SSG Drilling are currently working with an International E&P Operator sourcing for an experienced HSE Supervisor to support a project in East Africa. 

Single in-country point of HSE accountability for enabling and assuring that all Well Delivery Wellsite activities in country are conducted safely and responsibly and in accordance with the company HSE Excellence Approach, industry good practice, and the law. The purpose of this and all Well Delivery roles is to Safely Deliver Quality wells and to personally contribute to in country skills transfer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Steward a healthy safety culture that demonstrates consistent operational excellence and conduct regular culture surveys
• Deliver effective support, advice, and resources to Wellsite teams and Functional groups
• Act as the Contract HSE Supervisor challenging and empowering service providers to independently deliver Operational Excellence and continual improvement
• Implement processes and systems that identify HSE risks, including Process Safety/Well Control, and verify mitigation to ALARP
• Own, enable implementation, and continually improve/streamline HSE elements of the Well Delivery Management System
• Oversee and assure the Service Providers safe and effective delivery of its Wellsite Control of Work systems 
• Assures that personnel are knowledgeable of Emergency Response plans and that plans are regularly tested
• Act as HSE Assurance Lead delivering the Wellsite HSE Assurance Plan to drive continual performance improvement 
• Confirm that incidents are reported and thoroughly investigated according to procedures and facilitate investigations as RCA expert
• Monitor changes in legislation and industry good practices owning the Wellsite aspects of the campaign wide compliance register and facilitating implementation of compliance controls
• Verify that training and competency requirements are met for all Wellsite personnel 
• Support in country personnel in their achievement of their personal development plans and in turn company’s nationalization targets
• Liaise regularly with leadership and the workforce to solicit HSE team performance delivery feedback
• Own the Wellsite aspects of the campaign wide Corrective Action Register and facilitate tracking till closure of all actions (e.g., Incidents, Audits, NCRs)
• Collate and deliver the Wellsite aspects of the campaign wide HSE Performance reports creating early awareness of HSE issues and improvement plans 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS 

• Minimum 7 years of oil and gas HSE experience within a drilling contractor or upstream operator in remote locations 
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent required
• Valid Well Control Certificate
• Bachelors or more advanced degree in engineering, science or EHS discipline highly valued

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• High personal integrity and emotional intelligence
• Exemplar and promotor of HSE values with a passion and commitment to high HSE  standards
• Ability to influence and challenge effectively at all levels with an open and constructive style
• Proven ability to performance manage personnel including development and nationalization
• In-depth understanding of multinational work forces, and the ability to observe/manage human factors
• Expert incident investigator including implementation of RCA, Human Factors, and Just Culture concepts and tools
• Resilient under pressure and adaptable in fast changing environments remaining positive, and cheerful during adversity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Management system design, implementation and continual improvement in accordance with recognized international standards 
• Expertise in remote Wellsites operations HSE hazards/risks including Process Safety and control measures and well networked to source and apply best practices 
• Project management including organisational and management system change
• Independent problem solver who regularly demonstrates inception and results through a pragmatic approach 
• Must be fluent in English and proficiency in Portuguese is highly valued 
• Able to lead HSE activities and personnel in multiple locations with minimal supervision

SSG Drilling are currently working with a E&P Operator based in the Aberdeen, resourcing for a Completions Supervisor. 

Role Overview 

• Directs and manages the activities of contractors and service providers during offshore completion, intervention and workover operations and ensures programmes are executed safely and efficiently, in full compliance with corporate policies, standards, procedures and guidelines and relevant regulatory requirements
• Acts as the focal point for day-to-day communication and reporting between the offshore site and onshore operations teams.  Ensures all reporting requirements are met in relation to daily operations, Well Examination Scheme, etc
• Takes a lead role in technical/operational problem-solving and decision-making processes, identifies changes to programmes, risk assesses changes and obtains change approvals, etc 
• Monitors contractor activities, materials movements, etc. and ensures contractors and service providers meet performance expectation/deliver on KPIs relating to e.g. HSE, cost effective use of services and equipment offshore  
• Attends rig/platform management meetings to ensure appropriate representation in relation to completion, intervention and workover activities 
• Responsible for the capture of lessons learned and appropriate close out of issues, liaising with contractor and onshore teams as appropriate
• Demonstrates HSE leadership at all times, actively supports rig/installation safety programmes, supports HSE inspections/visits, etc
• Ensures offshore and onshore teams inter-face effectively
• Contributes to End of Well Drilling and Completion Reports
• Provides technical support to offshore management during offshore emergencies/training activities in relation to cased hole well control incidents
• The job holder is expected to be flexible and undertake additional duties commensurate with the overall responsibilities of the job, and that are within their competence, when required

If you are interested please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact drilling@ssg.group   

SSG Drilling are currently working with a E&P Operator based in the Aberdeen, resourcing for a Wellsite Drilling Engineer. 

Role Overview 

• Provide well site rig engineering support, lead performance improvement initiatives and assist the DSV in all aspects of operations planning and execution. 
• Liaise with the onshore engineering and communicate recommendations to the DSV to ensure all well site activities are carried out in a safe and efficient manner.
• Focal point on the rig for driving performance through analysis of NPT,  and FLAT TIME data and recommend equipment or procedural improvements.
• Primary role in operational preparations, supporting the continuous improvement agenda and preventing NPT. 
• Provides the opportunity to build the necessary competencies for a future role as an offshore Drilling Supervisor or onshore Drilling Engineer.

If you are interested please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact drilling@ssg.group 

Subsurface Global is currently recruiting for a Digital Innovation Lead on behalf of our client, a UK based E&P company.

This is a permanent, full-time staff role. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Role Purpose:

To support the development of a robust and effective digital innovation group and work programme that delivers innovative solutions to drive improvements in productivity, streamline business processes and support the company's business strategy and longer-term vision.

Responsibilities: 

• Align innovative solutions with the company's business strategy and longer-term vision.
• Work within the remit and scope of the company's Digital Innovation Charter.
• Assist in the design, modelling and evaluation of innovation solutions as assessed and ranked by the Digital Innovation Steering Committee (DISC).
• Participate in Steering Group Meetings and deputise for the Digital Innovation Manager.
• Work with technical disciplines to transform ideas into Proof of Concepts (PoC) and trials for assessment.
• Use an agile/sprint methodology to create working models and minimum viable products (MVP).
• Work with specialist third party suppliers, universities and consultants to progress ideas to PoC/MVP.
• Maintain the portfolio of opportunities in the innovation hopper including their ranking and assessment.
• Provide regular reporting via a dashboard on the maturity of opportunities and their throughput.
• Effectively present progress on innovations to individuals, teams and senior management.
• Research relevant technologies to develop a wider perspective of the opportunities available.
• Work effectively with IT, Information Management and Data Management teams to deliver PoC’s.
• Mature prototypes and MVP’s for handover to IT to ‘operationalise’ and ‘productise’ approved innovations.
• Attend relevant conferences and events to help assess new digital technologies and methodologies and gather intelligence on similar activities by peers.
• Develop and inspire others to high-performance digital behaviours.
• Assist in the development of an innovation culture through written communications, presentations and workshops.
• Business Analysis including stakeholder management, requirements gathering, AS-IS, TO-BE, Business Process mapping, UML techniques, Use cases, Value Stream Mapping.
• Assist in ideation workshops to collect user ideas for inclusion in the innovation hopper.
• Assist in building a training portfolio of digital content for upskilling of employees.

If you are interested in this position, please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact Chris Morrison for more information: c.morrison@subsurfaceglobal.com 

Subsurface Global is currently recruiting for a Petrotechnical Data Analyst on behalf of our client, a UK based E&P company.

This is a permanent, full-time staff role. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Role Purpose:

The primary function of the Petrotechnical Data Analyst role is to further develop and utilise intermediate level skills and awareness aimed at providing the company's technical teams with access to high quality data, information and support and to ensure petrotechnical data, supporting processes and systems meet the company's governance criteria as defined by the Data & Analytics Manager and Lead Petrotechnical Data Analyst.

Responsibilities:

• Provide proactive foundation and intermediate level support to the users of petrotechnical data and applications and shadow experienced Data Management (DM) personnel when they provide advanced level support.
• Work collaboratively with the Lead Petrotechnical Data Analyst to ensure support requests are screened, prioritised and resolved efficiently.
• Liaise with the Data Integration Specialist and Lead Petrotechnical Data Analyst to ensure the efficiency of petrotechnical application infrastructure and automated data flow processes.
• Keep up to date with developments in petrotechnical DM, well and seismic data acquisition and processing and assist in the planning and deployment of technical applications, systems and software upgrades.
• Automate or batch process simple tasks using coding and data integration utilities.
• Monitor petrotechnical application usage and promote further use of those applications across the business.

Petrotechnical Data Lifecycle Management

• Process the receipt and transmittal of petrotechnical data (primarily well and seismic related) to and from the organisation with the assistance of the wider business as required.
• Participate in the cataloguing of petrotechnical data in accordance with DM governance.
• Load petrotechnical data to corporate repositories and a variety of applications.
• Distribute petrotechnical data by assisting with the transformation of data to different formats and transposition of datasets between technical applications and corporate data stores.
• Assist with cataloguing, synchronisation and publishing of user generated petrotechnical data.

• Adhere to the company's DM governance as applied to petrotechnical data.
• Produce detailed work instructions for the management and handling of petrotechnical data for review by the Lead Petrotechnical Data Analyst and Data & Analytics Manager and provide feedback to enhance DM governance.
• Identify and remedy simple and complex petrotechnical data errors with a focus on seismic surveys and wells.
• Assist experienced DM personnel with internal geodetic QC and liaise with 3rd parties as required.

• Understand and adhere to data confidentiality and rights management while handling petrotechnical data.
• Review and report problems with the security of corporate data stores to the Lead Petrotechnical Data Analyst, ensure that data added to these stores is secured in accordance with DM governance.
• Assist with the setup and support of datarooms and other external visits with a focus on ensuring data security and integrity throughout.

• Ensure that petrotechnical data loaded to corporate stores is populated with correct metadata and where necessary, appropriately tagged.
• Proactively find and correct issues with petrotechnical data corporate stores and applications.

If you are interested in this position, please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact Freya Jackson for more information: f.jackson@subsurfaceglobal.com 

Subsurface Global is currently recruiting for a Data Integration Specialist on behalf of our client, a UK based E&P company.

This is a permanent, full-time staff role. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Role Purpose:

• The primary function of the Data Integration Specialist role is to act as a focal point for the automation and smooth operation of GIS and petrotechnical data flow and validation within the company, using a combination of petrotechnical, GIS, business intelligence and analytical skills.

Responsibilities:

• Provide foundation, intermediate and expert level support to GIS and petrotechnical data and application users as required.
• Work collaboratively with the Lead DM analysts to ensure support requests are screened, prioritised and resolved efficiently.
• Proactively work to ensure the efficiency of GIS and petrotechnical application backend infrastructure and automated data flow processes based on recommendations from the Lead DM analysts and Data & Analytics Manager.
• Participate in regular reporting and communication with the Data & Analytics Manager to ensure clarity in targets and resolution of issues.
• Proactively research developments in data integration, business intelligence and analytics to assist in the planning, provision and deployment of technical applications, systems and software upgrades.
• In consultation with the Data & Analytics Manager and Lead DM analysts ensure effective project documentation is completed and communicated.
• Lead the automation or batch processing of simple and complex tasks using coding and data integration utilities.

• Develop and maintain systems to enable the accurate cataloguing of GIS and petrotechnical data in accordance with DM governance.
• Enable DM analysts to distribute GIS and petrotechnical data by assisting in the transformation of data to different formats, transposition of datasets between desktop applications and corporate data stores and georeferencing.

• Produce detailed work instructions for automated and batch processing methods used for GIS and petrotechnical data for review by the Data & Analytics Manager and provide feedback to enhance DM governance.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of procedures, standards and policies within the DM governance framework.
• Develop automated and manual verification methods to ensure that data loaded to corporate stores is populated with correct metadata and where necessary, appropriately tagged.
• Provide regular quantitative reporting to the Data & Analytics Manager on the current status of GIS and petrotechnical data quality.
• Identify and report to the DM analysts simple and complex data errors to enable them to be remedied.

If you are interested in this position, please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact Freya Jackson for more information: f.jackson@subsurfaceglobal.com 

Role Purpose:

Discipline Head & Group Technical Authority for all Conceptual Development activities, pertaining to the successful delivery of the Group’s strategic capital projects portfolio consisting of over 100 Major projects. Reports to the Group Head of Function for Project Management.

Supports the development and rolling out approximately 50 Group Standards and Procedures covering Project Management and related disciplines.

Responsible for developing the Project Management community, Construction Management, Commissioning etc. of approximately 500 staff. Driving the review and implementation of improvement actions such as new contracting and execution strategies across the Group Companies.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the Conceptual Development discipline, providing direction and advice to all Group Companies on Conceptual Development, enables the establishment of world class Conceptual Development capabilities & practices across the group.
• Develops & maintains Group standards, guidelines & best practices on Conceptual Development, custodian of the Conceptual Development competency assessment & management framework.
• From project initiation to VAP Stage Gate 2 (Predefine) ensures that Group and company hydrocarbon maturation delivery according to plan, ensures robust reservoir depletion strategies and hydrocarbon maturation plans are in place for all assets.
• Ensures quality of the technical assurance of the project, including capex, reserves and milestone forecasting, and obtaining technical approval for investment proposals.
• Assesses areas of the project that require active steer from Operations and Project Assurance.
• Ensures that subsurface and facilities staff solicit input from the discipline heads and technical experts as required.
• Assesses and delivers the joint venture technical influencing strategy by contributing to and ownership of relevant areas of the development.
• Influencing both Operators and the Joint Venture in order to deliver outcomes that are consistent with objectives.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of the Project Management Knowledge community across the Group Companies.
• Leads conceptual design for strategic and key projects as required by the businesses.
• Responsible for the mentoring and coaching within the Discipline.

This position is a permanent role, based full-time in the United Arab Emirates.

If you are interested in this position, please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact Freya Jackson for more information: f.jackson@subsurfaceglobal.com 

Subsurface Global is currently recruiting for a Geoscience Technical Assistant on behalf of our client, a UK based E&P company.

This is a permanent, full-time staff role. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Role Purpose:

• To provide Geoscience teams with technical assistance across a range of activities to support the cost effective and timely delivery of business objectives.

Responsibilities:

General Support Duties

• To provide proactive support duties for the Exploration department.

Data Management

• Aid technical asset teams with map management.
• Coordinate incoming and outgoing data with IM & DM.
• Work at a detailed level to populate and maintain the exploration platform database (dbMap, PLDB, Play Fairway folder structure).
• Transfer/load data from corporate repositories to project-based interpretation systems.

Exploration & New Ventures

• Provide general support to all the assets.
• Assist with the import/export of interpretation data.
• Draft well correlation panels, Block diagrams, montages,…
• Act as a point of contact for correspondence with external contractors.
• Provide support during bid rounds preparation and data gathering
• Literature review of public domain data and preparation of initial prospectivity assessments at regional and sub-regional scales.
• Compile and maintain up to date maps of well failure analysis.
• New acreage report compilation; synthesising existing internal and external data.
• Photograph and cataloguing field samples and adding them to GIS projects.
• Aiding with data/service purchase requests.
• Carry out any other associated duties assigned by senior management.
• Monitor and provide quick summaries of competitor activities on relevant areas.

If you are interested in this position, please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact Freya Jackson for more information: f.jackson@subsurfaceglobal.com 

SSG Drilling are currently working with an International E&P Operator resourcing for an experienced Senior Completions Engineer to be based in London.

Role Overview 

The Senior Completion Engineer provides all the detailed completion design, engineering and planning support for onshore gas producer, oil producer and water disposal wells in to facilitate the delivery of high-quality fit for purpose wells.

• Ensures all wells and completion & workover operations are appropriately designed to meet company’s policy requirements in terms of Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) and Well Engineering Standards.
• Responsible for detailed completion design including preparation of the Basis for Well Design for multiple completion types
• Preparation of detailed completion and workover operational programs that adhere to company’s policies and management system
• Responsible for the preparation of detailed AFE’s for completion and workover operations based on a P1 time and cost simulation
• Liaise with Completion Operations Engineer in the field to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of high quality fit for purpose wells
• Liaise closely with Drilling Engineers, Fluids Advisor, Asset Teams and Well Services to ensure well designs and operational procedures are fit for purposes meting the expectations of multiple stakeholders
• 12 month contract 

If you are interested in this position please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact drilling@ssg.group 

SSG Drilling are currently working with an International E&P Operator resourcing for an experienced Civil Engineering Superintendent for a long term project in East Africa.

Role Overview 

Deliver in country management and supervision on all field civil construction activities, ensuring that all field activities are constructed in an efficient, technically competent, safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible manner. Manage the in country Civil Engineering team and relay feedback to Management. 

• Ensure Civil Engineering Projects are completed and are fully compliant with company policies, procedures and legal requirements,
  particularly safety and ensuring safe systems of work
• Coordinate Civil Supervisors and HSE Supervisors on Well Delivery work sites in country as directed by Civil Engineering Manager
• Liaise with the Regulatory bodies, including HSE, review and make recommendations on health, safety and environmental
  regulations and strategies to ensure compliance
• Provide progress reports as required to business and functional management teams
• Project planning and scheduling
• Monitor cost control activities and implementation of corrective actions as needed to achieve the established Project objectives

If you are interested in this position, please click the "I'm Interested" button on this page and contact drilling@ssg.group