Senior Abandonment Supervisor

Our client, a leading Oil & Gas Operator is seeking an experienced Senior Abandonment Supervisor to oversee well abandonment operations on a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU). This is a rotational offshore position based in the North Sea, offered on a 12-month PAYE contract.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Main offshore focal point for all Abandonment activities on the MODU.
• Directs and manages the activities of contractors and service providers during offshore abandonment operations and ensures programmes are executed safely and efficiently
• Acts as the focal point for day-to-day communication and reporting between the offshore site and onshore operations teams.
• Takes a lead role in technical/operational problem-solving and decision-making processes
• Monitors contractor activities, materials movements, etc. and ensures contractors and service providers meet performance expectation.
• Demonstrates HSE leadership at all times, participates in rig safety meetings, actively supports MODU safety programmes

REQUIREMENTS

• Extensive experience as a Senior Drilling / Abandonment Supervisor - supervising MODU subsea drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment operations.
• Experience of working in an Operator environment and in mature assets.
• Experience of working with rig contractor and service providers during operational phase to ensures materials, services, equipment and maintenance requirements are optimised
• Proven track record of successfully establishing and leading offshore MODU teams.
• High level of technical expertise in relation to drilling/completions engineering and operations, well services and well abandonment with proven ability to deal with complex scenarios and challenging environments.
• Sound knowledge of subsea and well abandonment operations and of the HSE regime governing well abandonment operations.
• Strong technical knowledge in the Wells Subsea area gained from demonstrable extensive experience of Vertical and Horizontal Xmas Tree (XT) systems, associated tooling and Completion / Workover (C/WO) riser systems.
• Experience of working on a range of different tree configurations from different suppliers (campaign includes BH triple bore, OSS VHT, BH VXT, FMC HXT, OSS HXT and BH HXT).
• Previous experience of working on subsea well abandonment campaigns preferred.