Latest Job Opportunities at Weatherford Nigeria – Port Harcourt, Rivers

Weatherford is one of the largest multinational oilfield service companies providing innovative solutions, technology and services to the oil and gas industry. The Company operates in over 90 countries and has a network of approximately 800 locations, including manufacturing, service, research and development, and training facilities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

 

Job Title: WS Field Engineer I

Location:
 Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family: Field operations

Job Purpose

  • To be involved with onshore preparation and installation of Well Services equipment.
  • Check equipment on location and maintain associated paperwork in-line with Weatherford and the Client Company polices procedures and systems, statutory regulations and good industry practice.
  • The Field Engineer is responsible for following all operational and procedural activities within his remit. The role is measured by the accurate fulfilment of job specific processes as well as the safe and efficient utilisation of Weatherford equipment.
  • Liaise on location with the Operator / Client. Ensure that the daily report to town is sent and complete the sequence of events. To ensure that all job associated paperwork is handed in a timely manner including updating equipment asset folders.
  • Working in workshop preparing and redressing Well Services related equipment prior to and after installations.

Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

  • University Degree in Engineering
  • Minimum of 1 year’s experience
  • Knowledge of rig systems and drilling/completion/production operations
  • Computer-literacy.
  • The ability to work in a team environment and exercise initiative to resolve potential problems.


How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Technical Manager

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family: Operations management

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Coordinate day to day field and shop operations
  • Work with the WS manager to ensure all field job requirements are met
  • Training field personnel when required
  • Coordinate repair & maintenance schedules to ensure ‘on-time’ delivery to clients
  • Involve in inventory and assets
  • Involve in shipping/logistics
  • Coordinate manufacturing and shipping of the same, both regionally and internationally
  • Coordinate invoicing, delivery tickets and all other paper work associated with invoicing the client(s)
  • Mentor applications engineer, field personnel and help the client in job procedures, technical clarifications, BHA drawings and when required quoting commercial proposals.
  • Coordinate with the BU managers across the region to ensure delivery and expectations are met on time

Qualifications
Skills & Knowledge:

Essential:

  • Minimum 20 years experience in WS business and Oil and Gas industry
  • Capable of speaking, reading and writing in fluent English
  • Polite, hardworking, meticulous in figures and details, helpful and cooperation in areas of work, willing to take additional duties when assigned and well accepted among fellow colleagues
  • Willingness to learn new skills

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: ALS Application Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family: Operations Management

Job Description

  • Technical and Customer Focus
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of Artificial Lift software and products and the field applications
  • Perform simulations and designs for Foresite, Jet Pump, ESP and Gas Lift to ensure product and services suitability
  • Respond to technical and commercial enquiries from customers
  • Support inside sales operations by creating quotes in line with the Product Line pricing strategy and maintain project documentation traceability
  • Review and support tenders for Product Line scope
  • In complex installations or when required, conduct site surveys, FAT, SIT, installation, and commissioning on site or professional flow labs
  • Follow up on installed systems and perform basic analysis on gathered application data
  • Travel as needed to support product sales, field installations and any troubleshooting requirements

Qualifications
Educational Background:

  • Engineering Degree required
  • Process/Production, Chemical, or Instrumentation & Controls Engineering degree desired

Knowledge & Experience:

  • 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in oilfield software application including land, topsides or subsea systems in technical capacity in relation to Artificial Lift systems
  • Strong knowledge of oil & gas process and production systems (offshore and onshore) – subsea production systems is an advantage
  • Healthy understanding of instrumentation and various physics based working principles deployed in oil & gas process and production industry
  • Demonstrate understanding of technical specifications from an OEM perspective for process instrumentation
  • Demonstrate understanding of customer needs and develop solutions
  • Must be comfortable to work in a range of service-based clients and Weatherford locations
  • Have a clear service quality and flawless execution focus
  • Carry respect and equal treatment for differences in cultures, gender, race and religions towards colleagues and customers alike.

Required Skills:

  • Self-Motivated and growth-driven as a part of a strong team
  • Strong communications skills – oral and written
  • Resilience, self-reflection and adaptiveness to change within the scope of work is key
  • Excellent verbal and written English skills, with secondary European language skills advantageous
  • Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Adapt to changing and challenging work load/environment –  onshore, offshore, research labs and test rigs.
  • Good user level knowledge of Office 365 applications – Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

How to Apply
Interested and quaified candidates should:
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Job Title: Operations Manager – Tubular Running Services

Location:
 Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family: Operations management

Job Purpose

  • Manage the daily operational activities of the Unit’s core products and services.
  • Accountable for managing the day-to-day operations of a geographical district, including multiple bases. A district typically has a headcount between 50 and 250 and revenues between 50m and 150
  • Has responsibility for managing service delivery, operating results and personnel, business development, sales and functions such as accounting, purchasing, manufacturing, health & safety, and human resources. A district is country or part of a country where the operations report to a single district manager, and where business units and shared services typically also have a reporting line, but where direction and support comes from the country management team.

Qualifications

  • University Degree
  • Mechanical / Engineering background
  • Offshore / Authorities working experience
  • Oil & Gas Industry linked to Intervention Services – Rentals / Running Casing, etc.
  • Management / supervisory experience gained in a similar working environment
  • Training Skills
  • Knowledge of relavant industry practices
  • Computer literate
  • Recognized Management Qualification, technical qualification.
  • 5 Years in supervisory position.
  • Wrtten and Oral English mandatory
  • Self motivated
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Physically fit for Offshore


How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: ISDT Field Engineer I

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family: Field Operations

Duties & Responsibilities

  • To be involved with onshore preparation and installation of Fishing equipment.
  • Check equipment on location and maintain associated paperwork in-line with Weatherford and the Client Company polices procedures and systems, statutory regulations and good industry practice.
  • The Field Engineer is responsible for following all operational and procedural activities within his remit. The role is measured by the accurate fulfilment of job specific processes as well as the safe and efficient utilisation of Weatherford equipment.
  • Liaise on location with the Operator / Client. Ensure that the daily report to town is sent and complete the sequence of events. To ensure that all job associated paperwork is handed in a timely manner including updating equipment asset folders.
  • Working in workshop preparing and redressing Fishing related equipment prior to and after installations.

Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

  • University Degree in Engineering
  • Minimum of 1 year’s experience
  • Knowledge of rig systems and drilling/completion/production operations
  • Computer-literacy.
  • The ability to work in a team environment and exercise initiative to resolve potential problems.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Operations Supervisor III

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family: Operations Management

Job Description

  • Organize equipment, shop personnel and Fishing Supervisors to meet ongoing and upcoming Fishing and Re-entry requirements.
  • Available on a 24-hour call basis while on rotation to respond to customer needs.
  • Works closely with Operations Manager and customers to determine equipment requirements for upcoming jobs.
  • Supervision, coaching/ mentoring of all FRE staff in conjunction with the Operations Manager.
  • Build and maintain (Asset History Folders) client specific fishing equipment binders.
  • Liaise with drilling and completions teams to review the drilling plans and recommend fishing and re-entry designs for steady state and critical drilling and completions operations.
  • Participate in well meetings regarding hazard and risk identification
  • As required, perform and / or arrange for rig visits to perform audits of Rig Contractor FRE tool compliance and procedures
  • Provide the customers with a single point of contact for Weatherford technology and service requirements and queries as it pertains to FRE in Ghana.
  • Maintain high levels of service quality by implementation of Weatherford SSA and Global Operation systems and procedures.
  • Monitor the department expenses and are within the budgetary allowance.
  • Organize personnel days off and vacation schedules to ensure proper personnel coverage.
  • Work with the Operations Manager to organize global support personnel as required for specialty jobs.
  • Ensure that all field personnel maintain current industry training certificates (BST, H2S, Driver, First Aid, etc.)
  • Organize personnel training to ensure competency to Weatherford’s global standard (OEPS and Competency levels)
  • Enforce Weatherford QHSE.
  • Perform personnel performance evaluation (semi-annually) Personnel disciplinary responsibility.
  • Supervise processing of field tickets to ensure a timely submission and accuracy.
  • Ensure all FRE jobs are correctly uploaded and approved on WPTS.
  • Maintaining an adequate and efficient level of inventory items appropriate to the level of activity
  • Ensure that sufficient quantities of equipment and spares are available, identified, serviced and functional
  • Assist with the assembly/servicing of all responsible products should the need arise
  • Maintain a level of cleanliness and tidiness in the office, shop and yard to promote a positive corporate image and to provide an acceptable workplace for employees

Inventory Management:

  • Working with the Supply Chain Manager, minimize inventory levels and carrying cost by setting realistic and optimum inventory level to manage high demand and low utilisation items based on contractual requirements.
  • Where quantity (+/-) discrepancies is identified during either Cycle or Physical stock counts, ensure that you provide the required assistance during the final Route Cause analysis regarding such discrepancies as well as ensure that said findings are reported.
  • Review internal paperwork for all region inventory movements to ensure that they are 100% accurate as well as completed in real time.
  • Ensure that all inventory control processes are followed in order to reduce inventory stocks and control order quantity of slowing moving items used to appear in ageing inventory list.
  • Compile information and prepare reports of inventory balance, prices, and shortages.
  • Ensure that you have completed all Business Intelligence Systems (BI) training programs http://navigator/analytics

Asset Management – Coordination:

  • Generate improved level of coordination throughout the Region for higher asset utilization.
  • Ensure that all standard business processes enabling consistent application of QHSE standards, leading to a reduced commercial exposure are both implemented and adhered to at all times.
  • Recommend measurers to improve methods, performance, and quality of product or service, andsuggest changes in working conditions to increase efficiency and life span of all FRE Assets.
  • Analyse and resolve work problems, or assist employees in solving work problems.
  • Monitor CAPEX consumption and assist regional BUM’s on CAPEX management.
  • Ensure that all Asset policies and procedures are implemented and adhered to at all times for all FRE asset rentals as well as transfer.
  • Conduct review of asset in repair, ensuring out of service assets are repaired and reclassified within established time frame and put back in service as quickly and efficiently as possible, and all Inventory redress items are always requested in line with company Asset & Inventory processes and procedures.
  • Responsible for the in country FRE ASSET counts, ensuring that we achieve over a 95% ACCURACY through correct daily management and labelling of all FRE Assets.
  • Ensure that you have completed all Weatherford Business Asset Management System (WBAMS) training programs http://515wbams/wbams

Qualifications
Skills & Knowledge
Essential:

  • QHSE procedural knowledge.
  • Competent management skills.
  • Good employee interpersonal skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Basic knowledge of relevant computer software.
  • Ability to work on own initiative with good communication skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Mechanical aptitude

Preferred:

  • Experience in the running of Down Hole Fishing and Intervention tools.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of drilling and work-over operations.
  • Knowledge of Plug & Abandonment operations.
  • Specific knowledge of tools and equipment to be used in Open and Cased Hole Fishing operations,
  • Side tracking equipment and techniques.

Special Requirements
Essential:

  • A self-motivated individual with the ability to work unsupervised with a strong emphasis on team work.
  • Resilient, able to cope in a difficult and harsh working environment
  • Being Proactive
  • The ability to communicate with peers and supervisors
  • Ability to work in a highly safety sensitive environment and complying with both Company and Client safety standards

Preferred:

  • Willingness to learn new skills

How to Apply
Interested and quaified candidates should:
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Job Title: Completions Field Engineer I

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Family: Field Operations

Job Purpose

  • To be involved with onshore preparation and installation of Completion equipment.
  • Check equipment on location and maintain associated paperwork in-line with Weatherford and the Client Company polices procedures and systems, statutory regulations and good industry practice.
  • The Field Engineer is responsible for following all operational and procedural activities within his remit.
  • The role is measured by the accurate fulfilment of job specific processes as well as the safe and efficient utilisation of Weatherford equipment.
  • Liaise on location with the Operator / Client. Ensure that the daily report to town is sent and complete the sequence of events. To ensure that all job associated paperwork is handed in a timely manner including updating equipment asset folders.
  • Working in workshop preparing and redressing Completion related equipment prior to and after installations.

Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

  • University Degree in Engineering
  • Minimum of 1 year experience
  • Knowledge of rig systems and drilling/completion/production operations
  • Computer-literacy.
  • The ability to work in a team environment and exercise initiative to resolve potential problems.


How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online