Wells Operations Manager at Wendernek Consulting Limited

Job Summary

• To lead, coordinate, and optimize all well-completion operations, ensuring technical excellence, operational efficiency, cost control, and safety compliance.
• The Completion Operations Manager is responsible for planning and executing the installation of downhole equipment, validating completion programs, managing vendors, leading multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring that work scopes are delivered within budget and timeline, within corporate goals and regulatory requirements.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and implement fit-for-purpose completion-related activities and programs based on client information.
• Work with the main contractor to ensure the proper selection of completion techniques based on information from the client.
• Align completion activities with drilling schedules, production forecasts, and asset development plans.
• Forecast resources, logistics, and equipment required for execution.
• Manage the end-to-end execution of well completions, including deployment of completion-related equipment.
• Provide technical input during critical operations filtration and wellbore cleaning, completion operations etc.
• Ensure all completion operations comply with local regulatory requirements, company standards, and international best practices (API, ISO, IADC).
• Maintain and review documentation, including programs, risk assessments, HAZOPs, and well files.
• Champion a strong HSE culture at all levels of the organization and activities.
• Conduct and supervise safety drills, toolbox talks, hazard identification, and job safety analysis (JSA).
• Ensure permit-to-work and isolation procedures are enforced rigorously.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Master’s degree or professional certifications in completions, project management, or HSE (e.g., PMP, IWCF, NEBOSH).
• 10+ years in Well Engineering, especially well completions, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or management role
• Demonstrated expertise in most types of completions and technologies
• Strong track record and history of working in an international service company.
• Advanced knowledge of completion systems.
• Understanding of reservoir-to-production interface
• Familiarity with engineering software (e.g., WellCat, WELLCAT, Prosper, OpenWells, WellView).