Oando Plc is one of Africa’s largest integrated energy solutions provider with a proud heritage. It has a primary listing on the Nigeria Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With shared values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Passion and Professionalism (TRIPP).
Job Summary
- To provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, planning, and execution of well completions and interventions operations, ensuring safe, cost‑effective, and reliable well delivery.
- The role encompasses engineering assurance, rig intake and readiness, and team development, while ensuring all completions and intervention programs comply with OERNL standards, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.
- Ultimately, the position enables maximum well productivity and reservoir recovery.
Key Responsibilities Areas
Well Engineering Review and Operational Validation:
- Reviews and approves completion and intervention designs and programs to ensure technical soundness, operational feasibility, and effective risk management.
- Validates engineering calculations, tool string designs, and risk assessments.
- Ensures the appropriate selection of equipment, materials, and fluids to safeguard long‑term well integrity and performance.
- Confirms rig capability, operational readiness, and technical integrity of all equipment.
Team Leadership and Performance Management:
- Leads and mentors a multidisciplinary team of completion and intervention engineers.
- Ensures competency development, succession planning, and performance evaluations are effectively implemented.
- Drives technical assurance, competency growth, and performance excellence.
- Manages manpower planning to guarantee adequate engineering coverage.
Well Safety and Compliance Oversight:
- Champions HSE compliance across all completion and intervention designs/programs.
- Promotes well control, integrity, and barrier assurance throughout all activities.
- Guarantees compliance with company well engineering standards, HSE‑MS, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Leads incident investigations and drives the integration of lessons learned across the organization.
Cost and Performance Monitoring:
- Drive cost optimization while safeguarding operational reliability and well productivity.
- Take ownership of AFE and cost control across all well projects.
- Track and analyse well KPIs (NPT, ILT, cost per job, efficiency index) to foster continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:
- Collaborates with subsurface, drilling, production, and other cross‑functional teams to align well objectives and priorities.
- Engages service companies, contractors, and vendors to ensure optimal performance and service quality.
- Represents the completions and interventions function in asset planning and management meetings
Qualifications & Experience Requirements
Minimum Qualification:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering [Petroleum, Mechanical, etc.] or related discipline.
Required Professional Certifications / Accreditations / Registrations:
- SPE/IADC-accredited completion design training.
Minimum Years of Experience and Relevant Areas:
- 15–20+ years in well engineering, with at least 7 -10 years in completions and intervention.
- Proven track record in completion and intervention design, execution, and management.
- Minimum of 3 years in leadership position managing completions and intervention engineering.
Proven experience in:
- Rig and rigless-based completions and intervention activities.
- Well integrity restoration and production enhancement projects.
- Managing multi-rig programs in land or offshore operations.
- Cost optimization and contractor performance management.
- Sand control, HPHT completions, onshore operations, multilateral, and intelligent well systems.
Any Additional Qualifications / Certifications or Experience (Desirable but not essential):
- Master’s degree in petroleum or reservoir engineering.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
- Exposure to digital completion design tools and advanced well monitoring systems.
Behavioral and Technical Competencies Required
Behavioral Competencies
- Strategic leadership & decision-making.
- Strong safety leadership mindset.
- Excellent communication & cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Ability to manage contractors and build win-win relationships.
- Resilience and adaptability in dynamic project environments.
- High integrity, accountability, and results orientation.
Technical Competencies
- Advanced completion design (sand control, intelligent completions)
- Well integrity assurance and regulatory compliance knowledge.
- Completions and intervention Cost and performance benchmarking in completions.
- Strong well modelling, nodal analysis, and software skills (e.g., WellCat, Prosper).
- Understanding of reservoir productivity and inflow performance relationships.
- Fluids and materials selection expertise (brines, elastomers, metallurgy).
- Familiarity with drilling–completion interfaces (casing design, wellhead equipment).
- Contractor and service company technical evaluation skills