There is no equivalent project of such an industrial drilling magnitude in a remote and sensitive area within the Group today.The Tilenga oilfields are partly situated in a protected National Park, partly beneath the river Nile wetlands area, and within densely populated area in a rural and remote part of Uganda. Activities exposed to the risk of major incidents with severe potential consequences due to local environment and important presence of NGO's. Factory Drilling with a well delivered every 4 days using 3 drilling rigs simultaneously will necessitate standardization of equipment and procedures, strict enforcement of Drilling & Well instructions, safe and efficient logistic management on site. The project is focused on delivering the lowest possible cost, which requires challenging TOTAL design concepts as well as substantially challenging the TOTAL referential.The Tilenga project is also strongly lean on the ability of ESP systems to achieve long life and avoid recurrent costly workovers for ESP changeout.Multicultural environment: Contractors are anticipated to be located in various parts of the world. Ugandan rules and regulations, administrative requirements and technical authorizations as well as International codes for onshore plant will apply.The project is aiming to start of drilling operations circa Q3 2022 and a Ready For Start-up (RFSU) target 45-50 months after FID.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure and lead safe and efficient completion and well interventions.
• Induce and promote performance improvements and cost reduction cultures in the operations.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of D&W contracts and ensure all work carried out in conformity with contract requirements.
• Be the focal point for communications to and from the well sites.
• Liaise with service companies personnel for day to day operations and carry on all related operational meetings for operations follow up.
• Assist in conducting well and operational risk assessments and HAZOPS.
• Provide lead in rig inspections and pre-hiring of workover rigs.
• Work in close collaboration with the Drilling & Completion superintendent.
• Work with the senior drilling and completion engineers on well designs, programs preparation, performance analysis and trouble shooting.
• Be responsible for management of change identification and assist in programs revisions.
• Ensure that all regulatory approvals are in place to ensure that operations are performed in compliance with relevant legislation.
• Ensuring competence of offshore personnel.
• Conduct gap analysis is carried out for all operational procedures and equipment and implement solution to assure compliance.
• Ensure the sub-surface teams are satisfied with the down-hole data delivered.
• Confirm the drilling contractor prepares for and convenes regular safety meetings where all safety issues are discussed and minutes recorded.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bsc Degree in a technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience)
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in industry, with substantial operator exposure across all wells operations and a minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar position.
• Able to demonstrate strong understanding in rig construction/upgrading, commissioning and acceptance testing.
• High awareness, knowledge and ability when implementing safe working practices and critical safety systems, including Process Safety.