About this role
Job Posting
About the Role
- We are seeking a Lead Completions/Production Engineer to take ownership of well planning, design, execution, and production optimization for our greenfield assets.
- This role is vital for value realization, taking the organization to First Oil and progressing through to stable production operations.
- You will manage the integration of wells with Early Production Facilities (EPFs), oversee crude evacuation logistics (barging/export), and ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective production.
Key Accountabilities
- Design and execute well completion programs (tubing, packers, sand control, artificial lift).
- Monitor and optimize well and field production performance to maximize recovery.
- Support the selection, commissioning, and operation of EPFs.
- Develop and implement production surveillance, well testing, and allocation systems.
- Manage well integrity and plan intervention activities (slickline, coiled tubing, workovers).
- Coordinate crude evacuation operations via barging, trucking, or third-party infrastructure.
- Conduct production engineering studies (nodal analysis, flow assurance, artificial lift).
Key Deliverables (First 12 Months)
- Q1: Develop completion, production, and well integrity strategies; define crude evacuation philosophy.
- Q2: Execute well completions and production testing; support EPF installation and startup.
- Q3: Optimize well/field performance and reduce downtime; execute intervention programs.
- Q4: Establish long-term integrity programs and identify production enhancement opportunities.
Candidate Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering.
- Experience: 10–12 years of upstream oil and gas experience, with a minimum of 7 years in completion and/or production engineering.
- Technical Expertise: Experience with greenfield developments, EPF commissioning, crude evacuation via barging, and well interventions. Experience in Nigerian onshore/swamp operations is essential.
- Software: Proficiency in Prosper, GAP, MBAL, Pipesim, or the PETEX Suite.
- Certifications: IWCF Well Intervention certification is advantageous.
Application Closing Date
27th November, 2026.