Senior Supervisor (Operations / Maintenance / Contract Engineering Services) at Western Development Company Limited (WDCL)

Roles and Responsibilities
The Senior Supervisor will be responsible for the following:

• Lead a team of operators to execute routine and non-routine production tasks in a live oil and gas plant.
• Facilitate daily start-of-shift communications and handovers.
• Supervise daily monitoring and logging of process parameters, and lead first-line maintenance of critical equipment.
• Support emergency response management as per delegated roles.
• Ensure performance assurance and proactive health checks on critical equipment as per approved routines.
• Access and interpret Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID); Cause and Effects Matrix (C&E); Process Flow Scheme (PFS); Functional Logic Diagram (FLD); Instrument Loop Drawings (ILD), and Process Engineering Flow Scheme (PEFS) to support safe execution of activities.
• Collaborate with service contractors to ensure safe delivery of vendor-based/specialist maintenance activities.
• Promote site safety through continuous hazard identification, mitigation, and close-out.
• Provide on-the-job coaching to transfer necessary technical skills to other technicians.
• Prepare daily production reports for DPR.
• Issue permits as per SPDC PTW procedure.
• Monitor, control, and document production rates and performance.
• Oversee start-up operations for wells and facilities (hot and cold start).
• Participate in console review meetings, daily notifications, and YTT review meetings.
• Prepare equipment for maintenance interventions, including plant isolation.
• Work with other disciplines to execute planned activities.
• Ready wells and facilities/equipment for (re)commencement of production/processing.
• Perform monthly well tests and sampling of producing wells.
• Conduct periodic well integrity assurance tasks and activities.
• Supervise equipment preparation for maintenance, including isolation, draining, steaming, and other required procedures.
• Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure continuous asset integrity.
• Undertake additional assignments for continuous improvements as necessary.

Work Cycle:

• The work location is a land production facility (Gbaran Ubie integrated Gas plant), accessible by land and air.
• The job schedule is daily on a 12-hour shift (7 am to 7 pm) over a 21-day period.
• The work is based in Port Harcourt, with occasional training or assignments at Shell IA PHC or other PHC locations as needed.
• A standard 3 weeks on and 3 weeks off schedule is followed.
• The successful candidate will manage absences with their contractor to ensure qualified cover.
• Personnel may need to work extended hours as necessary.

Requirements

• A higher qualification (HND/Bachelors) in any science or engineering discipline.
• Age:
• Minimum of 12 years working as a field operations/Maintenance support, technician or permit coordinator in an oil and gas producing field location.
• Work experience in GBARAN-UBIE or any SPDC location would be an added advantage.

Skills:

• Experience in the operation of field instrumentation, process, and safety-critical shutdown valves.
• Knowledgeable in the utilization and navigation of distributed control systems (Delta-V DCS) and SIS (HIMA) systems.
• Experience in managing process isolations to support maintenance activities.
• Experience in utilizing process engineering flow schemes (PEFS) and process drawings.
• Knowledgeable in well integrity management requirements (installation, fault analysis, and function testing of various components and seals).
• Experience in managing Permit-to-Work systems.
• Basic knowledge of the PI System.
• Experience in oil & gas wellhead operations and troubleshooting.
• Good understanding of the working principles of field instrumentation and process automation systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Soft Skills (Added advantage):

• Strong communication and interpersonal relationship skills.
• Proficiency in onsite risk management.
• Proficient in MS Tools and SAP.
• Self-motivated and performs under minimal supervision.