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.

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 FID was signed on Q1-2022 with a start of drilling operations on Q2 2022 and a Ready For Start-up (RFSU) target of July 2026.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Project Phase  

• Become site and process system familiar. 
• Review of Operating manuals, Operational Test Procedures and Leak Test Procedures submitted by the Contractor 
• Contribute to the preparation of start-up sequence: grafcet / marked-up PIDs. 
• Creation of L4 start-up and operating procedures, including pigging procedures (using Operguid format and MyProcedure digital tool) 
• Population of the Routine Task lists for Wellpads and Lake Water Abstraction platform 
• Preparation of the Operator round Check lists, Shift report templates and pre-start-up check lists for Wellpads and Lake Water Abstraction platform.
• Review Site operations tool / Equipment lists for the relevant units.
• Participate to UPIK training sessions in particular Workshops.
• Coordinate with Site training coordinator for the organization of the OJT phase for new operators.  

Operational Phase

Safety

• Contribute to the SIMOPS Dossiers elaboration for Wellpads and follow-up, with all concerned entities.
• Acts as the Delegated Operating Authority once units / packages have been HO to Company and Company PTW applies.
• Contribute to maintain integrity of Wellpads and competency of personnel to operate safely.
• Ensure safe working conditions for all personnel and perform last minute risk assessments, toolbox talks and site safety rounds.
• Performs regularly safety rounds and ensure proper housekeeping and restore anomalies.
• Identify downgraded situations and propose mitigating measures; then ensure that these mitigation measures are applied.
• Contribute to the reporting of anomalies, incidents, STOP CARD; participate to the investigations including Cause Tree Analysis and apply corrective actions as necessary.
• Participate to the Risk Assessment Workshop, HAZID, HAZOP. 
• Participate to PTW audits. 
• In case of emergency situations, ensure proper safeguarding of facilities and follow up requests of the Production Superintendent
• Ensure correct follow up of defined mitigation measures of SIMOPS dossiers, PTW, Job Safety Analysis and DGS.
• Opening of all deemed high risk permits on site.
• Ensure that all mechanical and electrical isolations, flange tagging and logging, flushing, pressure test and start up programs are fully prepared and executed when required.

Operations /Production/SIMOPS

• Plan all routine & non-routine activities of field operator team on Wellpads including logistics related issues. 
• Prepare and supervise the risky Production operations on Wellpads (typically pigging, cellar confined space entry, preparation for Workover);
• Prepare and supervise the  risky SIMOPS Construction & Production & Drilling operations on Wellpads.
• Prepare and supervise the specific activities on KAS-02 linked to electro-chlorination unit, including salt bulk delivery and unloading activities. 
• Supervise the specific activities on JBR-04 linked to the EOR (polymer injection) pilot.  
• Ensure adherence to chemical injection guidelines in coordination with Control Room. 
• Ensure that the sampling program has been properly executed and recorded.
• Coordinate with Logistic for the top-up of chemical on site for Wellpads.
• Contribute to the preparation of the PTW dossiers.
• Review latest site conditions and open daily authorized PTW on the behalf of the Production Superintendent.
• Ensure proper Close out of PTW (works commissioned, isolation removed and location in safe and clean conditions)
• Ensure proper daily event reporting and update of all relevant routine check lists and operator round logs.
• Ensure at shift change that the actual status of the facilities is known to the incoming shift.
• Contribute to operational feedback on production issues.
• In case of malfunctions, create or make sure that a clear notification is raised with the correct priority.
• Highlight miss-function, compile all relevant documentation, participate to investigations and to the establishment of a diagnosis, propose corrective actions and enforce agreed corrective actions. Contribute to ESD report.
• Prepare operational procedures and specific procedures including during shutdown preparation, as per OPERGUID format;
• Contribute to the update of engineering documentations (PID, Safety logigrams, Operating procedures and standing instructions)

Team leadership

• Supervise closely the activities of Wellpads Field operators.
• Contribute to the yearly assessment.
• Contribute to organize all the crew change for the Production Personnel and ensure systematic hand-over at crew change (complete status of the facilities and standing instruction enforced);
• Assist to train production team members in liaison with Site training coordinator.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Diploma of Higher Education or BTCE. 
• Education on operational safety, production operations, well operations.
• Minimum 10 years professional experience  and 3 years in similar position
• Good technical skills in O&G, including well operations and SIMOPS operations.
• Good knowledge of the Company’s’ HSE Safety Rules, SIMOPS, PTW System, or equivalent in Oil & Gas industry. 
• Ability to work under pressure and stressing conditions.
• Ability to lead a team. 
• Responsible, able to take decisions.
• Adaptability and ability to work in an international environment.
• Good communication skills.