Operations Manager at Onstream Group

Onstream Group - With over 35 years of international experience within the Oil & Gas Industry and Industrial markets. The Onstream Group has strategically aligned itself with its business partners & affiliates to provide cost-effective and operational efficient solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Operations Manager

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time, permanent

Key Responsibilities

• Management of existing (Stubb Creek and Uquo Fields) onshore Niger Delta assets and associated processing facilities and infrastructures
• Full accountability for:
  • Production and Process Engineering (Petroleum Engineering, Production Engineering)
  • Well Engineering (Drilling and Completion)
  • Capital Projects & Engineering
  • Project Interface and Integration (linkage to existing midstream business, gas sales and industrial offtake customers)
  • Upstream Operational Readiness
• Leading and ensuring production operations are safe, secure and reliable and meet the Company’s HSSE Policy
• All operating assets are compliant with the Asset Operating plan and the Operating and Maintenance Philosophy
• Operations staff are competent, capable and trained for the role to which they are appointed
• Delivering the annual Operations Plan within approved Work Programme and Budget
• Able to mentor and develop teams, including production engineers, field superintendents, facilities engineers

Role Description

• The incumbent also has a functional linkage to the client's corporate management
• The accountabilities include leading, developing and implementing:
  • Annual Production Plan
  • Operating and Maintenance Plans
  • Annual Work Programme and Budget
  • Asset Risk Management Plans
• Compliance Register – Safety Critical Items Testing; Certification; Delinquent Testing issues
• Operations staff development and training plans
• Field and Asset Development Capital Plans and Projects complete with appropriately risked Costs, Schedule and Phasing
• Deliver approved Projects to meet agreed delivery metrics, including Cost and Schedule
• Emergency Response Plans are defined and drilled
• Producing Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Reports and others as directed.

Person Specification
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following skills and qualities:

• Mandatory - previous experience as Operations Manager in a reputable international oil and gas company
• Degree in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent discipline, preferably with Project Management qualifications from a reputable university
• Minimum of 10 -15 year’s experience in O&G business
• Solid background in Operations in a reputable oil and gas company: well performance, well monitoring, drilling & production engineering, maintenance of oil & gas process facilities.
• Project manager in facilities building / pipe laying
• Must be experienced in executing world class projects in a community/sensitive terrain such as the onshore Nigeria Delta
• Understands the Nigerian Content Development (NCD) requirements as applicable to the client's  assets and required actions to achieve compliance.
• Must lead and perform by example and set the standard required by the client
• Must be a tenacious, hands-on team-player equally comfortable in the field as well as dealing with senior internal and external stakeholders
• Must have proven influencing, communication and leaderships skills
• Commercially aware and able to set out effective work programmes and budgets.
• Able to lead and build high performing teams
• Comfortable presenting and communicating to Executive Management.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills
• Grit and determination and high energy
• Resilience and ‘bounce-back’ ability is vital.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.