engineer

Location: Delta
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties and Key Accountabilities

• Plan organize, coordinate and manage the overall implementation of Company's drilling and well completion operations.
• Provide immediate and effective solutions for operational continuity, equipment malfunctions and other onsite problems.
• Must have experience in field development plans, execution and management.
• Liaise with project partners, such as geologists and drilling contractors etc, in order to keep up- to-date on all developments that may have an impact on drilling and completion activities.
• Ensuring that drilling and well completion operations comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, with respect to health and safety and emergency procedures.
• Must be result oriented and committed to company goals.
  Must be capable of representing the company with regulatory and government agencies.
• Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot major drilling and completion problems.
• Provide continuous drilling rigs forward activities forecast and requirements as related to drilling and well completions.
• Responsible for directing the execution of appropriate procedures for well drilling projects.
• Must be capable of applying operational, engineering and management principles to resolve problems and optimize drilling, completion, work-over, supply chain, logistics, planning and scheduling activities.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in a core engineering discipline with a minimum of Second Class Upper Division.
• A Master's degree or its equivalent will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant
• Must have working knowledge of commonly used and relevant drilling, operations and production management software.
• In-depth knowledge of Well engineering. operations, and completions.
• Ability to prepare work schedules and comprehensive drilling plans to meet project objectives and deadlines.
• Must be able to manage and apply multiple concurrent field projects and work in a team environment.
• 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 an optimum hydrocarbon value chain.
• experience in the oil & gas industry 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.

Renumeration
Attractive and above industry range.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application letter and CV to: upstreamoil.managers@gmail.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Application Deadline  29th July, 2025.

Note

• Candidates should send their applications not later than two weeks from the date of this publication with position applied for as subject of the email.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted