Manager, Drilling Performance

Job description / Role

JOB PURPOSE :
Enhance drilling efficiency, safety, and overall operational performance.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Job Specific Accountabilities
- Develop and execute strategies to optimize drilling performance, aligning with organizational goals and industry best practices.
- Provide visionary leadership to the drilling performance team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
- Implement and manage drilling performance metrics, regularly assessing and analyzing data to identify areas for improvement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance drilling processes, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- Possess a deep understanding of drilling technologies and techniques, staying abreast of industry advancements.
- Provide technical guidance to the team and contribute to the development of drilling practices.
- Uphold and enforce safety standards, ensuring all drilling operations comply with relevant regulations and industry standards.
- Implement and monitor safety protocols, promoting a culture of safety awareness and adherence.
- Recruit, train, and mentor a high-performing drilling performance team.
- Foster a collaborative and results-driven environment, encouraging professional development and knowledge sharing.
- Establish clear communication channels with internal stakeholders and senior management, providing regular updates on drilling performance initiatives.
- Prepare comprehensive reports and presentations for executive leadership.
- Work closely with financial teams to manage and optimize the budget for drilling performance activities.
- Comply with all UAE, ADNOC, ADNOC Drilling and client Asset Integrity Management codes of practice.

Generic Accountabilities

Operational Plans
- Develop consistent and realistic long and short term operational plans for the Department in line with the Division objectives and manage the implementation of the approved long and short term plans and ensure they are effectively converted into its performance objectives to realise the Division Objectives and established service levels.

Budgets and Operational Plans
- Develop and manage the Department annual budget in line with the Division's business objectives and operational plans ensuring that adequate funding provision is made for all Department activities.
- Monitor expenditure against approved Department budget on a regular basis; investigate, highlight and reconcile any significant variances to ensure effective performance and cost control.

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures
- Develop and implement appropriate Department policies, processes, systems, standards, procedures and internal controls, Company guidelines in order to support execution of the Division's work programs in line with Company and International standards.

Performance Management
- Contribute to the development of the Division's KPI's and ensure proper cascade of the Performance objectives within the Department and establish monitoring mechanisms to ensure delivery of these objectives and promote a performance driven culture.
- Manage the implementation of the Company Performance Management System for individuals within the Department in accordance with Company approved guidelines.

People Development
- Develop knowledge, competencies and innovative spirit in the Department and support the establishment of Personal Development Plans (PDP's), Succession Planning and Talent pipeline within the Department in coordination with the Human Capital to continuously develop employees with emphasis on UAE Nationals to meet Emiratization targets.

Organisation Structure and Development
- Review, develop and recommend the appropriate organisation structure for the Department that will best utilise human capital while proactively incorporating sustainability into the on-going work practices to meet the business objectives.

Risk Management
- Contribute and support establishment of a Corporate Integrated Risk Management System within the Department, while identifying and assessing relevant domain risks and implement measures to manage and mitigate all identified risks within the Department.
- Communicate corporate business ethics and Company's Code of Conduct to employees within the Department and ensure compliance to the Corporate Policies and guidelines.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Promote an organisation culture that encourages innovation, enhances employee motivation and supports initiatives for implementation of Change Management to continuously improve the Department operations and services.
- Recommend improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the Department.

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability
- Support the institution of an HSE culture and ensure compliance with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines across the Division in line with international standards, best practices and Corporate Code of Practices and to ensure integrity and safety of assets.

Management Information Systems (MIS) and Reports
- Ensure that all Department MIS and progress reports are prepared to provide accurate and timely reports and necessary information to Company Management to effectively manage the business.

Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor Degree in related Engineering Discipline.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills
- 12 years of experience in drilling operations and performance management within the oil and gas industry.
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English.
- Good administrative and computer software skills, MS Office, SAP.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.