Responsibilities

• Co-ordination:
• Mentors Junior Engineers and Supervisors, shares experience and best practices, reviews documents and provides constructive feedback.
• Ensures risk assessments and HAZID/HAZOP are carried out prior to all Intervention related operations.
• Leads IWOPS and risk assessment sessions for intervention operations.
• A leader of LEAN, 3C, cost rationalization and continuous improvement culture within the Intervention & Integrity team throughout the well delivery cycle:
• Ensures lessons learnt and best practices are communicated to service company and other stakeholders.
• Follows wells’ KPI and CPI databases, and benchmarks operations against best performance.
• Actively participates in monthly performance meetings.
• Follows up and closes out any highlighted improvement actions
• Ensures and follows up financial and personnel utilization reporting by the offshore supervisors.
• Manages the well cost follow up and contracts to ensure there is sufficient value in the contract for upcoming operations.
• Spearheads the preparation, planning, optimization and follow-up on offshore execution of intervention aspects of well operations.
• Provides oversight and technical support during operations and ensures procedures are followed by offshore supervisors.
• Where applicable ensures MOCs are written, and risk assessments are carried out and communicated to the offshore team in a timely manner.
• Technical Administrator (TADM) for all Deepwater Asset Well Intervention Contracts (Coiled Tubing, Pumping and Stimulation, Slickline, E-Line, Well Tractor Services)
• Prepare budgets/AFE for Deepwater intervention scope and cost follow-up.
• Is accountable for operational excellence:
• Reviews job programs and guidelines, ensuring compliance with Company rules.
• Drives a continuous improvement culture within the team (LLs and KPI/CPI implementation, LEAN behaviors, cost responsibility culture, innovation mindset etc).
• Ensures pre job and post job reviews are routinely carried out with the team and contractors.
• Develops engineering knowledge database to capture learnings, best practices and tracks performances for well operations.
• Organisation (In relationship with Technical Services, GSR, and Assets):
• Liaises with GSR, ECP, FOPs and Contractors to ensure optimization of well operations program and well intervention, integrity and XMT/wellhead maintenance equipment preparation.
• As part of the well delivery process, coordinates with GSR, FOPs., HQ and other relevant entities to ensure well objectives are defined.
• Prepares & reviews CFT docs., performs CFT technical assessments and makes recommendation to C&P teams.
• Prepares and reviews well-handover documents and communicates same (including well parameters and non-conformances) to Field Ops.
• Act as DOA for Intervention & Integrity Manager as and when required.
• Technical:
• Has in-depth knowledge and experience of intervention tools, technologies, and techniques. Has good knowledge of all D&W functions i.e., Drilling, Subsea and Wells.
• Prepares and verifies stimulation and intervention designs in line with SOR requirements. Performs and reviews studies relating to production-restoration, enhancement, safeguarding and well integrity.
• Reviews well programs, ensures intervention equipment is prepared, is fit for purpose and meets well timelines.
• Ensures risk assessments and HAZID/HAZOP are carried out prior to the completion operations.
• Proposes new ideas and innovations to improve well performance, well operations performance, reduce risk and/or cost.
• Attends weekly Well Performance Group (WPG) and planning meetings and other technical presentations. Drives planning sequence priorities and ensures no operational delays.
• All programs, MOCs and relevant documents filed accordingly in relevant repository.
• Drilling and Well Integrity Focal Point (WIFP):
• Liaises with Well Integrity Lead Engineer (WILE), providing technical assessment, analysis and follow-up to identified wells anomalies.
• Diagnoses and recommends appropriate Workover or Well intervention solutions for existing integrity problems and/or modifications/addendum in line with Management of Change and Company Rules requirements.
• Responsible for the planning and execution of all Well Integrity related Well Intervention operations for all TEPNG (Deepwater & JV) Assets. These activities include both downhole (tubing leak, DHSV repair etc.) and surface (Wellhead & Xmas tree) related integrity problems.
• Prepares budgets/AFE for integrity scope and cost follow-up.
• Technical Administrator (TADM) for all Wellhead and Xmas tree related contract.
• Assures Wellhead and Xmas tree components stocking level management for all TEPNG JV Assets.
• Initiates the preparation and launch of Call for Tender process for relevant Wellhead & Integrity operations with Contracts department and Well Intervention Managers.
• Participates in technical and commercial evaluations and establishes recommendations.
• Accountable to ensure FP well register is established and maintained for both Deepwater & JV Assets.
• Ensures regular testing, maintenance and inspection of FP wells are implemented.
• Builds framework for Well Integrity management system of FP wells.
• Prepares and implements procedures/routines to support the framework of FP wells.
• Develops well integrity knowledge database to capture learnings, best practices and performance tracking across TEPNG
• Participates in technical and other decision-making meetings on behalf of D&W department.
• Ensures adequate mentoring and coaching of engineers.
• Liaises with Superintendents for problem solving during preparation or execution of well activities.
• Is accountable for:
• Ensuring all aspects of the well operating envelope of FP wells are maintained as per the Well Integrity Management System.
• Ensuring delivery of the planned XMT & WH maintenance routines.
• Management and update of the well integrity management system for any activity/ maintenance performed by Drilling & Wells.
• Planning and delivery of periodic well examination schemes.
• Proposes technological innovations that provide well integrity solutions.
• Contributes to improving skills and know-how by providing technical guidance and coaching for younger engineers and interns.
• Conducts studies and oversees projects that improve performance of the Affiliate.
• Manages well intervention improvement plan with HQ and service providers.
• Context & Environment:
• Key operations in deepwater (up to 1600m operating water depth) and on 6th generation drillships ($1.5MUSD daily cost) and on intervention vessels (500KUSD per day).
• Manages multiple culturally and professionally transverse personnel.
• Significant financial involvement ($150M contract value management, operational cost oversight of approx. $100M per annum).
• Significant value creation role (intervention operations contribute up to 10Mboe per annum).
• Safety critical role (Training and certification allows direct involvement in major risk prevention – blowout).
• The position requires ability to make firm decisions based on well condition assessment - thus it requires high availability, operational experience, and sound technical knowledge.