The Subsea Well Superintendent ensures full compliance with COMPANY's policies, standards, code of conduct, and HSE requirements while providing operational leadership across subsea activities.
The role provides technical support to the onshore subsea/completion service base team and SPS contractors (OneSubsea, TechnipFMC, Exprotech, Diamould, Fugro-impROV, Halliburton, OAL) and validates subsea and workover operations to ensure well delivery objectives are met.
- Drive personal and team compliance with HSE rules, company standards, and ethical requirements.
- Provide supervisory oversight to the offshore subsea supervisors, while supporting the Drilling / Rig Superintendents to ensure safe and efficient operations and wells delivery.
- Supervise up to 15 service contractor personnel per operation ( up to 4 x offshore subsea supervisors are direct reports).
- Support delivery of 8 - 10 deepwater wells annually through effective planning and offshore coordination.
- Work collaboratively with HSE, FOPS, HQ, C&P, finance, logistics, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless operational execution.
- Demonstrates personal commitment to COMPANY's EP's HSE Policy.
- Maintains awareness of and ensures compliance with all relevant Statutory and Company HSE standards.
- Actively participates in Company safety awareness/initiative schemes and audits to ensure the contractors under his/her responsibility are compliant.
- S/He is part of the on-site management emergency response team and provides technical knowledge
- Ensures and verifies that a valid PTW has been compiled and put in place for each operational task, with all associated risks captured.
- Ensures continuous reporting of safety and environmental concerns/incidents within his/her team.
- Is certified (IWCF) and contributes to the prevention of COMPANY's biggest industrial risk (Loss of well control/ well blow out)
- Acts as the Focal point for Safety, technical and operational/maintenance for all subsea activities (including but not limited to SERS/WERP & BOCP procedure updates) at ONSHORE OFFICE LOCATION.
- Focal point for all offshore operations and provide support to Onne Subsea Superintendent and completion Engineer for onshore preparatory aspects that impact upon readiness, maintenance, and mobilization of personnel/equipment to the rig, OIMR & LWI vessels (based on up-to-date operational schedules).
- Facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Risk Assessments (RA) for activities and ensure that supervisors promptly investigate and provide incident reports.
- Submit and file A3 reports / Non-conformance reports / close out reports for RCAs and operational RAs. The role will also ensure that necessary actions are taken to prevent reoccurrence.
- Facilitate post-operational debrief sessions and log lessons learned arising from operational activities for continually improving performance (i.e., minimize NPT, reinforce best practices etc.).
- Participate in engineering scopes for well construction activities i.e., maintenance and availability of tools and equipment, operational programs, reviews (for HAZID/HAZOPs, Well-on-Paper exercises etc.), and accurate reporting.
- Prepare and participate in contractor audits - HSE, SCM, and SQM activities and propose ways of continually minimizing costs, enabling higher quality, and improving performance.
- Maintain good technical interface with other entities - HQ, HSE, Assets, Drilling, Well Integrity Group, and GSR for business and operational requirements.
- Ensure that offshore Work Instructions, Management of Change (MoC), and the issuance of Well Handover & End of Well Reports (Short and Long) are correctly developed and submitted on time.
- Drives a LEAN, 3C, cost rationalization and continuous improvement culture throughout the well delivery cycle
- Interface with DW Stock control to ensure proper tracking of materials and spares under COMPANY'S custody and control, related to CONTRACTOR Base activities.
- Procurement process in line with budget and operational requirements, and related administration/reporting/tracking.
- Cost follow up and reporting to each DW technical entity on budget line/Call Off expenditures.
- Proper spares management implementation by Contractor (storage, segregation, inventory, robust obsolescence management etc.) to assure operation and maintenance tasks are executed as scheduled.
- Support technical aspect (interface engineering, logistics support, offshore operation/deployment) of the GoG EDP/LRP/SERS & Subsea dispersants including preparation for BOCP procedures for rig & LWIV operations
- Deep water environment (up to 1600m operation water depth) on a 6th generation drillship with high daily cost exposure (~ $1.5m/day rig rate) and subsea activities on OIMR/LWI vessels
- Works within and supervises multiple culturally and professionally transverse people.
- Safety critical role (Training and certification allows direct involvement in major risk prevention - blow-out)
- Transverse activities across all disciplines within DCD and outside (HSE, projects, logistics, Field operations, ECP etc.)
- Key initiator and Implementer of performance and cost improvement processes, procedures, and initiatives.
- Contribute towards the delivery of KPIs for SPS maintenance activities.
- Demonstrates savings/ value through LOF optimizations and synergies, remove unnecessary practices, and introduce new ways of efficiently doing business
- Zero target for non-compliant tools and equipment on the rig, light well intervention & OIMR vessels
- Timely issuance of SPS work trackers and asset registers.
- Formulate and execute solutions that will enable the larger LOF objectives to be achieved.
- Familiarize self with COMPANY's EP emergency procedures, carry out assigned responsibilities safely and report any incident, unsafe act or operation.
- Ensure all personnel under his/her supervision are well trained and aware of their HSE responsibilities with continuous monitoring
- Support COMPANY'S Audits and inspections of base and workshop facilities
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Technical degree (B.Sc./HND) Engineering
- >10 years' experience in Subsea production systems with QA/QC, fabrication & testing with deep water project and contractor management experience
- Operational experience in subsea wells discipline (Drilling & Completions Métier), and knowledge of managing contracts.
- Excellent team spirit and ability to work in a diverse team of professionals.
- Individual must be adaptable and proactive, with a methodical mindset.
- Must be able to coach or drive others towards delivering expected outcomes through clear explanation and persistently communicating the benefits and importance of the deliverables.
- Computer skills: Good knowledge of Microsoft suite of applications
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)