Offshore Installation Manager

Responsibilities:

Health, Safety, Security & Emergency:

• Responsible for the overall HSE, security, welfare and safe conduct of all personnel on board.
• Acts as On-Scene Commander during emergencies, including fire, gas release, blowout, man overboard and abandon-installation situations.
• Ensures effective offshore security, access control and coordination with relevant security arrangements.
• Approves and oversees Permit to Work (PTW), Hot Work, Confined Space, Lifting Operations and other safety-critical work controls.
  
• Leads safety meetings, emergency drills and management safety engagements, and ensures emergency procedures are understood and followed.
• Accountable for safety-critical procedures, Safety Critical Elements (SCEs), Major Accident Hazards (MAHs) and the installation risk register.
• Ensures task risk assessments, JSA/toolbox talks and operational risk controls are completed before work starts; leads or participates in HAZID, HAZOP and other risk reviews as required.
• Ensures risks are managed to As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) and that safety barriers and SCEs remain effective and verified.
• Approves and oversees Management of Change (MOC), including risk assessment, personnel communication and control of temporary changes, overrides and inhibits.
• Ensures incidents and near-misses are promptly secured, reported and investigated at the appropriate level, with root causes and corrective actions properly addressed.
• Participates in HSE audits, regulatory inspections, management walkarounds and PTW audits, and ensures findings and corrective actions are effectively closed.
• Ensures safety-critical maintenance and verification activities are completed within required intervals and that overdue actions are escalated and managed.
• Communicates relevant safety alerts, lessons learned and industry best practices, and ensures applicable actions are embedded in procedures, risk assessments and training.
• Promotes a positive safety culture, including open reporting, intervention and learning from incidents and near-misses.

Operations & Production Management:

• Overall control of simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) across production, drilling, construction and maintenance activities.
• Provides operational oversight of production performance and targets, with daily execution delegated to the Production Supervisor/Production Team.
• Ensures the installation remains stable, seaworthy and within its approved operating envelope, and authorizes helicopter landings, vessel approaches and critical marine activities as applicable.
• Ensures safe, stable and optimized production while maintaining asset integrity and the effectiveness of Safety Critical Elements (SCEs).
• Reviews key operating parameters, production constraints and operating trends, and intervenes where performance or safe operating limits are at risk.
• Approves well start-up, bean-up/bean-down, shut-in and well testing programmes in coordination with Reservoir and Petroleum Engineering.
• Drives reduction of production deferment and reviews deferment reporting, major production losses and recovery actions.
• Works with the Production Superintendent/Engineer and relevant disciplines to optimize well flow, gas lift, chemical injection and process throughput.
• Chairs/oversees the integrated offshore operations coordination meeting and approves the Integrated Activity Plan, planned shutdowns, maintenance windows and SIMOPS priorities.
• Acts as the primary offshore interface with the Onshore Operations Manager, Production Support and HQ on operational and production matters.
• Ensures production operations, metering, well testing, allocation and regulatory reporting are performed in accordance with approved procedures, with performance monitored through agreed KPIs and continuous-improvement actions.

Legal & Regulatory Compliance:

• Maintains the installation logbook and other statutory records required by NUPRC.
• Ensures compliance with applicable NUPRC, NIMASA, NOSDRA and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensures timely notification and reporting of accidents, spills, significant incidents and material downtime to onshore management and regulators, as applicable.

People Management:

• Leads and manages a multi-disciplinary offshore team, setting clear expectations and maintaining effective coordination across functions.
• Manages welfare, discipline, conflict resolution and performance of offshore leadership personnel.
• Ensures personnel competency, certification and mandatory offshore training remain current, including BOSIET and applicable Well Control requirements.

Cost & Logistics:

• Controls offshore OPEX, consumables and chemical usage within approved budgets and operating requirements.
• Coordinates and approves supply boat and helicopter manifests, personnel movements and offshore logistics, where applicable.

Requirements:

• B.Sc./B.Eng. in a relevant Engineering or associated discipline.
• Minimum 12–15 years of offshore experience, including cognate experience as a Production Superintendent or equivalent senior offshore operations role.
• Valid OIM Certificate / Offshore Installation Manager licence.
• BOSIET + CA-EBS, Advanced Fire Fighting, and Major Emergency Management (MEM) / OIM Controlling Emergencies certification.