Geo-Jade Petroleum – South Basra Integrated Project (SBIPRO) is seeking an experienced ( Expats Candidate ) Workover Superintendent with 10 years solid Oil & Gas experience . This role works with Wells Department on rotation basis based in Basra Iraq.
Description
Workover Superintendent is accountable for the safe and efficient delivery of Workover and Completion operations on the Tuba oil field.
Key deliverables
- Role modelling of Safety Leadership Principles for the team
- Driving technical competency and adherence to Company Standards across engineering planning and field operations
- Provide oversight and assurance of activities across multiple rigs
- Lead collaborative problem solving with Workover Delivery teams, workover engineering including change and management of same, leveraging rig knowledge and other available expertise
- Provide oversight of operations including water shutoff, ESP repair, ESP installations, well integrity repairs, water injection completions, and natural flow completions, all in accordance with Company minimum operating standards
- Collaboratively manage rig contractor relationships
- Oversee Workover Delivery teams to guide the way they work
- Participate in performance reviews and lessons learned sessions
- Collaboratively engage in team reporting to ensure correctness of reports
- Oversee Workover Supervisors to provide direction to rig and service contractors to safely and efficiently execute the workover program on specific rigs in accordance with Company standards and processes
- Lead incident investigations, following through to close-out as required
- Lead technical and safety audits, following through to close-out as required
- Lead and coordinate technical input to workover contract tender specifications and evaluation
People Management
- Coach, mentor and build team capability in a multi-cultural environment including contractors both in the office and the field
- Take lead role in formulation and evolution of local workover staff development program
- Drive Continuous Improvement in safety and operations, including regular updates and reviews of Wells standards
Policies, Systems, Processes and Procedures
- Implement API standards and petroleum industry standards, and comply with various procedures of SBIPRO
- Up to 20% travel required for contractor meetings in the region if required
Health, Security, Safety and Environment
- Provide Safety Leadership
- Well Control and Well Bore Monitoring
- Oversight of Rig Contractor adherence to their Safety Management System
- Driving rigor in Workover Supervisor daily activities
- Rig specification focal point
Reporting
- Ensure correctness of all operational reports from Workover Delivery teams
- Contribute to peer review meetings
- Participate in Quarterly Contractor Performance Reviews
- Conduct QA/QC of End of Well Reports
7. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
Minimum Qualifications:
- B.Sc. Engineering (ideally Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering)
- Strong written and spoken English language skills.
- Valid and current IWCF Well Control Level 4 certification or equivalent — mandatory
- The certificate shall be valid and provided before onboarding
Minimum Experience & Job-Specific Skills:
- 15 years relevant oilfield experience in Workover, Completion and Drilling activity
- Ideally, 7+ years as a Superintendent
- Experience with land rig workover operations and planning, including water shutoff, water injection and ESP operations
- Good communication and mentoring skills commensurate with the above job role
- Demonstrable experience of managing rig and service contractors on multiple rig operations
- Aptitude for innovation and being open to new ideas
- Comprehensive technical/operational understanding of Drilling, Completions, Well Intervention practices and Well Integrity principles
- Experience of Wells on Total Losses
- International experience, Middle East onshore an advantage
- Strong team player
- Flexible approach to work
