Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Wells Group

Job Description:

The Wellsite Leader (WSL) is accountable for leading all activities, HSSE, operations, and logistics at the well site for all related well construction activities (drilling and completion), workover and intervention activities with the goal of meeting or exceeding performance metrics. The WSL is the BP site representative for Wells and will lead Wells and Contractor Personnel to assure that well operations, which are under their control are carried out in a manner that adheres to BP’s Who We Are framework, is conformant with the requirements of BP’s OMS, practices and procedures and is aligned with local government regulations.

The WSL is a safety critical role due to the impact of the decisions they make on operations.

While working onshore, the WSL is embedded in the operations team and accountable for supporting planning and execution activities for well construction activities (drilling and completion), workover and intervention activities with the goal of meeting or exceeding performance metrics. The WSL assures adherence to BP’s Who We Are framework, is conformant with the requirements of BP’s OMS, practices and procedures and is stays in sync with local government regulations. The WSL supports the development of junior staff and assures lessons, and experience is transferred across rig lines.

Experience: Significant well operations experience, with sufficient experience working at the well site in a supervisory position. Experience working in and preferably supervising, multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications: Excellent social skills with the ability to communicate at all levels to be able to effectively project handle multi-disciplinary scopes of work.

Successfully completed or undertake a WSL competency assessment.

Valid Well Control Certificate (WellSharp or IWCF)

BOSIET or HUET training for locations that require helicopter for transit to the Wellsite.

Education: Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent.

Desirable Education: Degree in a qualified in engineering, science or technical field

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• The WSL establishes the leadership culture—setting priorities and ensuring they are agreed to and understood at site inductions, daily meetings and pre-job meetings.
• BP’s lead representative on a well site, primarily leading a team of contract workers, assuring procedural subject area is followed.
• Accountable for running daily operations planning, assuring the plan is fully understood, communicated to the onsite Sr Contractor representatives, cascaded to the personnel performing the work and fully understood..
• Commitment to well planning and learning process through input into drilling procedures, forward programmes and active participation in BP’s continuous improvement processes. Participates in Well Program reviews with the Engineering team and ensures onsite lessons are gathered and shared effectively.
• Management and control of operational costs. Actively pursue cost saving and innovative solutions for well work operations.
• Ensures site safety and environment management systems are implemented as designed and are consistent with BP’s internal policies and standards.
• Responsible for the accuracy of the data and information that is on the morning reports, particularly NPT and operational coding to assure accurate reporting of performance.
• Responsible for providing leadership and management of BP’s task level self-verification and Contractor oversight checks at the Wellsite.
• Stop the job and assess risk in the event of any program changes or changes to risk mitigation barriers (procedural or physical). Inform the WSUP of any changes to the risk profile of planned activities.
• Accountable for assuring Well Control procedures are understood and implemented by the Wellsite team.
• Lead the planning, coordination and prioritization of materials and logistic operations to and from the Wellsite.
• Verifies the awareness, understanding and conformance to both the Well Control and SMS Bridging documents with the Wellsite teams.
• Owns the maximising efficiency initiative to measure performance, highlight and implement opportunities for improvement

While Working Onshore:

• Commitment to well planning and learning process through input into drilling procedures, forward programmes and active participation in BP’s continuous improvement processes. Participates in Well Program reviews with the Engineering team and ensures onsite lessons are gained and shared effectively.
• Demonstrates strong communication skills in finding opportunities for improvement in operational efficiency, emerging risks, and/or safety concerns.
• Systematically shares takeaways and procedures across teams and rig lines.

Key Competencies

• Core: Personal & Process Safety, Procedures and Practices, OMS, Risk Assessment and Management.
• Subject area: Life of Well Design, Equipment Integrity Assurance, Well Integrity, Well Control, Well Performance, Slick Line, Electric Line, Coil Tubing, Tubular Handling, Cementing, Drill String Handling, Wellhead and Tree Installation, Directional Drilling and Surveying techniques.

Development & Training

• Close out gaps identified in WSL competency assessment
• Provide support and coaching as vital to ensure the safe and efficient execution of activities.
• Mentor and supervise the development of less experienced WSLs and engineering staff that may be at the rigsite for development and exposure to well operations.

Leadership and Behavioural Traits

• Proactively lives BP values, including Code of Conduct

• Informed Judgment: Uses good practice and sound judgment to deliver safe and driven Well Operations. Knows when to bring up appropriate issues or request help. Focus on life-of-well reliability – a key outcome of well construction.

• Commitment and Engagement: Shows personal commitment to delivering the plan, focused on Continuous Improvement
• Systematic Management: Progresses operational excellence through systematic application of OMS
• Leadership Presence: Demonstrates courage to safely manage risk
• Accountability: Verifying expectations and accountabilities for safety compliance and performance are clear, accepted and delivered
• Great Teammate: Interfaces and enables others to realize their fullest potential
• Safety Leader: Serves as a role model for others
• Good Communication Skills: Able to communicate with individuals of diverse backgrounds, education and social status

Key Relationships

The Senior WSL will need to cultivate relationships with Engineering Teams, contractors and well service personnel in the field. Other key relationships include Well planning service providers, Wells Operations team, Logistics for supplies and personnel, the New Well Delivery team, the Resource team, Drilling Engineering, Completions Engineering, Interventions, and Integrity teams.

At bp, we recognise and support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. Bp is committed to encouraging an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are relevant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Artificial Lift, Artificial Lift, Casing and wellhead recovery, Casing Design, Cementing, Coiled Tubing, Common process for wells activities, Completion equipment and accessories, Completion landing string systems, Completions and Interventions Fluids, Completion tubing design, Control of Work, Cost Management, Crisis and emergency response management, Directional Drilling, Drilling, Drilling data acquisition and well monitoring, Drilling Operations, Drillstring component selection, Electric-line, Equipment integrity assurance, Fracturing and stimulation, Intelligent Completions, Managed Pressure Drilling, Management of change {+ 38 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

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