JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently recruiting for an Operation Superintendent to join its Singapore business unit focusing on leading and managing a team of operational personnel in a safe, efficient, reliable and environmentally sound manner for a major onshore brownfield project in Basra, Iraq.

This is a full-time onsite position in Basra, Iraq, with travel requirement.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is currently recruiting for an Operation Superintendent to join its Singapore business unit focusing on leading and managing a team of operational personnel in a safe, efficient, reliable and environmentally sound manner for a major onshore brownfield project in Basra, Iraq.

This is a full-time onsite position in Basra, Iraq, with travel requirement.

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The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operation Superintendent to join our Singapore Business Unit.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.

Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment.
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

Key Objectives

• Lead and manage a team of operational personnel in a safe, efficient, reliable and environmentally sound manner to ensure that the company objectives and targets (volumes, opex, capex, business controls) are achieved in line with corporate expectations and WP&B commitments.
• Lead and promote productive impact across functions or departments. Remove barriers to achieve maximizing Asset performance
• Provide leadership to achieve strong internal alignment within
• Responsible and accountable to manage all operation activities performed at field by ensuring activities are integrated in accordance with the Production Unit Asset Leadership team's operational plans
• Conduct and lead regular asset level team meetings with participation of functional organization. Drive improvement to Asset Level Team effectiveness.
• Responsible and accountable for communicating expectations on job safety, health, environmental and security
• Mentor direct reports on their roles and responsibilities to help foster and develop strong leadership principles within the organization
• Review/Approve operation procedures for operational effectiveness, consistency with management philosophy, practicality, and safety
• Lead direct reports and manage interfaces with maintenance and wellwork operations to sustain asset integrity and profitability and inform and consult senior management timely about major issues
• Effectively communicate with senior operation field superintendents, operation field superintendents, operation engineers and supervisors as well as functional and contracting support groups
• Ensure that all personnel have the necessary qualifications and certification to conduct field operations
• Ensure Operation Supervisors and Engineers are assigned to operational jobs for which they are qualified.
• Take a leadership role in managing tenders and contracts in accordance to procurement guidelines

Emergency Response

• Lead or participate in site Emergency Response activities
• Ensure all operations personnel are aware of their role in incident response as per the Emergency Response Manual
• Initiate and participate in Site Emergency Drills to raise awareness of Emergency Response procedures, and conduct team debriefs on conclusion of the drills

Operation Management

• Ensure timely COE engagement as necessary
• Apply good business judgments to make best business solutions/decisions in maximizing asset value and performance
• Review and approve deviation to approved work procedures as per Management of Change and work approval process
• Support the application of Policy in relation to the Drug and Alcohol policy, Company Ethics, Award conditions, etc, whilst respecting and protecting the personal rights of subordinates
• Lead Incident Management both internally and externally (as per the Reporting Matrix) and escalate awareness as per the Incident Reporting Guidelines
• Focus the operations organization towards the prime target of safe and reliable operations and ensure that the corresponding prerequisites are in place.
• Minimize volume related downtime, fluctuations in volumes and regain idle capacity; track and analyze

Training and Personnel Management

• Responsible for ensuring that all operation personnel training plans are developed and executed
• Ensure proper resource allocation to optimize asset team effectiveness

QUALIFICATIONS

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Expected:

• 20+ years' work experience with D&WW Operations - required
• 10 years previous key management position within an operating oil or gas field - required
• Managerial experience in Operations and/or Operations Technical
• BS/MS/Eng. degree

Skills:

• Excellent communications (oral & written) in English
• Highest standard of Safety, Health, Environment aptitude and cultivates the same in others.
• Ability to interact in a multi-cultural environment
• Previously worked successfully in a key leadership position.
• Demonstrated experience in liaising with third party contractors, business partners and local communities.
• Good understanding of wellwork, plant, field, equipment integrity, reliability and maintenance operations
• Advanced understanding of Controls Integrity management Systems (CIMS), safety management tools, Production Operations Best Practices (POBP) / WP&B / Operated By Other (OBO) processes
• Advanced understanding and operation of Emergency Preparedness Procedures
• Good management /supervisory, interpersonal and motivation skills.
• Advanced knowledge of safety management tools and processes. (Stepback 5x5, Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Risk Assessment)
• Good understanding of Project Philosophy and Design Specifications
• Understanding of Project regulations
• Understanding of Project commercial agreements

Systems:

• Maximo (Procurement System)
• Work Management System (WMS)
• Management Controls Reporting System (MCRS)
• Asset Level Team Process

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.