Marine Manager

WAEP Marine Manager

Location: Lagos

Department: Marine Operations

Role Purpose

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for marine activities supporting WAEP's offshore operations, ensuring safe, reliable, compliant and cost-effective management of marine logistics, vessels, marine contractors and offshore interfaces. o operating procedures and HSE requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement marine operations strategies, plans, procedures and performance standards.

• Lead marine logistics planning for offshore personnel materials, equipment and operational campaigns.

• Oversee marine vessel selection, utilization, scheduling, assurance and contractor performance.

• Ensure marine operations comply with applicable maritime regulations, Company HSE requirements and recognized industry standards.

• Manage marine operational risks, SIMOPS interfaces, voyage planning and emergency preparedness.

• Coordinate marine support for drilling, production, projects, well intervention and offshore maintenance activities.

• Monitor vessel performance, fuel consumption, availability, downtime, cost and service quality.

• Lead technical and commercial input to marine contracting, tender evaluation and service-provider management

• Interface with regulators, port authorities, marine contractors, offshore leadership and internal stakeholders.

• Lead marine incident reviews, lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives and develop marine team capability.

• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Marine safety and incident performance

• Vessel availability and operational reliability

• Marine logistics delivery against plan

• Contractor and vessel performance

• Marine cost and fuel efficiency

• Regulatory and assurance compliance

• Reduction in marine downtime and operational disruptions

• Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Marine Engineering, Nautical Science, Maritime Studies or a related discipline.

• Minimum 15 years' relevant marine/offshore experience, including significant leadership responsibility supporting oil and gas operations.

• Relevant STCW, maritime, marine assurance, HSE or professional certification is strongly preferred.

Core Competencies:

• Offshore marine operations
• Marine logistics planning
• Vessel assurance and management
• Maritime regulatory compliance
• Marine HSE and risk management
• Contractor management
• Cost and performance control
• Emergency response and leadership

Application Closing Date

20th October, 2026