Rig Manager

Who we are looking for

• A Rig Manager (available for Azerbaijani citizens only) to join our offshore team at Turan Drilling & Engineering, based in Azerbaijan.

Key details

Location: Azerbaijan Onshore

Contract Type: Full-time

Opportunity for all

• As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and are happy to make any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
• We value all our people and their contributions and recognize the benefits we gain from the diversity that exists amongst our teams.

What we offer

• Turan Drilling & Engineering recognizes that managing talent is vital to achieving continued growth.
• We will manage career development to ensure that our employees have every opportunity to develop their skills and pursue ambitions. We promote a culture in which employees are encouraged to communicate openly and honestly on any issues, concerns, or suggestions they may have.
• If you are looking to boost your career in a business with excellent growth opportunities across the hydrocarbon and clean energy sectors, with an attractive market-rate salary on offer, contributory pension, benefits, and the opportunity to learn from great colleagues, then read on.

The benefits of being a Turan Drilling & Engineering employee

There are many benefits to working for Turan Drilling & Engineering, from our competitive salaries to our challenging and exciting working environments.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We care

• Our core values shape the culture and future of Turan Drilling & Engineering.

Key details about the role and the candidate

• This onshore position involves full responsibility for managing drilling operations, ensuring safety compliance, performance delivery, and effective coordination with both on-site teams and support departments. The Rig Manager will report to the Operations Manager and ensure any drilling activities are executed safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with company and client standards.

You and the role

• We seek an experienced Rig Manager with strong leadership in safety-critical environments, extensive knowledge of drilling operations and equipment, and a proven ability to drive performance improvements and meet key operational targets. The ideal candidate has extensive cyber rig and supervisory drilling experience, strong technical expertise across well operations, and a proven track record in leading diverse teams within safety-critical environments

Primary responsibilities

• 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

Experience

• 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

Behaviour and 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 focused 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

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

Interested candidates can apply by clicking the link provided in the "Apply" button.