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Job Description
Operations Manager(<h1 class="no-change-header-inline">Job Number:
NIG009CR)
</h1>Description
Job Purpose:
- Represent the company in all operational matters.
- Overall responsibility for the safe and efficient operation within the sphere of authority granted; Stimulate, supervise, direct, and evaluate the performance of key operational personnel within the organization; protect the companies best interest at all times.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Responsibilities :
- Participate in budget preparation to insure understanding of required levels of activity.
- Control cost of operations by frequent cost analysis. Determine means of improving efficiency and reducing costs where possible.
- Initiate controls to ensure all required operational and accounting reports are received by the regional/product line office.
- Ensure sure that spares and consumables usage is kept under reasonable control without affecting the efficiency of the operations or the quality of the maintenance.
QHSE Responsibilities :
- To lead through effective safety leadership by being personal responsible for administration and Implementation of the QHSEMS as per BMS.
- To ensure a safe working environment without harm to persons or environment.
- To address QHSE issues at the time of their identification. and ensure timely and accurate communication of events to line management.
- Ensure that Client and company's commitment to safety reaches all levels of the operation. Be actively involved in pursuit of being "The World's Safest Drilling Company."
- Ensure compliance with company QHSE policies by all personnel.
- Carry out work assignments to the highest quality level in accordance with policies, roles and responsibilities.
- Promotes HAZID System and ensure it is well followed by the crews.
- Ensure Waste Management Plan is adhered to.
Operation :
- Gives technical advises on operation or find support and information whenever required or deemed necessary by operations or client.
- Ensure well programs and schedules are well known and adequate written instruction is given.
- Manage and oversee the utilization of resources across the zone, equipment and personnel, to minimize NPT.
- Oversees and directs logistics and assignments.
- Promote and market other WFT products in line with the One Weatherford vision
People Management :
- Maintain regular contact with operations staff by personally visiting rigs / yards.
- To take responsibility for overall staff to ensure a motivated disciplined and productive workforce, especially to be a good listener and reserve time to give feedback.
- Appraise each direct report annually on a constant rolling feedback basis. Drive appraisal process throughout the unit to formalize performance management.
- To agree and monitor key safety, financial, business process improvement and personal objectives for each direct report.
- To encourage personal development for succession planning through the organization in liaison with relevant BUL.
- Provide supervision to all personnel to ensure a safe and professional level of performance and ensure that the team stays current with changes in industry technology.
- Ensure that training programs are maintained in line with training matrix organization in liaison with relevant BUL.
- Recommend competency based promotions, salary changes, transfers, disciplinary measures where identified organization in liaison with relevant BUL.
- Encourage and support employees for personal development to take over of responsibility for their tasks.
- Take immediate action on performance improvement issues and live a direct response culture (positive and negative) to the employee, secure a prompt feedback.
- Organize zone operations by delegating authority and responsibility to the proper level of supervision.
- Promote and be in favor to the Nationalization where possible and applicable.
Business Planning / Continuous Improvement / Organization Efficiency :
- Ensure all work is performed within the requirements and guidance of the company BMS process.
- Must ensure adequate logistic of the company personnel, material and equipment and anticipate/correct any problem.
- Agrees with Management, initiate and monitor all major maintenance and repair work in collaboration with Maintenance Department.
- Must ensure fast and detailed reporting in writing of any problems occurring on the operation.
- Maintain contact with competition in zone to monitor business activities and performance levels.
- Creates and modify any procedure if deemed necessary with use of Deviation from Policy procedure and/or in corporation with support function and final Head office approval.
- To instigate, drive and take ultimate responsibility for continuous improvement initiatives to ensure that the internal process within the organization meet business needs.
- Support preparation of bid proposals for work as requested by customers.
- Stay current with changes in local laws or customs, which materially affect the company's business. Maintain relation with government offices.
- Supporting, promoting and actively participating in the Company's CAP (Competency Assurance Program) process.
Customer / Public Relations :
- Develop and maintain effective customer relationships.
- Has to keep good communications with the client representatives and make sure misunderstanding or bad communication does not develop within the workforce.
- Is in charge of keeping the client informed of the rig progress and any operational problem though regular meetings and/or written reporting agreed with client.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Essential:
- PC literate in Microsoft Office
- Fluent written and spoken English
Preferred:
- Engineering / technical degree / MBA
- 2nd foreign language
- Financing course for non financing functions
Experience:
Essential:
- Weatherford primarily promotes its experienced Supervisors/Coordinators to this position. New hires will preferably possess current experience as an Ops Mgt in a service company operation.
- Apply to attain the competence with his level.
- Understanding of logistic processes material as well as personnel in the company.
- Able to demonstrate excellent budgetary control experience and cost awareness.
- Understanding of criticality of service quality to business growth.
- Able to demonstrate excellent safety leadership.
- Able to understand need of planning ahead and proactive activities.
- Commercially driven.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels assist in effective management of personnel and operations.
- Ability to analyze and interpret data.
- Ability to work in a multi faceted and continually changing organization.
- Ability to impact and influence people by enthusiasm, listening and giving feedback.
- Ability to build customer relationships.
Preferred:
- Min 15 years relevant experience in service field with a minimum 3-5 years on a supervisory role in the field.
- Project management capability.
Skills:
Essential:
- Know, understand and apply Weatherford Quality Policy and comply with all requirements of the Quality Systems Manual, Operating and Technical Procedures and Workplace Instructions.
- Detailed knowledge of Weatherford business units and activities.
- Detailed knowledge of Weatherford work processes, policies and procedures.
- Effective people management skills, able to lead team under pressure.
- Effective financial and commercial management skills.
- Credibility with staff and management.
- Business development awareness.
- Demonstrate Weatherford five core behaviors.
Preferred:
- Fascilitaion skills to run meetings on highest efficiency
Personal Qualities:
Essential:
- Personable and approachable person.
- Multi cultured minded personality.
- Eager to improve and to learn, questions status quo where ever reasonable.
- Positive attitude to cope with challenges.
- Effective in problem solving, empowers employees, delegate tasks to appropriate hierarchy level.
Preferred:
- Understand patience to steer people into right direction.
- Taking actively part in the company's competence assurance program to strive for the next competence level.
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http://www.weatherford.com/AboutWeat...OpenPositions/