Drilling Supervisor

6 months ago


Aberdeen, United Kingdom Orion Full time

**Job description**:
Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Drilling Supervisor (Nights or Days), based in Aberdeen.

**Responsibilities**:

- Providing on-site leadership, role modelling exemplary safety leadership and influencing a positive safety culture.
- Ensuring adherence to safe working practices through active engagement with Drilling Contractor and Service Company personnel, and the promotion of positive HSE attitudes and learning.
- Monitoring the status of process safety barriers to ensure well control is maintained.
- Leading the Assist & Assure program onsite and role modelling Goal Zero Supervision.
- Ensure drilling contractor is operating an effective DROPS programme onsite.
- Delivering the on-site self-assurance programme to manage and monitor compliance with the company and Drilling Contractor HSE Management Systems, the HSE Bridging Document, Well Control Plan, the Safety Case and regulatory requirements.
- Leading or being part of incident investigation teams.
- Accurately reporting all incidents and potential incidents.
- Managing the day-to-day operations to deliver Top Quartile well programme and the well objectives. Planning, scheduling and allocation of resources and reporting of all well site activities.
- Optimising operational performance without compromising HSE, reputation, well integrity, or the integrity of the drilling unit.
- Optimising logistics to ensure people and equipment are at the wellsite when required and delivered in an efficient manner.
- Stimulating and implementing ideas to improve operational performance and reduce cost. Ensuring there is a process where lessons learned are documented and incorporated in future operations. Challenging the well engineers, contractors and well programme to recommend performance enhancements.
- Resolving operational problems as they arise.
- Monitoring and managing costs within area of responsibility.
- Managing non-performance onsite through quality management systems.
- Managing Combined Operations and the interface with other offshore installations and company assets affected by rig operations.
- Ensuring the drilling unit systems are managed and operated within their integrity envelope.
- Manage HSE Risks: Including injury to personnel, environmental damage, process safety / well control risks, loss of the well or down-hole equipment, reputation damage, loss or deferment of production, project delays and budget overruns, subsurface uncertainties and mechanical failures.
- People Management: Set expectations with all personnel regarding compliance with the Company's policies. Role model and champion the company's values and behaviours and provide visible leadership and clear direction.
- People Development: Coach and develop Well Site Drilling Engineers and the other DSVs in the team, setting the tone for the rest of the company's supervisory team.
- Contractor Management: Supervise a large rig team comprising staff from the company, drilling contractor and service contractors (~100 people). Assess the competence and suitability of contractor personnel and take action to address any shortcomings.
- Cost Management: Manage a daily spend of approximately £250,000, ensuring the company receives value for money.
- Culture building: Create the appropriate culture, behaviours and motivation to sustain and improve HSE and operational performance.
- Learner Mindset: The Senior DSV plays a key role in recording and sharing of lessons learned and best practices between the various operations teams and within the SSV community.
- Well Planning: The Senior DSV will provide direct input to well planning to achieve continuous improvement and consistent top quartile performance through a learning organization.
- This is an HSSE Critical Position

Experience & Qualifications:

- The ability to manage and motivate the Team to deliver Safety Excellence and Top Quartile wells.
- The ability to provide solutions to reduce flat time and manage concurrent operations.
- A proven track record in managing well construction operations in complex drilling environments (H2S and well control up to 18ppg kicks).
- A proven track record of quickly identifying the key risks and proactively working to find solutions.
- Extensive offshore supervisory experience including P&A
- Experience with implementing successful Assist & Assure programmes
- IWCF level 4 certificate

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