Drilling & Completion Senior Supervisor
Working Location: Qatar offshoreContract Type: Contract
Work Schedule: 4 weeks on/off rotational schedule (subject to change as required)
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise all drilling and completion operations, ensuring best working practices are applied for safety, asset protection, and operational efficiency.
- Promote and ensure compliance with Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and standards, including ISO14001.
- Demonstrate full compliance with code of conduct regarding procurement and business integrity.
- Review operations programs and supervise their implementation.
- Control contractor and supervisor activities; personally supervise delicate or high-risk operations.
- Optimize operations in cooperation with engineering, geology, reservoir, and drilling rig contractor teams.
- Analyze operational data to anticipate potential problems and suggest alternative strategies.
- Review and update equipment or tool operating procedures to ensure safe and efficient execution.
- Ensure reliability of technical information, daily cost control, and final reporting of wells or operations.
- Participate in technical and operational syntheses and cost follow-up.
- Optimize service provider activities and assess their performance.
- Contribute to skill and know-how improvement; mentor and train junior offshore staff.
- Ensure effective collaboration between all involved entities during simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) on site.
- Prepare and supervise rig move operations in cooperation with marine representatives and contractors.
- Ensure proper well handover between drilling and production teams.
- Maintain up-to-date records, including SIMOPS dossiers, Well Control Logbook, and permit-to-work approvals.
- Compose written work instructions for contractors and service providers.
- Lead daily operations conference calls and ensure accurate daily drilling reports.
- Anticipate requirements and update daily lookahead for personnel, equipment, and materials.
- Organize and lead weekly and monthly offshore HSE meetings.
- Act as the person in charge offshore, on-call 24 hours/day, ensuring operational decisions and approvals are made as required.
- Ensure suitability of personnel, equipment, and services to operational requirements, escalating issues to onshore management as needed.
Requirements
- B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, Technical diploma, or equivalent industry practical experience.
- Minimum 5 years of significant experience in drilling, completion, workover, and interventions.
- Technical competencies in Drilling and Wells as per industry standards.
- Certified DW CoC (T-BOP / CoC Assessment).
- Strong managerial skills, open-mindedness, team player, cross-functional capabilities, proactive and creative approach, and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Fluent in English.