Wells Manager - Zama

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies.  Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices. 

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

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Purpose of Role:

• Lead the drilling and completion engineering design, planning, and execution for Zama Project, ensuring alignment with project objectives, HSES requirements, and industry standards.
• Ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality Drilling and Completion operations while proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Wells, Drilling and Completion Engineers, Subsurface, Facilities, Project and Procurement teams, and service providers to deliver safe, efficient, and cost-effective Wells operations.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to junior engineers, fostering team development and competence growth.
• Drive continuous improvement by implementing best practices, lessons learned, and innovative technologies in Wells operations.
• Monitor the well construction with the rig team.  Provide guidance to execution of Drilling and Completion program.

Critical Responsibilities (MAE/MATTE/HSES*):

• Ensures all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and Harbour Energy HSES Procedures.
• Ensure the BU adheres to the corporate Barrier Management and MAE Management guidelines.
• Contribute in maintaining Harbour Energy’s Engineering, Technical Assurance ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, legislation, and industry best practices.

Ethics and Compliance Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all activities and behaviours are carried out in accordance with Harbour Energy’s Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures and to complete any compulsory compliance training as required.

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

• Lead the design, engineering, preparation, and execution of the well construction strategies, and related studies for the Zama Project in a safe, reliable, efficient and responsible manner.
• Coordinate and actively follow up on offshore Drilling and Completion operations, ensuring compliance with project plans, service quality standards, and regulatory approvals.
• Ensure all engineering activities comply with company and international standards.
• Prepare and review Drilling and Completion programs, operational guidelines, well schematics, and cost estimates, ensuring technical robustness and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with subsurface, HSES, supply Chain, and operations teams to ensure robust solutions and interfaces.
• Liaise with well operations teams to ensure Wells design is fit for purpose.
• Maintain close and regular interactions with Headquarters to ensure alignment with the company’s project delivery process.
• Manage relationships and technical interfaces with service companies, ensuring delivery of reliable and innovative Drilling and Completion solutions.
• Define contract strategy, procurement, and evaluation of service providers for Wells-related activities.
• Support in the Management of Change (MoC) processes for Drilling and Completion activities.
• Participate in readiness reviews, service quality meetings, and risk assessments to safeguard operational integrity and delivery.
• Conduct post-job evaluations and capture lessons learned to drive continuous improvement across Drilling and Completion operations.
• Participate in performance assessment of all BU projects and share improvement opportunities.
• Propose and follow-up on new technology.

Critical Skills*, Qualifications, Experience, etc.:

Technical Skills

• Experience with design elements including casing design, well control, drilling operations, and wellhead systems
• Knowledge of all relevant local regulations and standards
• Good experience of well planning software like Landmark, StressCheck, WellCat, WellPlan
• Good experience in Wells procurement processes.
• Experience in probabilistic cost estimating and related software.
• Clear written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Willing to work a demanding and flexible schedule.
• Able to organize and prioritize a diverse and heavy workload.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment and communicate effectively and constructively with other technical functions, field personnel, and service partners at all levels.
• Recognize personal strengths and weaknesses and be proactive in self-development.
• Have a strong sense of integrity and the ability to deal with ethical situations effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams. 
• Track-record of technical understanding of development Drilling and Completion, HSE, field operations and commercial aspects.
• Good business awareness and commercial understanding.
• Well site operations experience.

Non-Technical Skills

• Performance mindset and problem-solving attitude.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to manage and motivate a diverse team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of effectively collaborating with and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to manage complex tasks with high attention to detail.
• Team player, able to work with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Highly motivated to learn from others.
• Mentoring of junior engineers.
• Strong problem-solving capacity.

Professional Experience

• At least 15 years of relevant experience in Wells Development, engineering and operations with focus on the offshore environment with a minimum of 3 years in a management role.
• Preferred Local experience (Mexico) with planning and execution
• Experience in interacting with local authorities (SENER, ASEA).

Education

• Education level of Bachelor / Master Degree in Petroleum Engineering or related.

Language

• Proficient in English, Spanish is an advantage (written & spoken).

Harbour Principles and Values

• Strong alignment with Harbour Energy’s core values, behaviours, and commitment to operational excellence and integrity.

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at careers@harbourenergy.com