Production Operation Superintendent at a Leading Oil Exploration and Production Company

We are a leading Oil Exploration and Production Company with active operatorship of prolific blocks and Oil and Gas Assets in the Niger Delta.

As a result of our new expansion and development programmes, we are recruiting experienced, passionate and resourceful candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Production Operation Superintendent

Ref ID: (POS)-Swamp & Shallow Offshore
Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• The Production Operations Superintendant is a senior operational leadership role responsible for the safe, eficient, and optimized hydrocarbon production from the company's swamp and shollow offshore assets in Nigeria.
• This position directly superviesfeld production activities, maintenance work, and aperational persionnel, ensuring micmom uptime, regulatory compliance, and alignment with corporate production forgets.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Production Management and Optimization

• Target Achievement: Ensure all production facilities (e.g.. flow stations, FPSOs/FSOs, wellhead platforms) operate at peak efficiency to meet daily, weekly, and monthly hydrocarbon production targets (oil, gas, and water).
• Operational Integrity: Oversee and manage the integrity, maintenance, and safe operation of all production equipment, including separators, compressors, pumps, pipelines, and manifolds, across swamp and offshore locations.
• Well Management: Direct the operational aspects of well testing, slickline/wireline activities, chemical injection programs, and flow assurance efforts to optimize well performance and prevent downtime.
• Cast Control: Manage the operational expenditure (OPEX) budget for production activities, identify cost-saving opportunities, and ensure efficient utilization of resources (personnel, materials, and equipment).

Leadership and Personnel Supervision

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and supervise the entire production operations team, including Offshore Installation Managers (OIMs), Platform Supervisors, Technicians, and operators, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Contractor Management: Oversee the performance of key operations contractors (e.g., maintenance, catering. marine support) ensuring they adhere to company procedures, quality standards, and safety requirements.
• Rotational Scheduling: Manage and approve rotational schedules for field personnel, ensuring adequate staffing levels and compliance with working hours regulations for continuous 24/7 operations.

HSE and Regulatory Compliance

• Safety Leadership: Serve as a visible safety leader, enforcing the Permit-to-Work (PTW) system, conducting safety meetings, and championing the company's HSE policies on all sites.
• Compliance: Ensure all production activities, fluid discharge, and flaring practices comply with local Nigerian regulations (NUPRC, NMDPRA) and relevant International standards.
• Incident Management: Coordinate and support emergency response activities and lead initial Investigations into production-related incidents, spills, or equipment failures.

Reporting and Communication

• Reporting: Prepare and submit accurate daily, weekly, and monthly production reports, downtime analysis, and operational summaries to the management team and regulatory bodies.
• Collaboration: Act as the primary operational interface between the field teams and cross-functional groups, Including Drilling, Reservoir Engineering, Geoscience, Maintenance, and Security.
• Asset Handover: Coordinate with the Projects and Drilling teams for safe and efficient start-up, handover, and commissioning of new wells and facilities.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience: A minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in oil and gas production operations, with at least 5 years in a Senior Supervisory or Superintendent role within the upstream sector.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex swomp and offshore facilities in the Nigerian operating environment is mandatory.
• Certifications: Professional certification from a recognized engineering body (e.g., COREN/NSE) is highly desirable.
• Mandatory certifications for offshore work (o.g., BOSIET/HUET, Offshore Safety).

Skills:

• Strong understanding of hydrocarbon processing.
• Well intervention methods, flow assurance, and process safety management.
• Exceptional leadership, complex problem-solving, and decisive decision-making skills under operational pressure.

Remuneration
Attractive and above industry average.

Application Closing Date
16th December, 2025.