Location: Azerbaijan, Onshore

A vacancy has arisen externally for a residential Rig Manager position as part of the Offshore Business Unit.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Rig Manager is responsible for the efficient and cost-effective management and control of operations on the drilling installations under his authority and for the safety of all persons working thereon.

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Manages the operations assigned to them and ensure that they meet contractual quality and performance criteria
• Supervises those to whom they delegate responsibility, and to ensure the effective operation of supporting services under their control or provided by departments within Company.
• Ensures that all well programmes are executed properly, efficiently, safely and in accordance with Company and Client guidelines
• Liaises at all times with their Operations Managers on all key issues in a timely and appropriate manner
• Conducts technical appraisals of all work programmes, ensuring that any improvements, concerns or remedial actions required, are brought to the attention of the client
• Provides advice and guidance to Senior Offshore Supervision
• Ensures accurate recording and reporting of all problem events including accidents/incidents
• Takes an active role in pre-spud and end-of-well meetings, ensuring that complete reporting in undertaken and that all learning points are brought to the attention of the Operations Manager and the client
• Ensures the installations are maintained in accordance with Industry standards and that all mandatory and other Operating Certificates are maintained up to date
• Advises management on matters affecting the interpretation of the contracts affecting installations under their control and to deal with day-to-day contractual matters as directed
• Reviews the performance evaluation of the personnel on the installation in terms of contracted requirements
• Liaises and supports Offshore Supervisors in terms of human resource utilisation and development
• Initiates investigations and remedial actions on equipment, structural or system failures affecting the installations under his authority
• Ensures the timely requisition of all materials, equipment and services to the correct specification for the execution of well operations
• Ensures control and effective tracking of Company moveable assets assigned to the installations

• Cyber rig experience
• Proven experience (office and field based) advising or working at a supervisory level in drilling operations. E.g. Drilling Engineer, DSV
• Understanding of drilling and completion design / implementation / equipment including that provided by service companies. E.g. Wireline, logging, coiled tubing, fluids, casing, cementing, directional drilling and MWD/LWD etc.
• Experience in working with and supervising diverse teams of people in a safety critical environment Minimum Qualifications:
• HNC/HND in an oilfield related subject or valid experience-based training and qualifications
• Rig site experience in a position managing teams for a drilling contractor, operator or service company.
• Well control for supervisors

Required Skills:

• Always ensuring entire team behaves and delivers in line with Company’s Core Values.
• Safety leader who sets high standards for his team with a proven track record in implementation of HSE Management Systems and conducting regular audits and verifications during rig visits.
• Ability to motivate a diverse team, manage and develop team to deliver annual objectives/ targets set out for Rig and Country.
• Highly focussed on performance delivery, with regular review with team and client to improve performance and deliver KPI’s, reduce flat times and deliver wells within AFE.
• Diverse knowledge and able to work closely with support functions such as HSE, Maintenance, Supply Chain Management, HR and Commercial.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to writing detail reports on Performance improvement investigations, develop presentations and deliver it during reviews both internally and externally with clients.
• Commercial and financial awareness, with ability to monitor and control daily Opex spend, optimize CAPEX spend, review dashboards on rig performance metrics online and deliver to periodically set KPI’s.
• Understanding and experience of practices, procedures involved in logistics and procurement