Mud-logging Operations Manager at Smart Partners

Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced, young, dynamic, and proactive Mud logging Operations Manager, based in Port Harcourt, to oversee and drive operational success across all mud logging contracts.

Role Overview

• The Mud logging Operations Manager leads the execution, supervision, and continuous improvement of the company’s mud logging operations.
• The role ensures optimal performance across rigs, high-quality data delivery, safe execution, and excellent client satisfaction.
• This individual will manage field teams, maintain operational readiness, enforce quality standards, and act as the company’s operational face to IOC clients.
• This position requires a strategic yet hands-on leader with strong operational discipline, deep technical understanding, and the ability to uphold the company’s culture across distributed teams.

Key Responsibilities
Operational Management:

• Lead full-cycle operational oversight for all mudlogging projects.
• Manage mobilization, logistics, equipment deployment, and maintenance.
• Ensure operational readiness, procedural compliance, and accurate reporting standards.
• Monitor rig performance, sample workflows, gas detection accuracy, and real-time data quality.
• Conduct operational audits and drive continuous improvements across rigs.

Team Leadership & Performance:

• Supervise Mudloggers, Data Engineers, and wellsite teams.
• Build a performance-driven culture grounded in Stelog’s G.E.R.M.S values.
• Train, mentor, evaluate, and discipline field personnel as required.
• Promote teamwork, humility, safety-consciousness, and operational excellence.

Client Relationship Management:

• Serve as the primary operational representative to IOC clients.
• Attend daily operations meetings, WELL planning sessions, and after-action reviews.
• Address concerns swiftly, implement corrective actions, and maintain strong client trust.
• Communicate operational updates with clarity and professionalism.

Quality, Safety & Compliance:

• Enforce strict adherence to HSE, OEM standards, and industry guidelines.
• Ensure proper calibration, certification, and maintenance of all mudlogging equipment.
• Investigate incidents, near-misses, and data anomalies; implement preventive measures.
• Maintain documentation and compliance records for internal and client audits.

Strategic & Administrative Duties:

• Contribute operational insight to tendering, bidding, and contract renewal processes.
• Manage operational budgets, resource planning, and cost optimisations.
• Track operational KPIs and generate management-level performance reports.
• Support modernization initiatives, including equipment upgrades and process redesign.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• BSc in Geology, Petroleum Engineering, Earth Sciences, or similar discipline.
• Minimum of 8+ years of mudlogging, wellsite geology, or related drilling operations experience.
• Proven experience supervising multiple rigs or managing mudlogging crews.
• Strong technical expertise in drilling processes, formation evaluation, gas systems, and well control indicators.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and conflict management skills.
• A proactive, solution-oriented operator with strong integrity and emotional maturity.
• Ability to work under pressure, coordinate multiple moving parts, and maintain high standards.

Who We Are Looking For:

• An experienced yet young, sharp, and dynamic leader who:
• Thinks and acts proactively, not reactively.
• Takes responsibility instinctively and owns outcomes.
• Is firm, fair, and team-oriented.
• Demonstrates high character, discipline, humility, and professionalism.
• Aligns naturally with Stelog’s G.E.R.M.S culture.
• Can elevate both our people and our reputation with IOCs.