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TAQA is offering a new opportunity for a Wells Superintendent - MODU in the Wells Department, based onshore in the Aberdeen office.

This position is open to both staff and contractors. If applying via an agency, this will be a contract position, and any internal contractor who applies and is successful will remain with their current contracting company.

Role Duration - 24 months

TAQA supports diversity in the workplace and along with an inclusive environment, aims to ensure everyone feels that they can be themselves at work. This includes supporting people with a disability or health issue in a non-judgemental environment.

TAQA is committed to helping its employees and contractors work more flexibly to suit both their own and the Company's needs.

TAQA offers onshore employees and contractors a Compressed Working Week (CWW) in order to help achieve a healthy work-life balance. The CWW is an arrangement where employees contracted to work 37.5 hours per week will work 75 hours over 9 days (instead of 10 days). The 10th day in the second week of the CWW period is known as ‘Flex Friday’, a non‑working day.

Wells Superintendent – MODU for subsea P&A activities to support the MODU and LWIV campaigns (52 wells total campaign). The role provides leadership, direction and technical expertise to the onshore and offshore MODU teams to ensure that the MODU operational planning and delivery maximise safety and efficiency in accordance with TAQA objectives, standards, regulatory requirements and industry best practice.

• Works closely with the onshore and offshore MODU teams, and other key team members to plan, develop and execute the MODU and LWIV P&A campaign, ensuring all activities are undertaken in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner and in strict compliance with Company standards and procedures and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Supervises and co‑ordinates the onshore and offshore subsea resources, ensures activities are prioritised effectively and that the team delivers results in line with approved plans and timescales.
• Manages offshore operations, working closely with offshore supervisors and key contract subsea personnel and rig contractor personnel. Takes a lead role in the communication, planning and decision‑making processes to ensure programmes are delivered safely and effectively.
• Ensures processes are in place to control and approve proposed changes to programmes.
• Develops a high level of responsibility and ownership within the team and promotes continuous performance improvement in the development of technical expertise and competency, new technologies, standards and practices, commercial awareness and innovative thinking.
• Ensures subsea P&A activities are effectively planned and in line with Asset plans/operational activities. Sets objectives/deliverables, anticipates schedule/operational problems and ensures robust processes are in place to plan for contingencies. Ensures all Permits and Consents are submitted and approved in time and in full compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain a schedule to deliver the well objectives by controlling and prioritising all activities, tracking progress and re‑scheduling for changes as they occur to keep control of and prioritise activities, and ensures that the team delivers results in line with approved plans and timescales.
• Ensure the optimum scheduling and delivery of the MODU equipment maintenance requirements to minimise risk of equipment failure and impact on critical path operations.
• Develops and maintains procurement plans for services, materials and equipment based on the well schedule and ensures materials, services and equipment are available in line with well schedules and operations.
• Ensures the team and relevant contractor/vendor companies comply with the requirements of the Company’s Business Management System and that all relevant documentation is systematically recorded, auditable and traceable.
• Ensures an effective interface and communication process is established between the team, other TAQA teams and external/3rd party representatives to ensure clear understanding of project objectives/work programmes, encourage open transfer of knowledge and information and to identify, record, track and close out actions in an effective and timely manner.
• Develops and manages project budgets and ensures compliance with budget management, control and reporting processes.
• Controls MODU P&A procedures and practices through the effective and efficient review of detailed programmes, peer reviews, risk assessments, programme reviews, etc. Monitors and records issues during well activities to ensure these activities do not impact asset safety and environmental performance.
• Takes a lead role in the development of highly positive relationships with external/regulatory bodies e.g. Well Examiner, HSE, NSTA, OPRED and third parties and ensures team members support the relationship‑building process.
• Represents TAQA externally through e.g. membership of industry forums, attending conferences/seminars.
• Makes regular visits offshore to enhance onshore‑offshore relationships/communications and to check compliance with the TAQA Management System.
• Participates in the duty rota for operational support and emergencies.

• Financial Authority in accordance with TAQA Financial Authority limits.

• Degree in a technical/engineering discipline or comparable practical subsea operations management experience.
• Offshore Survival Training Certificate, UK Medical and MIST.
• Fully certified by a recognised Well Control Authority for subsea activities e.g. IWCF to Supervisor level.

• Refer to Competency Matrix.

• Extensive experience as a Wells Superintendent supervising MODU subsea drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment operations.
• Experience of working in an Operator environment and in mature assets.
• Experience of working with rig contractor to prepare key documentation (interface documents, well control bridging document, regulatory permits, competency and systems verification etc).
• Experience of working with rig contractor and service providers during operational phase to ensures materials, services, equipment and maintenance requirements are optimised to minimise risk of equipment failure, deliver safe and efficient operations and minimise overall costs to the campaign.
• Proven track record of successfully leading onshore and offshore MODU teams.
• High level of technical expertise in relation to drilling/completions engineering and operations, well services and well abandonment with proven ability to deal with complex scenarios, challenging environments and develop creative solutions.
• Proven track record of implementing and promoting continuous performance improvement in the development of technical expertise and competency, new technologies, standards and practices, commercial awareness and innovative thinking.
• Proven relationship‑builder at all levels – internally and externally with ability to work effectively with senior management.
• High level of commercial and contractual awareness.
• Up to date knowledge of technological developments, industry initiatives, etc.
• Sound knowledge of subsea and well abandonment operations and of the HSE regime governing well abandonment operations.
• Experience of identifying, contracting/sourcing, maintaining, inspecting, preparing, interface checking and accepting subsea equipment.
• Strong technical knowledge in the Wells Subsea area gained from demonstrable extensive experience of Vertical and Horizontal Xmas Tree (XT) systems, associated tooling and Completion / Workover (C/WO) riser systems.
• Experience of working on a range of different tree configurations from different suppliers (remaining campaign includes OSS VHT, BH VXT, OSS HXT and BH HXT).

• Previous experience of working on integrated subsea well abandonment campaigns.
• Experience as a Wells Superintendent supervising LWIV subsea intervention and abandonment operations.

• Drive, energy and enthusiasm – takes on challenges/makes an impact.
• Requirement to make regular visits offshore.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to plan and manage resources to deliver results.
• High level of professional and personal credibility – internally and externally.

• Onshore MODU wells team
• Offshore MODU wells team
• Other platform wells teams
• Subsurface team
• Decommissioning and asset teams
• Wells HSSEQ, contracts and finance teams

• Rig contractor onshore and offshore teams
• Key service providers/specialist consultants

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