Head - Petroleum Engineering at Deep Blue Energy Services Limited

Job Objective/ Purpose of Job

To build and maintain a strong and cross-functionally integrated Petroleum engineering capability to support the asset-based organization.
· Develop Reservoir engineering and production technology staff and enhance their competencies through continuous assessment of skills, design and implementation of training and career development plans (in consultation with the asset managers).
· As technical expert on all petroleum engineering activities, introduce, implement and maintain technologies, tools, guidelines and workflows that enable the ADS and well & reservoir management processes and activities to be delivered and fully in line with global petroleum engineering technical standards.
· Provide Technical and Value Assurance of all Petroleum Engineering input to key Asset Management deliverables as the operating company’s technical authority on reservoir engineering and production technology.
· Develop, maintain and deliver in-house technical courses and best practice guidelines in integrated reservoir modelling for reservoir and field studies input to field development plans.
· Ensure quality management of all petroleum engineering data, information, documents and records.
· As part of the global Nigeria subsurface studies team (GNSST) leadership, support all NBU projects at the opportunity identification, planning and execution stages and act as petroleum engineering custodian of all reservoir engineering and production technology content both for internal and external (NAPIMS, DPR) engagements.

Job Duties/ Responsibilities/ Accountability.

· Technical Authority for Petroleum Engineering , and therebyaccountable for the functional quality of all reservoir and production engineering work carried out on NBU projects, includingthe deployment of approved technical standards and the integration of the petroleum engineering results in development projects andthe management of assets.
· Ensuring that across board, all petroleum engineering related safetycritical activities (e.g. geomechanics – compaction & subsidence,pore pressure prediction and monitoring for developed reservoirs)are identified and have effective response processes.
· Development and execution of Petroleum Engineering FunctionalImprovement Plans
· Development of skills and competencies of the reservoir engineeringand production technology skill-pool  including resourcing of newstaff and development of standard petroleum engineering learning programmes, together with technical coaching and mentoring schemes, and the implementation of on-boarding programs for newtechnical professionals within the discipline.
· Provide input to scope of reservoir and production engineering workrequired to support short, medium and long term Technical WorkProgrammes for client development assets
· Plan, implement, supervise, and monitor all petroleum engineeringtechnical studies projects, leading to detailed description ofreservoir dynamics, recovery processes, well completions andintegrated well reservoir and production facilities management andoptimisation, quantification of oil and gas resources, and estimationof exploitation risks.
· Provide leadership for petroleum engineering inputs into FieldDevelopment Planning.
· Identify need for, and supervise delivery of 3rd party studies (bycontractors) to ensure agreed specifications on quality, time, and costs are met.
· Act  as  lead  resource  person  on  petroleum  engineering related  evaluation  issues  and development projects requiring quick turn-around times (rapid deployment).
· Continually monitor industry technology trends to identify, test,and recommend cost efficient subsurface evaluation software andhardware; manage petroleum engineering technology deploymentwithin the Asset Management team.
· Lead technical defence of petroleum engineering basis forinvestment plans before internal and external stakeholders .
· Technical coach for all reservoir engineers and productiontechnologists,Members of the client Technical studies leadershipteam and act as Senior Manager technical studies as delegated.

Education Qualification:

· Minimum B.Sc. in Engineering or Applied sciences. M. Sc. will be an advantage
· Membership of relevant professional organisation(s) such as SPE is desirable but not necessarily a prerequisite.
· Seasoned technical professional with at least fifteen years of experience, and at a minimum of skill level in the area