Current Job Opportunities at SEPLAT Petroleum Production Company

Job description

•     Provide leadership and direction to the companywide production technologist community.
•     Mentor, and provide guidance for career and skill development for the production technology staff; and ensure best disciple practices are followed across the organization
•     Provide functional oversight of discipline processes, standard and procedures across the organization. Ensuring consistency with the company’s strategy and adherence to petroleum engineering best practices.
•     Ensuring workflow between production technologists and other technical groups is effective and efficient
•     Co-ordinate, lead, disseminate and communicate key geo-scientific developments derived both from internal and external research programs
•     Develop technical and leadership skills in all team members, providing regular, constructive feedback and coaching and ensuring that succession plans & career development plans are in place & current.
•     Participate in special technical projects: peer reviews, audits, technical reviews, troubleshooting, asset acquisition, etc.
•     Assist with creation of realistic and well-justified annual budget requests and track budget activities.
•     Set corporate standards for the discipline community to provide a basis for assuring the quality of deliverables.
•     Support production and project during the handover and start up phases.

Desired Skills and Experience

• BSc. Geology, with 15-20 years’ experience.
• Candidates with a sound postgraduate degree with 14 years’ experience may be considered.
• Solid knowledge of Niger Delta geology is required.

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Job description

•     The primary role of the Chief Production Seismologist is to technically lead and oversee all aspects of exploration programs. This includes leading a multidisciplinary group that includes the generative group and the regional technical specialists. Assist the exploration projects teams resulting in discovery of economically viable deposits that will have a significant impact on the Company’s earnings and growth.
•     Leading a focused team on identification of additional prospective terrains for giant deposits by developing exploration models and target generation. Identification and proposal of “New Frontiers” generative opportunities. 
•     Mentor, and provide guidance for career and skill development for the production geology seismology staff; and ensure best disciple practices are followed across the organization
•     Provide functional oversight of discipline processes, standard and procedures across the organization. Ensuring consistency with the company’s strategy and adherence to petroleum engineering best practices.
•     Ensuring workflow between production seismologist and other technical groups is effective and efficient
•     Establish and maintain an appropriate portfolio of projects, regularly reviewing projects in field, ensuring decision points are developed & maintained, and project deadlines & budgets are met. Define clear and achievable objectives and ensuring all projects are consistent with the Company’s strategic needs.
•     Co-ordinate, lead, disseminate and communicate key geo-scientific developments derived both from internal and external research programs and manage exploration links with research projects and education establishments.
•     Develop technical and leadership skills in all team members, providing regular, constructive feedback and coaching and ensuring that succession plans & career development plans are in place & current.
•     Participate in special technical projects: peer reviews, audits, technical reviews, troubleshooting, asset acquisition, etc.
•     Set corporate standards for the discipline community to provide a basis for assuring the quality of deliverables.
•     Assist with creation of realistic and well-justified annual budget requests and track budget activities

Desired Skills and Experience

• BSc. Geology, with 15-20 years’ experience.
• Candidates with a sound postgraduate degree with 14 years’ experience may be considered.
• Solid knowledge of Niger Delta geology is required.