Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Sahara Group jobs in Nigeria(Drilling Superintendent)

Job Title: Drilling Superintendent
Operating Company Sahara Energy Field Limited
Job Location: Lagos
Expiry Date: 1/31/2011


Description 
• Perform managerial duties at the project level.
• Establish optimum operational, financial, safety, and environmental performance expectations, measures, and goals for the Drilling Department.
• Ensure Department processes, procedures, and plans are in-place to facilitate knowledge transfer, maximize efficiency, and minimize mistakes.
• Manage drilling rigs for safe work, cost effective and efficient drilling and completion operation.
• Resolve difficult and unusual problems which could otherwise delay drilling progress and make decisions under emergency operating conditions to solve problems and protect crew, rig and well.
• Coordinate and manage drilling engineers; review and approve well programs.
• Coordinate drilling manpower, materials, equipment and services
• Manage drilling materials & Logistic Coordinator, ensuring proper drilling inventory management and order of long lead items.
• Monitor and manage financial performance, minimize cost and rigs downtime, maximize performance, monitor and report profits and losses. Maintain effective cost control procedures for all drilling and completion operations. Review, control and approve (first level) invoices.
• Encourage and reward continuous improvement and proper application of technology and best practices.
• Provide advice and recommend solutions for drilling problems of serious nature (e.g. logging failure, work & cement failure ...etc.).
• Coordinate preparation and issue of the Drilling Campaign Post-Mortem Reports
• Responsible for implementation of Department's safety program to assure all possible is being done to avoid a well blowout which could result in catastrophic loss of equipment and personnel.
Additional Information 
• University degree or technical diploma in Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical engineering or a related field and hold a valid well control certificate issued by IADC/IWCF
• Possess at least 15 (fifteen) years active experience in drilling with 7 (seven) years in senior supervisory drilling position in a high project load environment with intense activity periods. Experience in the Niger Delta is essential.
• Possess technical competency with hands on experience and full understanding of rig equipment functions, capabilities and limitations.
• Strong analytical skill for troubleshooting problems on the rigs’ mechanical and electrical failures, and down hole problems.
• Possess HSEQ leadership skills, coaching and mentoring skills, incident investigation skills, knowledge of the most common HSE tools and skills.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills to set and exceed established goals, schedules, and deadlines.
• Ability to engage with people and work in multinational culture, lead by example and respect.
• Strong presentation and computer skills.

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