Drilling Manager

Job description / Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a Major, Multi-Disciplinary organisation operating on a global scale with Interests in Oil & Gas EPC, Mining, Infrastructure and Power. Their Mining Business has been operating in Africa for some time and they are currently at exploration stage within multiple sites for Base Metal and Hydrocarbon resources. The current operation includes four sites, three on the Base Metal side and one for Hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon site covers over 15,000 sq. km and they are looking to commence drilling within the next five months, at present there are 30 employees on the ground in Tanzania which will grow to 120+ as works progress.
They are looking for a Drilling Manager to be in charge of managing and planning all drilling operations and the procurement required for this process. You will have responsibility for all staff and contract workers within the drilling function and report directly into the project director for the Hydrocarbon division.

Requirements

The successful candidate will come from either Hydrocarbon background and will have extensive experience of working as a Drilling Manager. As a minimum you will be educated to degree level in a relevant Engineering discipline and ideally you will hold further qualifications such as MSc/MBA. My client would consider someone on a contract role.
This is a senior role and as such offers an excellent tax free salary plus accommodation and transportation provided.

About the Company

SSA Ltd. (Sommerman Skinner Associates) find out the detail to allow you to make qualified judgments about your career and its progression. On the companies that we represent (over 2000 spread across a diverse spectrum of industry) we will be able to inform you of contracts pending, awarded, company growth, opportunity, relative reward and internal prospects. We believe that through spending time and effort front end through interviewing or individual dedication we can offer real advice that will be valued. Our founder is degree qualified with extensive exposure to industry and with a career also behind him in Recruitment Management. Our team is made up of qualified construction professionals. We specialise in both permanent and freelance opportunities to qualified construction professionals.

Disciplines covered include:

Site Engineers, Site Agents, Project Managers, Contracts Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Planners, Safety, Purchasers, Estimators and Design Executive.